Norwegian Radio Orchestra & Miguel Harth-Bedoya
Biography Norwegian Radio Orchestra & Miguel Harth-Bedoya
Miguel Harth-Bedoya
Grammy-nominated and Emmy Award-winning conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya returns to Santa Fe after Ainadamar in 2005 for the world premiere of Cold Mountain.
Currently Chief Conductor of the Norwegian Radio Orchestra in Oslo, Maestro Bedoya is also in his fteenth season as Music Director of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra.
He regularly conducts the upper level of American orchestras including the Chicago Sympho- ny, Boston Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Cleveland, Minnesota, National Symphony, New York Philharmonic and Philadelphia Orchestras. Following his exceptional tenure as Associate Conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic (1998-2004), Harth-Bedoya’s connec- tion with the orchestra remains strong and he frequently returns as a guest conductor. He is also a regular guest at major North American festivals, including Aspen, Tanglewood, Vail, Ravinia, Grant Park, Oregon Bach, and Grand Teton.
In Europe, he has conducted the London Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra in London, Munich Philharmonic, Orchestra de Paris, NDR Orchestra in Hamburg, Frankfurt Radio Orchestra, Berlin Radio Orchestra, National Orchestra of Spain, Orchestre de la Suisse Roman- de, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, and is a regular guest with the Helsinki Philharmonic. In Asia and the Paci c, Mr. Harth-Bedoya has conducted the Sydney and Adelaide Symphony Orchestras, the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, and previously toured Japan with the Juilliard Orchestra. Other noteworthy European performances have included a collaboration with soprano Renée Fleming for a tour of concerts with ve Scandinavian orchestras, including the Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic and the Danish National Symphony.
Equally at home in the theatre, Maestro Bedoya has led many opera productions including La Bohème at English National Opera directed by Jonathan Miller (which was released on DVD by the Kultur label), The Barber of Seville with Canadian Opera Company, Tosca and Un Ballo in Maschera for Minnesota Opera, and productions of Golijov’s Ainadamar with Cincinnati Opera, and last season at the New Zealand Festival.
Guest appearances this season include concerts with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Bremen Philharmonic, Helsinki Philharmonic, Spanish Radio & TV Orchestra, and the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, among others. Mr. Harth-Bedoya’s 2013-14 season included an international tour to Oman and Spain with tenor Juan Diego Flórez and the National Orchestra of Spain, and a performance leading the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in cel- ebration of the 40th anniversary of the Sydney Opera House.
Mr. Harth-Bedoya is the Founder and Artistic Director of Caminos del Inka, a non-pro t organi- zation dedicated to discovering, preserving and disseminating the rich musical legacy of the Americas through cultural and musical research, composition, publication, performance, educa- tion and outreach. The organization’s multimedia orchestral program, Caminos del Inka: A Musi- cal Journey, was premiered by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and performed by the Boston Symphony at Tanglewood, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Fort Worth Symphony, Grant Park Festival, Oregon Bach Festival, and worldwide by the Leipzig Radio Orchestra, the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, and the Residentie Orkest in The Hague.
An active recording artist, Mr. Harth-Bedoya’s recording projects in 2014-2015 include three discs for Harmonia Mundi: a world premiere recording devoted to the symphonic works of Peru- vian composer Jimmy López and piano concertos by Grieg and Saint-Saëns with 2013 Cliburn Gold Medalist Vadym Kholodenko, both with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra; and the rst of ve planned recordings of the Proko ev Piano Concertos with Mr. Kholodenko and the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. His recording of Violin Concertos by Bartók and Mendelssohn with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra and acclaimed violinist Augustin Hadelich will be released on Avie this spring.
Miguel Harth-Bedoya’s discography includes Traditions and Transformations: Sounds of Silk Road Chicago with the Chicago Symphony and Yo-Yo Ma, which was nominated for two Gram- my awards in 2009. In December 2011, Deutsche Grammophon released Nazareno, a highly acclaimed recording of music by Osvaldo Golijov, Ginastera and Revueltas with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León and pianists Katia and Marielle Labèque.
With the Fort Worth Symphony, he has recorded Sentimiento Latino with Juan Diego Flórez (for Decca); the world-premiere bilingual recording of Proko ev’s Peter and the Wolf, featuring nar- rations in Spanish and English with Michael York; and SUR, (part of Mr. Harth-Bedoya’s Caminos del Inka project) which includes works by Enrique Soro, Esteban Benzecry, Adolfo Mejia and Claudio Rebagliati. The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra’s Centennial Season in 2012-13 includ- ed the world premiere of Perú Negro by Jimmy López, and Take Six, a disc including world pre- miere recordings by the FWSO’s previous composers-in-residence: Jennifer Higdon, Kevin Puts, Gabriela Frank, Behzad Ranjbaran, Peter Boyer, and John B. Hedges.
Born and raised in Peru, Mr. Harth-Bedoya received his Bachelor of Music degree from the Curtis Institute of Music and his Master of Music degree from The Juilliard School. He studied conduct- ing under Otto-Werner Mueller as well as with Seiji Ozawa and Gustav Meier at Tanglewood.
Winner of the 2002 Seaver/NEA Conductors Award, Mr. Harth-Bedoya was previously Assistant Conductor of the New York Philharmonic under Kurt Masur, and Associate Conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic under Esa-Pekka Salonen. He also served as Music Director of the Auck- land Philharmonia (New Zealand), Eugene Symphony (Oregon), Lima Philharmonic (Peru), and the New York Youth Symphony at Carnegie Hall.
