Daniel Hogan
Daniel Hogan
Conductor
Music Director of Kew Sinfonia
Founder and Music Director of Sinfonia Perdita
Music Director of Winchester Symphony Orchestra
“Daniel Hogan is without doubt one of the finest conductors of his generation.”
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Daniel Hogan is a young British conducting talent beginning to establish himself on the international music scene. He has been recognised across the profession as a conductor with enormous potential; a reputation for musical knowledge and musicianship, combined with an empathetic and personable leadership style.
Daniel’s 2024/25 season includes a visit to Poznań Opera Orchestra and Chorus where he will be assisting Jacek Kaspszyk in a performance celebrating the Polish Independence Day. In April 2025, he debuts as Assistant conductor with the Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra. Later in the month, he will be conducting the Oxford University Orchestra, and in June he will be conducting the University of London Symphony Orchestra.
In the 2023/2024 season, Daniel was Assistant Conductor for Opera North's My Fair Lady in Leeds and the BBC's 10 Pieces project with the BBC Concert Orchestra and BBC Singers. He assisted Andrew Gourlay with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Christopher Warren-Green with the Philharmonia and Brighton Festival Chorus for Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 at the Royal Albert Hall. He also served as Rehearsal Conductor for the Ulster Youth Orchestra's summer tour. Daniel assisted in recording Matthew Taylor’s Symphony No. 6 with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales which was recently released.
Past highlights have included conducting the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in an Emerging Conductors Showcase concert in June 2023, and conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra, in a side-by-side project with the Royal Academy of Music. In concert, Daniel has also conducted the Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra in Olomouc, Czechia, and the Baltic Sea Philharmonic and the Järvi Academy Youth Orchestra in Estonia.
He has worked with soloists including Isata Kanneh-Mason, Laure Chan, John Myerscough, So-Ock Kim, Catrin Finch, and Thomas Kelly, as well as some of the UK’s most respected composers including Nicola LeFanu, David Matthews and Joseph Horovitz.
Daniel is the founder of Sinfonia Perdita, a young professional orchestra focused on neglected repertoire. Their first studio recording features Schumann’s Violin Concerto with Laure Chan, recorded at Abbey Road Studios. In November 2024, they will perform at Smith Square Hall, supported by the Malcolm Arnold Estate.
Daniel holds Music Directorships with various music organisations including Chorleywood Orchestra, Winchester Symphony Orchestra and Kew Sinfonia, with whom he conducted Thomas Kelly with Schumann’s Piano Concerto, and Lucilla Mariotti with Sibelius’ Violin Concerto last season. Other highlights include Korngold Violin Concerto with soloist So-Ock Kim and Farnborough Symphony Orchestra and a performance of Anna Clyne’s Masquerade with Hertford Symphony Orchestra.
Daniel studied a Professional Diploma in Orchestral Conducting at the Royal Academy of Music with Sian Edwards. He received First Class Honours for his Masters in Orchestral Conducting at the Royal College of Music. He has studied at the Järvi Conducting Academy, with Paavo, Neeme and Kristian Järvi and benefitted from tuition and masterclasses with Martyn Brabbins, Sakari Oramo, Vasily Petrenko, Edward Gardner, Rafael Payare, Sir Mark Elder, Jac van Steen, Tomáš Netopil, Ryan Bancroft, Colin Metters and Sir Antonio Pappano.
As a teacher, Daniel recently tutored at the Aberystwyth Festival Conducting Course, assisting Toby Purser. He is a regular tutor at the New London Music Association Summer School and Principal Conductor of their Sinfonietta Orchestra. He is also a visiting Tutor of Conducting at Westminster School, and has taught at the Royal Academy of Music’s Junior Department.
Alongside his conducting work, Daniel is a committed composer. He has been commissioned to compose a orchestral vocal work for mezzo-soprano Emily Hodkinson, to be performed alongside Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 in October 2024.