Author Archives: daniel

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time when you go through hundreds of scores, marking which ones need replacing or have gone missing, which editions are out of date or which need repairing.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 [...]

Apologies to all those who had problems viewing the video of Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No.3 in the last post. The video has been re-uploaded and is working again! To watch it, just scroll down to the last entry. This week, we have a new video for you! Haydn’s rarely performed Symphony No.87. This was the [...]

This last week has been wonderful! Trips to the United Kingdom, Hungary and Italy. Just arrived back from London and tomorrow will head to Budapest! Mostly work, but a little play too. Managed to see Sister Act a few nights ago – one of the strongest musical casts I have come across! Fantastic! Lots of [...]

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 (and I [...]

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 the [...]

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 [...]