daniel smith

A big hello to everyone from Rome, Italy! Sometimes I rave on this blog, but today I’d like to rant a little :P Whilst I arrived safely, United Airlines didn’t fare so well. In fact, as long as I can avoid it, I will never fly with them again! All started with the 45-minute check-in [...]

Well, hoping to write in a few days sure didn’t work! Here I am, during my last week in beautiful Aspen, preparing for the last concert tomorrow and starting to pack for yet another journey! The terrain surrounding Aspen is quite simply, spectacular! It took a while to adjust to the altitude and at once, [...]

Over the last few weeks I’ve seen the beautiful blue waters of the Côte d’Azur, the magnificent relics of the Roman Empire, seen six Broadway shows and this morning, had deer wake me up looking for food on my window! I’m now in Aspen, Colorado, where I have my the next performances. Lots of wonderful [...]

For twenty years the Cadaqués Orchestra organises, biennial, the Cadaqués Orchestra International Conducting Competition. During this time, we have focused our efforts on supporting the talent in the field of orchestral conducting. This year we have the good fortune to celebrate our 10th edition and we want to go a step further, taking advantage of [...]

It’s wonderful to be back in Italy! It’s spring here and there is quite a spectacular show being put on with thunder and lighting over the Vatican. It’s really a long way from Australia and I’m reminded of this more each time I fly. Everyone was surprised to see me fully awake and walking around [...]

Sunny Sydney! Wonderful to be home, even if only for a week. Not a cloud in the sky today but it’s getting a little fresh. Today I’ve spent packing 68kg worth of scores to conduct over the next few months. It looks like I’ll have to ship some across to the USA. Hopefully they’ll be [...]

Back in Italy after a wonderful week in Switzerland with the Tonhalle Orchestra Zürich. What incredible musicians. It was my first time in this great city and I hope to return to this concert hall soon. With its gorgeous interior and brilliant acoustics, the orchestra produces some incredibly clear colours. It was also wonderful to [...]

G’Day Everyone! I’m back in Australia for a week preparing for what is a wonderfully massive year ahead! Thanks to everyone for all your kind emails regarding my concert and masterclass in Sweden. It really means a lot to hear from so many audience members!! and I hope to be back very soon! Yes, it [...]