Author Archives: daniel

G’Day and Ciao to everyone around the world! Here I am in Italy, celebrating Australia Day! I wish that you all have such a beautiful day and not mattering which country you are from, that you can celebrate with me, the fantastic and inspiring land ‘Down Under’ from wherever you are in the world! I [...]

Travel Tips page updated!
Worried about overweight luggage? I always carry luggage scales with me! Make sure you get a battery operated one as they memorise the weight so that you can check it after you put the bag down! Take a look at Magellan’s (added January 2012).

Travel Tips page updated!
I use TripIt Pro to easily access all my flight and hotel bookings from one place! It also sends me an SMS if my flight is delayed or cancelled and notifies me of alternate flights. A really great tool!

Continuing a beautiful relationship with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice, Daniel will embark on a tour with the orchestra, performing works by the Strauss family in France in January 2012. More information next month!
Works will include a selection from the following:
LUMBYE Champagner-Galopp
STRAUSS, J. Jr. Russischer Marsch
STRAUSS, J, Jr. Perpetuum mobile; Musikalischer Scherz, op.257 (Musical Joke)
STRAUSS, [...]

One memory I have of New Year in Sydney as a child was to wake up and watch the Vienna Philharmonic perform live on TV. This New Year Concert became a ritual for me over the years.
It is with great joy that I announce an invitation to return to the Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice to [...]

Whilst family members are in the eye of the storm, I thank everyone for their thoughts for Australia at this most incredible time. The anxious wait to see how your fellow Australians and family members will be tomorrow morning after the greatest cyclone (hurricane) to hit Australia in known history hits Queensland, keeps your [...]

To everyone, Happy Australia Day! and I hope that you had a wonderful Christmas and New Year! These last few weeks have been extremely busy and I am delighted that we have a new website on the way thanks to the wonderful, Mr Andrew Chai. It will be filled with wonderful new content, including [...]

It’s that time of year again. That short fortnight when you are at home, resting from touring. For a conductor, this is precious time. It’s the time when you go through hundreds of scores, marking which ones need replacing or have gone missing, which editions are out of date or which need repairing. It’s a [...]