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Miguel Harth-Bedoya is a Peruvian conductor, currently Music Director of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra (Texas), a position he has held since 2000.
He was born in Lima, Peru. He studied at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia and the Juilliard School in New York with Otto-Werner Mueller.
In 1993, Harth-Bedoya made his debut at Carnegie Hall with the Norwalk Youth Symphony.[1]
In 1998, he was named Assistant Conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic under Esa-Pekka Salonen. He was subsequently promoted to Associate Conductor in 1999, holding that title through June 2004.[2]
In 2002 he won the Seaver/National Endowment for the Arts Conductors Award.[3]
Harth-Bedoya also holds a position as Distinguished Guest Professor of Conducting at Texas Christian University where he works with conducting students and conducts special ensembles.
He also held other positions, notably:
- Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, Music Director, 2000–2005
- Eugene Symphony, Music Director, 1996–2001
In February 2009, he conducted Jonathan Miller's new production of La bohème at the English National Opera.[4]
Through his Caminos del Inka project he has actively promoted the orchestral works of several South American composers, most notably Osvaldo Golijov, Enrique Iturriaga, Celso Garrido Lecca, Esteban Benzecry and Jimmy Lopez.
References
- ^ Sherman, Robert (May 23, 1993). "MUSIC; Toe Tapping From Jazz to Israeli Dances". New York Times.
- ^ Pasles, Chris (May 30, 2004). "ARTS NOTES; A change in the guard at L.A. Phil". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Westphal, Matthew (23 October 2002). "Falletta and Harth-Bedoya Win Seaver/National Endowment for the Arts Conductors Awards". andante. http://www.andante.com/article/article.cfm?id=18873. Retrieved 2008-03-16.
- ^ Christiansen, Rupert (5 February 2009). "ENO's La Bohème at the Coliseum". Daily Telegraph
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