About

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

Her 2025/26 debuts include performances with Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, DSO Berlin, and Malmö Symphony Orchestra. She will also make her debut in Bucarest, Zagreb, Georgia, Nancy, Tours, and Vienna.
She returns to RTVE Orquesta y Coro Madrid, Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, National Orchestra of Chile and Beethoven Orchester Bonn among others.
Previously, she was 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, Princess Astrid, Svetlanov, and 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 Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg and the Universität der Künste Berlin. Born into a Polish scientific family, she began playing 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 performs on baroque violin and draws inspiration from Jerzy Grotowski’s “poor theatre”.

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

Event list

  • Thu
    19
    Jan
    2023

    Messiaen - Turangalîla-Symphonie

    Orchestre National de France

    Cédric Tiberghien piano; Cynthia Millar ondes Martenot; Cristian Măcelaru direction; Barbara Dragan cover conductor

  • Thu
    26
    Jan
    2023

    Schumann 1. and 3. Symphony

    Orchestre National de France

    Daniele Gatti direction, Barbara Dragan cover conductor

  • Wed
    01
    Feb
    2023

    Schumann 2. and 4. Symphony

    Orchestre National de France

    Daniele Gatti direction, Barbara Dragan cover conductor

  • Sat
    11
    Feb
    2023

    Festival Présences

    Orchestre National de France

    FRANÇOIS-XAVIER ROTH direction, Barbara Dragan cover conductor

  • Wed
    22
    Feb
    2023

    Mendelssohn - 3. Symphony

    Hamburger Symphoniker, Hamburg

  • Thu
    23
    Mar
    2023

    Bartok- Le Prince de bois; Brahms - 1. Piano Concerto

    Orchestre National de France

    Daniil Trifonov piano, Cristian Măcelaru direction, Barbara Dragan cover conductor

  • Thu
    20
    Apr
    2023

    Haydn, La Création

    Orchestre National de France

    Matthias Goerne bariton, Andrés Orozco-Estrada direction,
    Barbara Dragan cover conductor

  • Sun
    11
    Jun
    2023

    Viva l'Orchestra!

    Orchestre des Grands Amateurs de Radio France

    Orchestre National de France

    BARBARA DRAGAN direction

  • Thu
    15
    Jun
    2023

    Schubert - Symphony No. 5, Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 9 "Jeunehomme" , Haydn - Symphony No. 103 "Roulement de timbale"

    Orchestre National de France

    Maria-João Pires piano, Trevor Pinnock direction, Barbara Dragan cover conductor

  • Mon
    28
    Aug
    2023

    Napoleon movie soundtrack recording

    Orchestre National de France
  • Sat
    02
    Sep
    2023

    Classique au vert

    16:00Orchestre de Chambre de Paris; Paris, Parc Floral

    https://www.orchestredechambredeparis.com/concert/classique-au-vert-2023/

  • Mon
    18
    Sep
    2023

    Besançon International Competition for Young Conductors

    https://festival-besancon.com/en/58-competition-2023/

  • Sun
    08
    Oct
    2023

    Hamburger Symphoniker

    19:00

    Sibelius - Konzert für Violine und Orchester d-Moll op. 47

    Schostakowitsch - Sinfonie Nr. 8 c-Moll op. 65

    Conductor Steven Sloane

    Assistant conductor Barbara Dragan

    Violine Sayaka Shoji

    https://www.elbphilharmonie.de/de/programm/symphoniker-hamburg-sayaka-shoji-steven-sloane/19712

  • Tue
    14
    Nov
    2023

    Ein Deutsches Requiem, Orchestre National de France, Paris

    https://www.maisondelaradioetdelamusique.fr/evenement/concert-symphonique/brahms-un-requiem-allemand-vilde-frang-cristian-macelaru

    BERG - Concerto à la mémoire d’un ange (VILDE FRANG Violin)
    BRAHMS - Un Requiem allemand
    CRISTIAN MĂCELARU direction

    BARBARA DRAGAN assistant conductor

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