What is Daniel Harding?
{{BLP sources|date=March 2013}} [[File:Daniel Harding.jpg|thumb|Daniel Harding]] '''Daniel Harding''' (born [[Oxford]], 31 August 1975) is a British [[Conducting|conductor]]. Harding studied trumpet at [[Chetham's School of Music]] in [[Manchester]]. When he was 13 he became a member of the [[National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain|National Youth Orchestra]]. When he was 17, Harding got together a group of musicians to perform ''[[Pierrot Lunaire]]'' by [[Arnold Schoenberg]]. He sent a tape of the performance to the conductor [[Simon Rattle]] in Birmingham. Rattle was very impressed and invited Harding to be assistant conductor to him at the [[City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra]] for a year, from 1993-1994. Harding then went to the [[University of Cambridge]], but after his first year at university, he was invited by [[Claudio Abbado]] to be his assistant with the [[Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra]]. Harding has been conductor of the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra (1997-2000), the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen (1999-2003) and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra (since 2003). He conducted the 2005 opening night at [[La Scala]], [[Milan]] in ''Idomeneo'', after [[Ricardo Muti]] had resigned. In 2004, Harding was made guest conductor of the [[London Symphony Orchestra]] from 2006. He became the Principal Conductor of the [[Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra]] as of 2007. Harding is married and has two children. His wife plays the [[viola]]. He is a fan of the football club [[Manchester United]]. ==Other websites== *[http://www.danielharding.com Daniel Harding official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818111033/http://www.danielharding.com/ |date=2020-08-18 }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Harding, Daniel}} [[Category:1975 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:British conductors]]