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INTRODUCTION
In a conversation with Cristina Fieraru, our newest ‘Conductor of the future’ protagonist, Dayner Tafur-Díaz talks about his artistic development journey, his experiences on stage & in competitions and also about how he approaches a new score & shares some secrets about how he learners a score much faster if needed. Keep reading and you will find out more about the challenges that one must face as a conductor and many other important and interesting facts. Grab your glass of wine & enjoy!
BIOGRAPHY
Dayner Tafur-Díaz born in Peru, began his musical training on the trumpet and received a scholarship for the orchestra project "Arpegio" at a young age, where he gained his first experience as a conductor. In September 2017, he moved to Germany and, as part of a voluntary service in Berlin, assisted the conductor Knut Andreas as leader of the numerous ensembles and youth orchestras at the Georg-Friedrich Händel Music High School. In 2018, he began training as an ensemble and choir director at the Berufsfachschule für Musik Mittelfranken, specializing in orchestra conducting with Uwe Münch. In August 2022, he won 1st place in the second edition of the International Opera Conducting Competition of the Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège (Belgium), and in November 2022, 2nd place in the Orchestra Conducting Competition of the University of Almeria (Spain). He was also selected as one of the 20 finalists for the Mahler Competition 2023 in Bamberg and as one of the 12 finalists for the German Conducting Award 2023 to be held in early October in Köln. Dayner Tafur-Díaz attended masterclasses with Michael Riedel, Thomas Mittelberger, and Giampaolo Bisanti and participated in the Conducting Campus 2021 and the Critical Orchestra® 2023. Orchestras with which Dayner Tafur-Díaz has worked include the Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Orchestre Symphonique de Mulhouse, Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège, Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen, Philharmonie Baden-Baden, Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz, Badische Philharmonie Pforzheim and the orchestra "Sinfonía por el Perú" of Juan Diego Flores. He worked as an assistant with Giampaolo Bisanti in the productions of Alzira (Verdi) and Sonnambula (Bellini) at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège in the season 22/23. Since October 2019 Dayner Tafur-Díaz has been studying at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart, Bachelor Orchestra Conducting with Prof. Rasmus Baumann, and since 2023 he has been a scholarship holder at the Forum Dirigieren of the Deutscher Musikrat.
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Since 2018 she has been studying Law at “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University in Iași.
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With OPERA Charm Magazine, Alice aims to nurture her creative side to help it flourish and bloom and to discover, alongside the magazine’s readers, the fascinatingly complex world of opera.
Currently, she is an LL.M. in Business Law at “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University in Iași.
Oana Zamfir is a second year MA student at the “George Enescu” National University of Arts, at the Department of Musicology.
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