About
Barbara Dragan is oficially extended as Young Associate Conductor at Orchestre National de France for the season 2023/24. With ONF she recorded music by Mathieu Lamboley and Olivier Daviaud, and is assisting Cristian Măcelaru, Daniele Gatti, François-Xavier Roth, Andrés Orozco-Estrada and Trevor Pinnock among others.
Upcoming highlights include:
rehearsals with the ONF for the film Napoléon, debut with the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris (2. Sept) and participation in the 58th edition of the Besançon International Competition for Young Conductors in September 2023.
Barbara is the recipient of a Claussen-Simon Stiftung scholarship in 2023/24.
She is a graduate of the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hamburg (Konzertexamen), Universität der Künste in Berlin (Masters). 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. Dragan is an award recipient of the Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship (TACF) and she took part in numerous finals of international conducting competitions such as the Mahler Competition in Barbareg, the Princess Astrid Conducting Competition in Trondheim, the Svetlanov Conducting Competition in Monaco, or German Conductors’ Award in Cologne.
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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Thu19Jan2023
Messiaen - Turangalîla-Symphonie
Orchestre National de France
Cédric Tiberghien piano; Cynthia Millar ondes Martenot; Cristian Măcelaru direction; Barbara Dragan cover conductor
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Thu26Jan2023
Schumann 1. and 3. Symphony
Orchestre National de France
Daniele Gatti direction, Barbara Dragan cover conductor
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Wed01Feb2023
Schumann 2. and 4. Symphony
Orchestre National de France
Daniele Gatti direction, Barbara Dragan cover conductor
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Sat11Feb2023
Festival Présences
Orchestre National de France
FRANÇOIS-XAVIER ROTH direction, Barbara Dragan cover conductor
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Wed22Feb2023
Mendelssohn - 3. Symphony
Hamburger Symphoniker, Hamburg
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Thu23Mar2023
Bartok- Le Prince de bois; Brahms - 1. Piano Concerto
Orchestre National de France
Daniil Trifonov piano, Cristian Măcelaru direction, Barbara Dragan cover conductor
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Thu20Apr2023
Haydn, La Création
Orchestre National de France
Matthias Goerne bariton, Andrés Orozco-Estrada direction,
Barbara Dragan cover conductor -
Sun11Jun2023
Viva l'Orchestra!
Orchestre des Grands Amateurs de Radio France
Orchestre National de France
BARBARA DRAGAN direction
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Thu15Jun2023
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
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Mon28Aug2023Orchestre National de France
Napoleon movie soundtrack recording
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Sat02Sep202316:00Orchestre de Chambre de Paris; Paris, Parc Floral
Classique au vert
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Mon18Sep2023
Besançon International Competition for Young Conductors
Contact
- brbrdrgn@gmail.com
- @barbara_dragan