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Daniel Alfred Wachs, M.M. Assistant Professor of Music Music Director and Director of Instrumental Studies Chapman University Orchestras
Dynamic Conductor and Pianist Daniel Alfred Wachs is increasingly recognized as one of the few musicians of his generation successfully balancing the busy demands of a conducting and solo career. Recently, his performance with the Minnesota Orchestra “proved a revelation, delivering a technically impeccable, emotionally powerful performance of two Mozart piano concertos and a pair of solo works…” (St. Paul Pioneer Press) Currently, Mr. Wachs serves as an Assistant Conductor of the Orchestre National de France in Paris under Kurt Masur. In February 2007, Mr. Wachs will prepare the Rotterdam Philharmonic for performances and a recording with Valery Gergiev. Other international engagements include the French premiere of Bernstein’s Candide at the Théâtre du Châtelet (a co-production with La Scala & ENO), Albert Herring with Opera Chapman, performances of Britten’s Cantata Misericordium & Faure’s Requiem, and Assistant Conductor and Repetiteur for the Cincinnati Opera’s 2007 Season. He will also serve as a juror for the 2007 ASCAP Foundation Rudolf Nissim Award in New York. Mr. Wachs recently completed his tenure as Assistant Conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra, where highlights included a semi-staged performance of Amahl and the Night Visitors (with the Minnesota Opera Chorus and James Sewell Ballet Company), as host and conductor of an evening of Mozart Symphonies, and various pops presentations. During the 2004-05 Season, Mr. Wachs held the position of Artist in Residence at New York City Ballet, leading performances during the company’s Balanchine Centennial as well as during the 50th Anniversary of The Nutcracker. He has guest conducted such orchestras as the Auckland Philharmonia of New Zealand, The Fort Worth Symphony, the Florida West Coast Symphony, and the National Symphony (as part of the National Conducting Institute.) As a soloist, he has performed in such venues as Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow, the Salle Padarewski in Lausanne, and at such festivals as Aspen, Tanglewood and Verbier. Upcoming engagements include the Boca Raton Symphony & Sinfonia Gulf Coast. Born in 1976 and raised and educated in the United States, Israel and Europe, Mr. Wachs was auditioned by Zubin Mehta at the age of eight and began studies with Enrique Barenboim. He subsequently pursued studies at the Zürich Academy of Music and the North Carolina School of the Arts. Mr. Wachs holds a Bachelor’s degree in Piano from the Curtis Institute of Music and graduate degrees in piano & conducting from The Juilliard School. He is represented by William Reinert Associates, Inc. |
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