About
Harry Ogg CONDUCTOR
British conductor Harry Ogg continues to establish himself on both the operatic and symphonic stages. The 2024/25 season sees Harry debut with Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Concerto Köln and Staatsorchester Darmstadt. He maintains a close relationship with Hamburger Symphoniker returning for a concert in the Laeiszhalle.
First Kapellmeister of Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Harry’s third season includes a new production of Rusalka and revivals of Der Fliegende Holländer and Don Giovanni. Over the past two seasons he has conducted a wide range of repertoire including Die Tote Stadt, Madama Butterfly, La Traviata, La Cenerentola, Tosca, Hänsel und Gretel and Die Zauberflöte, among others.
Last season Harry made several significant debuts, including in the Concertgebouw stepping in at the last minute for Ivor Bolton to conduct Gürzenich Orchester Köln. He made further debuts with Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, Bruckner Orchester Linz and George Enescu Philharmonic and returned to Düsseldorfer Symphoniker to conduct their Silversterkonzert in the Tonhalle. Harry opened the season with his Oper Köln debut leading the world premiere production of Frank Pesci’s The Strangers, and later stepped in for two performances of Hänsel und Gretel.
Other recent highlights include Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, Münchner Philharmoniker, SWR Symphonieorchester, Dresden Philharmonie. Nürnburger Symphoniker, Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele, Les Siècles, Orchestre de Chambre de Paris and Bergen Philharmonic.
After being a finalist in the 2018 Donatella Flick-LSO Conducting Competition Harry was invited to be Musikalischer Assistent at Gürzenich Orchester Köln. Highlights of Harry’s three-year tenure include him stepping-in last minute for Francios-Xavier Roth and Nicolas Collon respectively, both concerts garnering significant acclaim in the local press. He was Associate Conductor at Welsh National Opera for the 2019/20 season, which saw him lead a production of Carmen.
Harry was awarded joint 3rd Prize at the 2020 Mahler Conducting Competition in Bamberg and awarded 2nd Prize in the 2018 MDR Symphony Orchestra Conducting Competition in Leipzig.
On the Forum Dirigieren’s “Maestros von Morgen” list, he is also an lnternational Opera Awards Young Artist Bursary winner, a recipient of the Deutschland Stipendium and is grateful for support from Help Musicians UK and the Royal Society of Musicians.
Harry studied orchestral conducting with Professor Nicolás Pasquet and Professor Ekhart Wycik at the Franz Liszt Hochschule für Musik in Weimar, and previously read music at Clare College, Cambridge.
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