About

Barbara Dragan was a Young Associate Conductor at the Orchestre National de France in Paris, where she prepared and recorded the entire Opening Ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games with the Orchestre de Paris and Orchestre National de France, a project awarded a Grammy.

Her 2025/26 season includes debuts with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, DSO Berlin, and the Malmö Symphony Orchestra, as well as first appearances in Bucharest, Zagreb, Tbilisi, Nancy, Tours, and Vienna. She returns to the RTVE Symphony Orchestra Madrid, Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, the National Orchestra of Chile, and the Beethoven Orchester Bonn, among others.

She was previously a conducting fellow at the Cabrillo and Ravinia Festivals, as well as at the Dallas Opera Hart Institute. She has participated in major international competitions including the Mahler Competition, Princess Astrid Competition, Svetlanov Competition, and the Deutsche Dirigentenpreis.

Her artistry has been shaped by mentors such as Sir Roger Norrington, Kazuki Yamada, Trevor Pinnock, and Marin Alsop. She holds degrees from the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg and the Universität der Künste Berlin.

Born into a Polish scientific family, she began playing the violin at the age of five and also excelled in mathematics and physics. She is currently a fellow of the Deutsche Bank Stiftung’s Akademie Musiktheater Heute. She also performs on baroque violin and draws inspiration from Jerzy Grotowski’s concept of “poor theatre”.

Press

“Dvořák’s Eighth Symphony was played exactly as it should be.”

“Played with a listening quality that could be felt in the chest.”

“An approach that stood in direct contrast to today’s push-forward mentality.”
Sydsvenskan, Sweden

“A clear, vivid and deeply moving unity of sound.”

“An electrifying performance of Brahms’ Fourth Symphony.”

“A complete triumph — complex music revealed in all its beauty.”
(Xenakis) — El Mostrador, Chile

“A conductor of high intelligence, precision and structural clarity.”

“Dragan demands solidity and transparency.”
Berliner Morgenpost

“A well-detailed interpretation with excellent orchestral balance.”
Ritmo, Spain

“Dragan maintained taut control, suavely managed tension and phrased naturally.”
The Dallas Morning News

Video

Recordings

Léna et l'orchestre enchanté - Album by Gallimard Jeunesse, Mathieu Lamboley, Orchestre National De France

Léna et l’orchestre enchanté with Orchestre National de France, 2022 for Gallimard Jeunesse

Le Secret de la Licorne : les Aventures de Tintin

Music to podcast “TinTin et le Secret de la Licorne” with Orchestre National de France, 2023 for France Music

Opening Ceremony Paris 2024
Full Opening Ceremony of Olympic Games Paris 2024 with Orchestre National de France and Orchestre de Paris / Celine Dion, Lady Gaga

Performances

  • Rostock, Germany

    Masquerade – Anna Clyne
    Piano Concerto in C – Leroy Anderson
    Scheherazade – Nikolai Rimski-Korsakow
    Klavier: Giorgi Gigashvili

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  • Niendorf auf Poel, Germany

    Masquerade – Anna Clyne
    Piano Concerto in C – Leroy Anderson
    Scheherazade – Nikolai Rimski-Korsakow
    Klavier: Giorgi Gigashvili

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  • Detect Classic Festival - Schloss Bröllin, Germany

    Masquerade – Anna Clyne
    Piano Concerto in C – Leroy Anderson
    Scheherazade – Nikolai Rimski-Korsakow
    Klavier: Giorgi Gigashvili

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  • Schloss Bröllin, Germany

    Masquerade – Anna Clyne
    Piano Concerto in C – Leroy Anderson
    Scheherazade – Nikolai Rimski-Korsakow
    Klavier: Giorgi Gigashvili

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  • Johannesburg, South Africa

    Brahms - 2 Piano Concerto
    Tchaikovsky - Serenade for Strings

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  • Durban, South Africa

    Brahms - 2. Piano Concerto
    Dvorak - 8. Symphony

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  • Nagoya, Japan

    Paul Dukas - The Sorcerer's Apprentice
    Lowell Liebermann - Concerto for Flute No. 2 [Japan Premiere] *
    Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition (arr. M. Ravel)

    Stefán Ragnar HÖSKULDSSON - flute

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  • Tours, France

    Mendelssohn - Hebriden
    Mendelssohn - 2. Violin Concerto
    Schubert - 6. Symphony

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  • Montréal, Canada

    BACEWICZ - Symphonie n° 2
    CHOSTAKOVITCH - Concerto pour piano n° 1
    PROKOFIEV - Roméo et Juliette (extraits)
    Gabriela Montero - Piano
    Antoine Mailloux - Trompette

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  • Montréal, Canada

    BACEWICZ - Symphonie n° 2
    CHOSTAKOVITCH - Concerto pour piano n° 1
    PROKOFIEV - Roméo et Juliette (extraits)
    Gabriela Montero - Piano
    Antoine Mailloux - Trompette

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  • Mulhouse, France

    SCHUBERT - Rosamunde Overture D644
    HAYDN - Concerto for Cello in C major, Hob.VIIb:1
    BRUCH - Kol Nidrei for Cello and Orchestra
    BEETHOVEN - Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 (Eroica)
    Léo Ispir - Cello

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  • Lahti, Finnland

    LISZT - Les Préludes
    ARUTJUNJAN - Trumpet Concerto
    MENDELSSOHN - Symphony No. 4 ‘Italian’
    MATILDA LLOYD - trumpet

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  • Frankfurt, Germany

    SONST GUTE NACHT
    Der Drache auf dem Silbertablett (Musik: Maximiliano Soto Mayorga)
    Silberschwere Lider (Musik: Adrian Laugsch)
    Tango Paradiso (Musik: Abigél Varga)

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  • Cardiff, UK

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  • Oradea, Romania

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  • Odense, Denmark

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  • Göttingem, Germany

    MONIUSZKO - Märchen – Fantastische Ouvertüre
    WEINBERG - Konzert für Violoncello und Orchester c-Moll op. 43
    SCHOSTAKOWITSCH - Symphonie Nr. 9 Es-Dur op. 70

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  • Bonn, Germany

    Carnival COncert - Musicalsurprise programme

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  • Paris, France

    THOMAS ENHCO
    Le Murmure des oiseaux : Rhapsodie pour violon, piano et orchestre de chambre
    Double concerto pour piano et marimba Éclipse (version pour piano, marimba et orchestre de chambre)
    CHOSTAKOVITCH
    Concerto pour piano, trompette et orchestre  à cordes en ut mineur, op. 35 BACH
    Concerto pour deux pianos en ut mineur,  BWV 1062 (arrangement pour piano, marimba et cordes de Thomas Enhco)
    Thomas Enhco piano
    Vassilena Serafimova percussion
    Deborah Nemtanu violon

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  • Bonn, Germany

    Mozart - Symphony No. 39 in E-flat major KV 543

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  • Avignon, France

    Guillaume Connesson, The shining one
    Maurice Ravel, Concerto en sol
    Guillaume Connesson, The ship of Ishtar
    Maurice Ravel / Arthur Lavandier, Miroirs

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  • Taipei, Taiwan
  • Benijing, China
  • Saujon La Salicorne, France

    BRUZDOWICZ - Éclairs (1970)
    ROTA - Divertimento concertante pour contrebasse et orchestre (1968)
    MENDELSSOHN - Symphonie 3 en la mineur "Écossaise"
    Lorraine Campet - Contrebasse

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  • Bochum, Germany

    Albert Roussel - Le Festin de l‘araignée (Fragments Symphonique) op. 17
    Bohuslav Martinů - Konzert für Violine und Orchester Nr. 1 H 226
    César Franck - Symphonie d-Moll
    Josef Špaček, Violine

  • Nancy, France

    Berlioz - Roman Carnival
    Berlioz - Haroldin Italy
    Rossini, Ottorino Respighi - La Boutique fantasque

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  • Nancy, France

    Berlioz - Roman Carnival
    Berlioz - Haroldin Italy
    Rossini, Ottorino Respighi - La Boutique fantasque

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  • Düsseldorf, Germany

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