Nicholas
McGegan
His fourth decade on
the podium, Nicholas
McGegan is hailed as
“one of the finest baroque conductors of
his generation” (London Independent), and
is increasingly recognized for his probing
and revelatory explorations of music of
all periods. He has been music director
of Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra for
27 years, and was artistic director of the
International Handel Festival Göttingen
for 20 years (1991–2011). Beginning in the
2013–2014 season, he became principal
guest conductor of the Pasadena Symphony
and in 2014 becomes artist-in-association
with Australia’s Adelaide Symphony.
He has appeared with many major
orchestras, including the New York, Los
Angeles and Hong Kong philharmonics; the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Louis,
Toronto and Sydney symphonies; the
Cleveland and Philadelphia orchestras;
and the Northern Sinfonia and Scottish
Chamber Orchestra.
Mr. McGegan was educated at Cambridge and Oxford. He was made an
Officer of the Most Excellent Order of
the British Empire (OBE) “for services to
music overseas.” Other awards include the
Halle Handel Prize; the Order of Merit of
the State of Lower Saxony (Germany); the
Medal of Honour of the City of Göttingen;
and a declaration of Nicholas McGegan
Day by the Mayor of San Francisco in
recognition of his work with Philharmonia
Baroque. In 2013, he was awarded an honorary degree of doctor of music by the San
Francisco Conservatory of Music.
Nicholas McGegan last appeared with
the BSO in February 2012, conducting
Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 1,
Rameau’s Naïs Ballet Suite, Haydn’s
Trumpet Concerto and Mozart’s
Symphony No. 39.
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multi-faceted, and compelling artists.
He is the recipient of a 2013 MacArthur
Genius Award. He has appeared as soloist
with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, The
Philadelphia Orchestra and the symphony orchestras of Boston, Chicago,
San Francisco and London. He regularly
gives recitals in New York, Washington,
Boston, Philadelphia and throughout the
United States. Last season, he returned
to Carnegie Hall as part of 13-city recital
tour, and performed at London's Wigmore
Hall. He also toured with the Australian
Chamber Orchestra, and gave a performance of Bach’s set of six keyboard
concertos in a single evening with the
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. He will appear on tour with Academy
St. Martin in the Fields performing Bach
concerti next season.
Mr. Denk opens this season with
performances of the Goldberg Variations
in Boston, Chicago and Washington. He
returns to Carnegie Hall on tour with the
San Francisco Symphony and Michael
Tilson Thomas, performing Mozart's
Piano Concerto No. 25, which he will also
perform with the Cincinnati Symphony
and with the St. Paul Chambe