Concert with the BSO at Tanglewood
On July 22, David Afkham takes the baton to lead the Boston Symphony Orchestra at the esteemed Tanglewood Festival. The enchanting program will feature Wagner’s moving Siegfried Idyll and Mozart’s {…}
Biography
David Afkham is Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Orquestra y Coro Nacional de España since September 2019, following a highly successful tenure as the orchestra’s Principal Conductor since 2014. His work with the OCNE so far has featured critically acclaimed performances of Schoenberg’s Gurrelieder, Mahler’s Symphony No. 6, Bruckner Symphony No. 9, Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique, Brahms’ Requiem, Haydn’s Die Schöpfung, Bach’s Mass in B Minor as well as several world premieres and semi-staged projects with Wagner’s Der fliegende Holländer, Strauss’ Elektra and Salome, Bach’s St. Matthew Passion and Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle. Born in Freiburg, Germany, in 1983, David Afkham is in high demand as a guest conductor with some of the world’s finest orchestras and opera houses, and has established a reputation as one of the most sought after conductors to emerge from Germany in recent years.
Future highlights as a guest conductor include his debut with the Orchestre National de Lyon and return invitations to the Minnesota Orchestra, Chicago Symphony and Copenhagen Philharmonic. In 2022/23, David will also conduct Strauss’ Arabella at Teatro Real, Madrid.
On July 22, David Afkham takes the baton to lead the Boston Symphony Orchestra at the esteemed Tanglewood Festival. The enchanting program will feature Wagner’s moving Siegfried Idyll and Mozart’s {…}
The Dresden Staatskapelle this week announced that David Afkham would be stepping-in for Christian Thielemann on their upcoming European tour. The programme centres around Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto with soloist Julia Fischer, as part of {…}
Auditorio Nacional de Música de Madrid
Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España
David Afkham, conductor
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
Christiane Karg, soprano
Stéphane Degout, baritone
BEETHOVEN:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in B flat major, op. 19
ZEMLINSKY:
Lyric Symphony, op. 18
Auditorio Nacional de Música de Madrid
Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España
David Afkham, conductor
BRUCKNER:
Symphony No. 8 in C minor (1890 version, ed. Haas)
Auditorio Nacional de Música de Madrid
Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España
David Afkham, conductor
Ángel Luis Quintana, cello
Iñaki Alberdi, accordion
Okka von der Damerau, contralto
HILDEGARD VON BINGEN/JESÚS TORRES:
Symphonia armonie celestium revelationum (selection)
JESÚS TORRES:
Transfiguración, double concerto for cello, accordion and strings
BRAHMS:
Rhapsody for alto, op. 53
TCHAIKOVSKY:
Francesca da Rimini, op. 32
Auditorio Nacional de Música de Madrid
Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España
David Afkham, conductor
Sara Wegener, soprano
Wiebke Lehmkuhl, contralto
Maximilian Schmitt, tenor
Ashley Riches, bass
BEETHOVEN:
Missa Solemnis in D major, op. 123 [81′].
Christina Landshamer, Karen Cargill, Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España
Release Date: November, 2022
Label: INAEM
Orquesta Nacional de España
Release Date: November, 2021
Label: INAEM
Ernst Simon Glaser, Julia Kretz-Larsson, Håkan Rudner, Gothenburg Symphony, Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Trio ZilliacusPerssonRaitinen, David Afkham, Gustafsson
Recording of the Month, MusicWeb InternationalUnique and powerful music, stunningly played and recorded
Release Date: July 7, 2017
Label: Bis
ASIN: B071KTTKGN
Christiane Karg, Bamberger Symphoniker & David Afkham
The GuardianShe’s at one with David Afkham’s smoothly responsive orchestra, but manages to impart the feeling that she’s singing everything in her own sweet time – this music’s style to a T.
Release Date: April 7, 2017
Label: Berlin Classics
ASIN: B01MUXVERH