JOSEPH SWENSEN
CONDUCTOR • COMPOSER
"Swensen was like a magician wielding his arms and cajoling the notes from his musicians"
Seen and Heard International
Photo by Lukasz Rajchert
Beethoven Symphony No. 9 Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine
“We are not quite in Furtwängler territory but heading that way.”
— Edward Seckerson, Gramaphone UK
Joseph Swensen entraîne ses troupes sur une voie dominée par les figures tutélaires de Furtwängler, Karajan ou Böhm.”
— Erwan Gentric Diapason
“Swensen and his Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine capture the radicalism of the piece and, more importantly, its urgency.”
— Edward Seckerson
CURRENT & FEATURED PROJECTS
Hafiz World Premiere - Bordeaux 2026
Photo by Frédéric Desmesure, courtesy of the Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine (ONBA)
CONTACT
Publishing & Licensing
BZU Artist Management & Publishing
Beatrix Zita Urbán, Publisher
