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Recognized as one of the most exciting conductors on the international scene, Miguel Harth-Bedoya has served as music director of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra since 2000. Under his leadership, both the quality of the orchestra and its role in the community have grown significantly. In the words of the Dallas Morning News, "The transformation of the FWSO under music director Miguel Harth-Bedoya continues to amaze." The Fort Worth Symphony, conducted by Mr. Harth-Bedoya, will make its Carnegie Hall debut in January 2008. Recently released recordings of the Fort Worth Symphony include an all-Tchaikovsky CD and the first-ever bilingual recording of Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf featuring narrations in Spanish and English with Michael York. Sentimiento Latino, with Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Flores (Decca) and Alma del Perú, a recording of Peruvian traditional music with the Orquesta Filarmonica de Lima (Filarmonika), are also available.
An active guest conductor, Mr. Harth-Bedoya has appeared with the symphony orchestras of Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Dallas, Detroit, Milwaukee, Montreal, St. Louis, Seattle, Toronto, and Utah as well as the Minnesota Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. In Europe, he has conducted the London BBC Symphony, Berlin Symphony, Birmingham Symphony, Helsinki Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, Madrid National Orchestra, Munich Philharmonic, NDR Orchestra/Hamburg, Orchestre National de Lyon, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestre de Paris, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, WDR Orchestra/Cologne, and the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra, among others. Festival appearances include Adelaide, Aspen, Avanti (Helsinki), BBC Proms, Blossom, Hollywood Bowl (for which he received an Emmy), Interlochen, Oregon Bach, Ravinia and Tanglewood.
Upcoming and recent performances include subscription concert debuts with the Chicago Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, and the National Symphony as well as concerts with the Birmingham Symphony (UK), Sydney Symphony and the orchestras of Atlanta, Baltimore, Los Angeles, and Milwaukee.
Equally at home in opera, Miguel Harth-Bedoya has appeared with the Minnesota Opera conducting Tosca and the Santa Fe Opera conducting Osvaldo Golijov's Ainadamar with Dawn Upshaw in the leading role, a production that was also presented at Lincoln Center in 2006. Mr. Harth-Bedoya will return to the Minnesota Opera to conduct Un Ballo in Maschera and other productions during the next three years. Next season, he will make his debut with the Canadian Opera Company directing a production of the Barber of Seville.
As a result of his exceptional tenure as Associate Conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Mr. Harth-Bedoya returns every year to conduct a subscription week with that orchestra. Winner of the 2002 Seaver/NEA Conductors Award, he has also served as Music Director of the Auckland Philharmonia, Eugene Symphony, and the Philharmonic Orchestra of Lima.
Born in Peru, Miguel Harth-Bedoya makes his home in Fort Worth with his wife Maritza and their three children, Elena, Emilio, and Elisa.
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