Английская Википедия:David Afkham

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Zelt-Musik-Festival 2016 in Freiburg, Germany

David Afkham (born 1983) is a German conductor.

Biography

Born in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany,[1] Afkham began violin and piano studies at age 6. At age 15, he studied at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg, where he was a piano student of James Avery.[2] In 2002, he won the Шаблон:Lang competition. In 2007, he finished his conducting studies with Nicolás Pasquet at the Hochschule für Musik "Franz Liszt" in Weimar. One of his siblings is Micha Afkham, a violist with the Berlin Philharmonic.

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Afkham and the Freiburg Philharmonic Orchestra

In 2008, Afkham won the first prize of the Donatella Flick Conducting Competition,[3] and subsequently became assistant conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra.[4][5] From 2009 to 2012, he was assistant conductor of the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra.

In 2014, Afkham became principal conductor of the Orquesta Nacional de España (ONE).[6] In February 2019, the ONE announced the elevation of Afkham's title with the orchestra to chief conductor and artistic director of the Orquestra y Coro Nacional de España (OCNE), effective with the 2019-2020 season.[7] In January 2023, the OCNE announced the extension of Afkham's contract through September 2026.[8]

Afkham has commercially recorded for such labels as Berlin Classics.[9]

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External links

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