David Afkham, 2008 winner

David is artistic director and chief conductor of the KHG-Symphony-Orchestra Freiburg
David is currently the first ‘Bernard Haitink Fund for Young Talent’ recipient and works regularly with his mentor Bernard Haitink and the Chicago Symphony and Royal Concertgebouw Orchestras. He has also been appointed a fellow of the Los Angeles Philharmonic to work with Gustavo Dudamel


August 2009
Assisting Jonathan Nott & Franz Welser-Moest with the Gustav Mahler Jugend Orchestra Vienna


September 2009
Cover for Bernard Haitink on European tour with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra


October 2009
Cover for Gustavo Dudamel + concert performances with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, youth and family series, Los Angeles


November 2009

Cover for Bernard Haitink + concert performances with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in Chicago
Jena Philharmonic Orchestra
, Jena, Germany


January 2010
Bamberger Sinfonikern, Bamber: radio production
Philharmonie Südwestfalen/Landesorchester Nordrhein-Westfalen, Siegen, Germany. ( t.b.c.)


February 2010
Hofer Symphoniker, HOF, Germany

March 2010
London Symphony Orchestra (tba)
Royal Concertgebouworkest: Amsterdam


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