Miguel Alberto Harth-Bedoya (born 1968) is a

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vian conductor. He was formerly

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of the

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from 2000 to 2020 and chief conductor of the

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from 2013 to 2020. He is currently Director of Orchestral Studies at

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Biography

Family and early life

Harth-Bedoya was born in

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. His mother was a choral director for the airline Aeroperu. His sister Maria Luisa Harth-Bedoya is a guitarist. Harth-Bedoya studied at the

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. He later attended the

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, where his teachers included

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. He graduated from Juilliard in 1991 with a

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degree and in 1993 with a Master of Music degree, both in conducting. His other conducting teachers have included

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and

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. In his native Peru, Harth-Bedoya helped to establish the ''Orquesta Filarmonica de Lima'' and the ''Compañía Contemporánea de Opera'', and worked with both ensembles from 1993 to 1998.

Career

In the USA in his early career, Harth-Bedoya worked with the

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(

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), with which he made his

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conducting debut. He was music director of the

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from 1993 to 1997. He also worked as a member of the Juilliard conducting faculty and was a staff conductor with the

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. In 1996, Harth-Bedoya became music director of the

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, and held this post until 2002. In 1998, he became assistant conductor of the

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, appointed by

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. Salonen subsequently promoted him to associate conductor in 1999, and Harth-Bedoya held this post through 2004. In 2002, Harth-Bedoya won the

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. In 2000, Harth-Bedoya became Music Director of the

. Following several extensions of his Fort Worth contract, in May 2018, the orchestra announced that Harth-Bedoya is to conclude his Fort Worth music directorship at the end of the 2019-2020 season, and subsequently to take the title of conductor laureate of the orchestra. In the USA, Harth-Bedoya's work in contemporary music has included conducting the July 2005 premiere of the revised version of

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's ''

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'' at

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, and the world premiere performances of

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's first opera '' Cold Mountain'', also at Santa Fe Opera, in August 2015. Outside of the USA, Harth-Bedoya was music director of the

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from 2000 to 2005. In 2007, he established the multimedia ''Caminos del Inka'' project for promotion of music from South America, which has included orchestral works of several South American composers, such as

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, Enrique Iturriaga,

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and

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. Harth-Bedoya first guest-conducted the

(KORK) in November 2010. In February 2012, the KORK announced the appointment of Harth-Bedoya as its 7th principal conductor, effective with the 2013-2014 season. He concluded his chief conductorship of the Norwegian Radio Orchestra at the close of the 2019-2020 season. Harth-Bedoya holds a position as Distinguished Guest Professor of Conducting at

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Personal life

Harth-Bedoya married his wife Maritza in 2000. The couple have 3 children. The family resides in

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Selected recordings

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, Piano concerto in A minor op.16,

Camille Saint-Saëns Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (; 9 October 183516 December 1921) was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic music, Romantic era. His best-known works include Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (1863), the Piano C ...

, piano concerto n°2 in G minor,

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, piano, The Norwegian Radio Orchestra, conducted by Miguel Harth-Bedoya. CD Harmonia Mundi 2016

References

External links

Miguel Harth-Bedoya official homepage

Harth-Bedoya's management
Schmidt Artists International
Biography from Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra website

Biography of Miguel Harth-Bedoya from Norwegian Radio Orchestra website

Biography from Caminos del Inka website

'Ep. 101: Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor'
Interview by Tigran Arakelyan {{DEFAULTSORT:Harth-Bedoya, Miguel Texas classical music Curtis Institute of Music alumni Juilliard School alumni Peruvian conductors (music) Peruvian emigrants to the United States 1968 births Living people 21st-century conductors (music)