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

  • Mon
    06
    Jan
    2020
    Tue
    07
    Jan
    2020

    Strauss Don Juan, Mahler Adagio from 10th Symphony, Tchaikovsky 5th Stmphony

    Bochum, Bochumer Symphoniker

  • Thu
    09
    Jan
    2020

    Schubert 8, Mahler Lieder eines fehrendes Gesellen

    Brandenburg, Brandenburger Symphoniker

  • Wed
    29
    Jan
    2020

    Stravinsky Firebird 1919

    Frankfurt am Oder, Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt

  • Sun
    05
    Jul
    2020

    Gonzalez – Corona-time divertimento for one zoom session

    Berlin

  • Sun
    25
    Oct
    2020

    Mozart – Jupiter Symphony, Haydn 96. Symphony

    Berlin, Berliner Symphoniker

  • Mon
    02
    Nov
    2020

    Gonzalez – Space inbetween – prapremiere

    Frankfurt am Oder, Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt

  • Tue
    17
    Nov
    2020

    Barber – Adagio for strings

    Berlin, Studio Orchester

  • Fri
    04
    Dec
    2020

    Perdigon – Torque; Zhang – Pavilion alongside Mountains – prapremieres

    Berlin, Ensamble Ilinx

  • Sat
    12
    Dec
    2020

    Mahler – 1 Symphony (arr. Simon)

    Berlin, Studio Orchester

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