Daniel Harding

Daniel Harding fascinates me because he's living two extraordinary lives at once. On one hand he's a world-class conductor, leading Santa Cecilia in Rome and set to take over the Los Angeles Philharmonic from the 2027-28 season. On the other, he's a working Air France pilot, which I find genuinely astonishing for someone at his level. The Oxford-born musician was a prodigy, assisting Simon Rattle in his teens, and his Commander of the British Empire honour reflects how seriously the establishment takes him. To me he embodies discipline, you don't fly jets and conduct orchestras without obsessive precision. A rare, dual-mastery figure.

Name (English)

Daniel Harding

Name (Japanese)

ダニエル・ハーディング

Reading

だにえる・はーでぃんぐ

Born

August 31, 1975 (age 50)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Rabbit

Origin

Oxford, United Kingdom

Occupation

conductor / aircraft pilot

Awards & achievements

• 2002 Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
• 2021 Commander of the Order of the British Empire
• Classic Brit Awards
• 1995 Royal Philharmonic Society Award (Young Artist)

Motto

Private

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• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0

Tags

• conductor
• aircraft pilot

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.