Music Director of the Fort Worth Symphony and Founder and Artistic Director of Caminos del Inka, Inc., Peruvian born Miguel Harth-Bedoya is one most exciting and sought-after conductors on the international scene. Under his leadership, the artistic level of the Fort Worth Symphony and its contribution to the cultural life of the community have grown enormously. In the words of the Dallas Morning News, “The transformation of the FWSO under music director Miguel Harth-Bedoya continues to amaze.” In addition to a highly acclaimed Carnegie Hall debut in 2008, the orchestra has recorded an all-Tchaikovsky CD, a world-premiere bilingual recording of Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf featuring narrations in Spanish and English with Michael York, Sentimiento Latino with tenor Juan Diego Flórez, and INTI, a recording of three centuries of Peruvian music.
Mr. Harth-Bedoya has also recorded Traditions and Transformations: Sounds of Silk Road Chicago with the Chicago Symphony and Yo-Yo Ma, which was nominated for Grammy awards in two categories in 2009, and a recording of music by Osvaldo Golijov with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León and pianists Katia and Marielle Labèque, on the Deutsche Grammophon label.
Inspired by the ancient melodies of the Inca Trail, Mr. Harth-Bedoya created the Caminos del Inka project as a modern-day laboratory to discover, preserve, expand, and disseminate the rich musical legacy of the Americas through research, new commissions, education projects, and orchestral and chamber performances. Launched in Peru in 2007 and realized on the North American stage for the first time in 2008, Mr. Harth-Bedoya has now propelled Caminos del Inka, Inc. another step forward in 2010 with its establishment as a non-profit organization. Following the premiere of its symphonic multimedia concert, Caminos del Inka, a musical journey, by the Chicago Symphony in October 2008, John von Rhein of the Chicago Tribune wrote “…I found the multimedia event a refreshing departure from the usual subscription concert fare and format.” Other presenters of Caminos del Inka concerts include The Philadelphia Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, Boston Symphony at Tanglewood, Residentie Orchestra in The Hague, Orquesta Sinfónica de Chile, KohoBeat in Helsinki, Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, Oregon Bach Festival, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, and Texas Christian University. (To learn more about Caminos del Inka, Inc. please visit www.caminosdelinka.org.)
An active guest conductor, Mr. Harth-Bedoya has appeared in the U.S. with the Atlanta Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Boston Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Dallas Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Milwaukee Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, Montreal Symphony, National Symphony in Washington, D.C., New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Saint Louis Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Toronto Symphony, Utah Symphony, and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. Worldwide engagements include the London BBC Symphony, Berlin Radio Symphony, Birmingham Symphony, Dresden Philharmonic, Helsinki Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, National Orchestra of Spain, Munich Philharmonic, NDR Orchestra/Hamburg, Orchestre National de Lyon, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestre de Paris, Residentie Orkest in The Hague, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Stuttgart Radio Orchestra, Sydney Symphony, 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, Tanglewood, and Vail.
Equally at home in the theatre, Miguel Harth-Bedoya conducted a new production of La Bohème at the English National Opera in London, directed by Jonathan Miller, during the winter of 2009, which is available internationally on DVD. He has appeared with the Canadian Opera Company, Minnesota Opera, Santa Fe Opera, and the Cincinnati Opera. In November, 2010 Mr. Harth-Bedoya joined soprano Renée Fleming for a tour of performances with five Scandanavian orchestras.
Winner of the 2002 Seaver/NEA Conductors Award, Mr. Harth-Bedoya has also served as Music Director of the Auckland Philharmonia in New Zealand, Eugene Symphony Orchestra in Oregon, Lima Philharmonic in Peru, and the New York Youth Symphony at Carnegie Hall. He received his Bachelor’s degree at The Juilliard School, and his Master’s degree from Curtis Institute of Music. He has studied with Seiji Ozawa, Gustav Meier, and Otto-Werner Mueller. He currently 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.
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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.”
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