MIGUEL HARTH-BEDOYA
Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Emmy award-winning and Grammy-nominated conductor, is a master of color, drawing idiomatic interpretations from a diverse and wide range of repertoire in concerts across the globe.
Celebrating 35 years of professional conducting, and with a deep commitment to passing his experience on to the next generation of musicians, Harth-Bedoya is currently the Resident Director of Orchestras and Professor of Conducting at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University. He has also established The Conducting Institute to teach the fundamentals of conducting through intensive programs, workshops, courses, and seminars.
Harth-Bedoya has amassed considerable experience at the helm of orchestras, including tenures as Chief Conductor of the Norwegian Radio Orchestra and as Music Director of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, where he now holds the title of Music Director Laureate. He has held Music Director positions with the Auckland Philharmonia and the Eugene Symphony, the Lima Philharmonic Orchestra, and the New York Youth Symphony. He was also the Director of Orchestral Studies at Baylor University and the University of Nebraska Omaha.
Harth-Bedoya guest conducts with orchestras around the world. In the United States, he has conducted the Atlanta Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Boston Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Chicago Symphony, Dallas Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, and St. Louis Symphony, among others.
Miguel Harth-Bedoya is the founder and Artistic Director of Caminos del Inka, a non-profit organization dedicated to researching, performing, and preserving the musical legacy of South America. Among its varied activities, Caminos del Inka champions South American composers, produces lectures, chamber music concerts, recordings, and supports The Conducting Institute. In addition, Harth-Bedoya’s multimedia project: Caminos del Inka, a musical journey has been performed by the Chicago Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Residentie Orkest, and MDR Sinfonie Leipzig.
Miguel Harth-Bedoya leads the Des Moines Symphony for Love – Romeo & Juliet, featuring a memorable program of Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet, Sibelius’ Symphony No. 2, and Ravel’s jazz-infused Piano Concerto in G Major, with Des Moines debut pianist Anna Geniushene.
Join us Saturday, February 14 at 7:30 PM & Sunday, February 15 at 2:30 PM at the Des Moines Civic Center!
