Miguel Harth-Bedoya - The Philadelphia Orchestra, Conductor

Photo Credit: Fabina Van Lente

Music Director of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Miguel Harth-Bedoya is one of this country’s most exciting and sought-after conductors. Under his leadership, both the artistic level of the Fort Worth Symphony and its contribution to the cultural life of the community has grown enormously. In the words of the Dallas Morning News, “The transformation of the FWSO under music director Miguel Harth-Bedoya continues to amaze.” The orchestra, under the direction of Mr. Harth-Bedoya will make its Carnegie Hall debut in January 2008. Recently released recordings of the Fort Worth Symphony include an all-Tchaikovsky CD and the first-ever bilingual recording of Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf featuring narrations in Spanish and English with Michael York. Sentimiento Latin, with Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Flores (Decca) and Alma dell Perú, a recording of Peruvian traditional music with the Orquesta Filarmonica de Lima (Filarmonika) are also available.

 

An active guest conductor, Mr. Harth-Bedoya has appeared with the Atlanta Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Boston Symphony, Dallas Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Milwaukee Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, Montreal Symphony, New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Saint Louis Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Toronto Symphony, Utah Symphony, and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. In Europe, he has conducted the London BBC Symphony, Berlin Symphony, Birmingham Symphony, Helsinki Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, Madrid National Orchestra, Munich Philharmonic, NDR Orchestra/Hamburg, Orchestre National de Lyon, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestre de Paris, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, WDR Orchestra/Cologne, and the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra, among others. Festival appearances include Adelaide, Aspen, Avanti (Helsinki), BBC Proms, Blossom, Hollywood Bowl (for which he received an Emmy), Interlochen, Oregon Bach, Ravinia and Tanglewood.

 

Recent and upcoming highlights include subscription debuts with the Boston Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, National Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra and the Sydney Symphony in Australia.

Increasingly in demand as an opera conductor, Miguel Harth-Bedoya has appeared with the Minnesota Opera (Tosca) and the Santa Fe Opera (Ainadamar with Dawn Upshaw). He returned to the Minnesota Opera in September of 2007 to conduct Un Ballo in Maschera, and will conduct several other productions there in the next few seasons. Upcoming debuts include The Barber of Seville with the Canadian Opera Company and a new production of La Boheme (directed by Jonathan Miller) at the English National Opera in London.

 

As a result of his exceptional tenure as Associate Conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Mr. Harth-Bedoya returns every year to conduct a subscription week with that orchestra. Winner of the 2002 Seaver/NEA Conductors Award, he has also served as Music Director of the Auckland Philharmonia, Eugene Symphony, and the Philharmonic Orchestra of Lima. Born in Peru, Miguel Harth-Bedoya makes his home in Fort Worth with his wife Maritza and their three children, Elena, Emilio, and Elisa.

 

 

For more information, please visit www.miguelharth-bedoya.com and www.filarmonika.com.

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“The smashing debut confirmed the validity of Harth-Bedoya's reputation as one of the most exciting young conductors on the international scene.”

 

Plain Dealer (Cleveland)