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

  • Sat
    13
    Jan
    2024

    LÉNA ET L’ORCHESTRE ENCHANTÉ, Orchestre National de France, Paris

    https://www.maisondelaradioetdelamusique.fr/evenement/concert-jeune-public/lena-et-lorchestre-enchante-julie-gayet

    BARBARA DRAGAN conductor

    MATTHIEU LAMBOLEY original music

    ORCHESTRE NATIONAL DE FRANCE

  • Thu
    25
    Jan
    2024

    Carmina Burana, Orchestre National de France, Paris

    Kazuki Yamada conductor
    Barbara Dragan cover conductor

    Orchestre National de France

     

  • Fri
    26
    Jan
    2024
    Sun
    28
    Jan
    2024

    Folle Journée with Sinfonia Varsovia

    France
    Mendelssohn : Concerto pour violon et orchestre n°2 en mi mineur opus 64
    Mendelssohn : Le Songe d’une nuit d’été opus 61, extraits
    Aylen PRITCHIN, violon
    Sinfonia Varsovia
  • Thu
    01
    Feb
    2024

    Symphony Nova Scotia, Halifax

    Ljubica Marić: Music for Orchestra
    W.A.Mozart: Flute Concerto No. 1 in G
    W.A.Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C Major, “Jupiter”
    Barbara Dragan, conductor
    Demarre McGill, flute
    Symphony Nova Scotia
  • Fri
    16
    Feb
    2024
    Sat
    17
    Feb
    2024

    Tokyo, Nagoya, Japan

    concerts shared with Kazuki Yamada

    details tba

  • Thu
    07
    Mar
    2024
    Sat
    09
    Mar
    2024

    Olympic Games recordings

    Paris

    recording sessions for Olympic Games with Orchestre National de France

  • Thu
    21
    Mar
    2024

    JUBILÉ DU NATIONAL 1

    Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris

    HECTOR BERLIOZ La Damnation de Faust

    ORCHESTRE NATIONAL DE FRANCE
    Cristian Macelaru direction

    Barbara Dragan cover conductor

  • Tue
    26
    Mar
    2024

    JUBILÉ DU NATIONAL 2

    Philharmonie de Paris

    PAUL DUKAS  L’Apprenti sorcier
    HENRI DUTILLEUX  Tout un monde lointain, concerto pour violoncelle
    CLAUDE DEBUSSY Images
    MAURICE RAVEL Boléro

    Gautier Capucon violoncelle

    ORCHESTRE NATIONAL DE FRANCE
    Cristian Macelaru direction

    Barbara Dragan cover conductor

  • Fri
    12
    Apr
    2024
    Fri
    03
    May
    2024

    Orchestre de Paris

    recording sessions with Orchestre de Paris  for the Opening Ceremony of Olympic Games Paris 2024

  • Thu
    18
    Apr
    2024

    Opera de Toulon, France

    Beethoven - 5. Piano Concerto Emperor
    Beethoven - 3. Symphony Eroica
    Barbara Dragan - conductor
    Leonardo Pierdomenico - piano
    Orchestre de l’Opéra de Toulon
  • Thu
    25
    Apr
    2024

    Debussy La Mer

    Paris

    Orchestre National de France

    Seong-Jin Cho - piano

    Cristian Măcelaru - conductor

    Barbara Dragan - assistant conductor

  • Sun
    26
    May
    2024

    Viva l’Orchestra !

    Maison de la Radio et de la Musique - Auditorium, Paris

    ORCHESTRE NATIONAL DE FRANCE
    BARBARA DRAGAN     direction

  • Sun
    14
    Jul
    2024

    Concert de Paris - assistant conductor

    Champ de Mars (tour Eiffel)
    Chœur de Radio France
    Maîtrise de Radio France
    Orchestre National de France
  • Tue
    16
    Jul
    2024
    Fri
    19
    Jul
    2024

    Orchestre National de France

    recording sessions  for the Paralympic Games Paris 2024

  • Thu
    14
    Nov
    2024

    ORA Jazz Festival

    Oradea, Romania
    Orkiestra Filarmonica de Stat din Oradea
    Seifert - Jazz Concerto
    Smoczyński - Adam's Apple
  • Thu
    19
    Dec
    2024
    Fri
    20
    Dec
    2024

    Orquesta y Coro de RTVE

    Madrid, Spain

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