About
Barbara Dragan most recently was named Young Associate Conductor at Orchestre National de France . She opened the position at ONF with a recording of new music by Mathieu Lamboley. She’s assisting Cristian Măcelaru, Daniele Gatti, François-Xavier Roth, Andrés Orozco-Estrada and Trevor Pinnock among others.
In the summer 2022 she took part as conducting fellow in Cabrillo New Music Festival in Santa Cruz and Ravinia Festival in Chicago.
In the season 2021/22 she was named Conducting Fellow at the Dallas Opera Hart Institute.
Since April 2021 she has been studying Konzertexamen at Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hamburg with Prof. Ulrich Windfuhr.
Dragan is an award recipient of the Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship (TACF) and the prestigious German DAAD Fellowship. She took part in numerous finals of international conducting competitions such as the Princess Astrid Conducting Competition in Trondheim, the Svetlanov Conducting Competition in Monaco, or German Conductors’ Award in Cologne.
She is a graduate of the Universität der Künste in Berlin and the Frédéric Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. She was born into a Polish family of scientists. She started playing the violin at the age of five. Whilst studying the violin and the oboe, she passed her final exams in advanced mathematics and physics.
She conducted several professional orchestras such as Orchestre National de France, NOSPR Katowice, Kammerakademie Potsdam, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Sinfonietta, WDR Sinfonieorchester, Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, Cabrillo Festival Orchestra, Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, Bochumer Symphoniker, Magdeburgische Philharmonie, Sinfonietta Cracovia, Festival Orchestra Wien, Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra, Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt, Beethoven’s Academy Orchestra, Brandenburger Symphoniker, Zagreb Chamber Orchestra and Symphoniker Hamburg.
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Event list
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Sun13Jan2019
Mozart - Arien from Figaro, Zauberflöte, Cosi, Don Giovanni
Berlin, Studio Orchester
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Wed23Jan2019
Lutoslawski Chain 1
Berlin, Studio Orchester
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Sun27Jan2019
Mozart 35, Brahms 1, Sibelius Violin Konzert
Berlin, Brandenburger Symphoniker
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Sun10Feb2019
Haydn Nelson Mass
Berlin, Studio Orchestra with Consortium Vocale
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Mon18Mar2019
Strauss, Smetana, Strauß
Strauss Till Eulenspiegel; Smetana Die Moldau; Strauß Zigeunerbaron Ouv
Bochum, Bochumer Symphoniker
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Tue16Apr2019
Mozart , Haydn, Glück
Mozart Sinfonie Nr 29, Haydn Sinfonie Nr 49, Glück Tanz der Furien aus Orfeo
Berlin; Kammerakademie Potsdam
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Wed24Apr2019
Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4 " Italian"
Berlin, Studio Orchester
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Fri24May2019
Schumann Klavierkonzert in a-moll; Beethoven Klavierkonzert Nr 3 in c-moll
Berlin, Studio Orchester
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Thu06Jun2019
Mussorgski/Rimsky, Tchaikowsky, Mozart, Dvorak, Nielsen
Mussorgski/Rimsky: Nacht auf einem Kahlen Berg; Tchaikowsky: Nussknackersuite Nr 1; Mozart: Zauberflöte Ouvertüre; Dvorak: die Mittagshexe; Nielsen: Aladdin;
Hradec Kralove Czech Republic, Hradec Kralove Symphony Orchestra
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Wed12Jun2019
Copland, Bartok, Dvorak
Copland Appalachian Spring (Chamber version), Bartok Divertimento, Dvorak Streicherserenade;
Berlin, Preußisches Kammer Orchester Prenzlau
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Mon24Jun2019
La Boheme
Magdeburg, The Magdeburgische Philharmonie
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Tue02Jul2019
Wagner Flying Dutchman 4. Akt
Theater Cottbus; Staatstheater Cottbus, Orchestra und Chor
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Thu04Jul2019
Ravel Tombeau de Couperin; Debussy Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Berlin, Studio Orchestra
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Fri12Jul2019
Haydn Symphony 6 „Le Matin”
Berlin, Studio Orchestra
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Mon25Nov2019
Tchaikovski – Serenade for strings, Stravinsky – Basel Concerto, Mozart – 39. Symphony
Berlin, Prenzlauer Kammerorchester
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Wed04Dec2019Thu12Dec2019
UdK Berlin European Tour
Blacher Concertante Musik; Bruch 1. Violinkonzert; Tschaikowsky 6. Symphonie
Berlin, Bochum, Rotterdam, London, Universität der Künste Orchestra
Cover Conductor to Steven Sloane
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Mon09Dec2019
Britten – Simple Symphony, Haydn – Symphony no 85
Berlin, Prenzlauer Kammerorchester
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Sat14Dec2019
Mozart Arias
Berlin, Studio Orchester
Contact
- brbrdrgn@gmail.com
- @barbara_dragan