About
Barbara Dragan is one of the most exciting batons in Europe and was named Young Associate Conductor at Orchestre National de France for the 2023/24 season.
Dragan has led renowned orchestras such as Orchestre National de France, NOSPR Katowice, Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, Kammerakademie Potsdam, Sinfonia Varsovia, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Sinfonietta, Bochumer Symphoniker, Sinfonietta Cracovia, Magdeburgische Philharmonie, Festival Orchestra Wien, Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra, and Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt.
Born into a Polish family of scientists, Dragan started playing violin at the age of five. While studying violin and oboe, she passed her final exams in advanced mathematics and physics, though music would have the last word. Dragan studied at Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hamburg and at Universität der Künste in Berlin.
She acted as Conducting Fellow at Cabrillo New Music Festival in Santa Cruz and Ravinia Festival in Chicago. In 2021/22 season she was named Conducting Fellow at the Dallas Opera Hart Institute and was also the recipient of the Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship (TACF). She is assisting Cristian Măcelaru, Kazuki Yamada, Daniele Gatti, François-Xavier Roth, Andrés Orozco-Estrada, and Trevor Pinnock, among others.
Dragan recorded the musical fairy tale “Lena and the Enchanted Orchestra” composed by Mathieu Lamboley, recently released in French and published by Éditions Gallimard, to warm reviews. With a specialty in Mozart, Franck, and Ravel, her direction of Gounod’s Faust was lauded for how it “maintained taut control … suavely managed tension and phrased naturally” (Scott Cantrell, Dallas News).
Upcoming highlights include recordings with the ONF for the Paris Olympic Games 2024, and debuts at Opera de Toulon, Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, Sinfonia Varsovia, Philharmonic Choir Tokyo, and Symphony Nova Scotia.
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Event list
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Mon31Jan2022Thu03Feb2022
Campus Dirigieren 2
Perotti – Sights of light – prapremiere; Strauss – Till Eulenspiegel
HfMT Köln
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Wed23Feb2022
Concert NOSPR Katowice
Beethoven – 5. Symphony, Britten – Young Person’s Guide
NOSPR Katowice
https://nospr.org.pl/pl/kalendarz/ferie-z-nospr-przewodnik-po-orkiestrze
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Thu21Apr2022
Rachmaninov – 2. Piano Concerto
Hamburger Symphoniker, Hamburg
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Wed04May2022
Mozart – Cosi fan Tutte
HfMT Hamburg, Steiner Haus
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Thu02Jun2022Sun05Jun2022
Svetlanov Competition in Monaco
Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo
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Fri08Jul2022
Brahms - Ein Deutsches Requiem
HfMT Hamburg
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Sat23Jul2022Wed27Jul2022
Cabrillo Festival
Wenbin Lyu „Germination” – prapremiere
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Thu28Jul2022Mon01Aug2022
Ravinia Festival Chicago
"Breaking Barriers"
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Mon15Aug2022Thu18Aug2022
Princess Astrid Competition in Trondheim
Trondheim Symfoniorkester
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Thu15Sep2022
Ravel La Valse, Poulenc Gloria
Orchestre National de France
Cover Conductor for Cristian Macelaru
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Tue20Sep2022Thu22Sep2022
Mathieu Lamobley „Lena et l’Orchestre enchante” – prapremiere/recording
Orchestre National de France
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Thu13Oct2022
Symphony Nova Scotia
Clyne - Dance, Beethoven - 5 Symphony, Wijeratne -Polyphonic Lively
Inbal Segev cello, Holly Mathieson direction, Barbara Dragan cover conductor
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Thu17Nov2022Philharmonie de Paris
Kodaly – Dances of Galanta; Bartok – Concerto for orchestra; Mozart – Violin concerto No 5
Orchestre National de France
Maxim Vengerov violin, Cristian Măcelaru direction, Barbara Dragan cover conductor
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Thu24Nov2022
Ravel - Ma Mère l'Oye, Scriabine - Piano concerto, Franck- Symphony
Orchestre National de France
Daniil Trifonov piano, Cristian Măcelaru direction, Barbara Dragan cover conductor
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Thu24Nov2022
Ravel - Bolero and La Valse
HSO Hamburg
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Sat26Nov2022Thu08Dec2022
Orchestre National de France on Tour
Cologne, Hamburg, Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Vienna
Taniil Trifonov piano, Xavier de Maistre harp
Cristian Măcelaru direction, Barbara Dragan cover conductor
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Sun18Dec2022
Ligeti - Hamburgisches Konzert
HfMT Hamburg, Szabolcs Zempléni horn
Contact
- brbrdrgn@gmail.com
- @barbara_dragan