Biography
Winner of the Mahler Competition 2020, Finnegan is increasingly recognised for his extraordinary musicianship, his command of complex scores, and his intense and mature performances. Following a week conducting the Bamberger Symphoniker in a variety of repertoire, Finnegan won this summer’s Mahler Competition, leading a final concert which included the world premiere of Miroslav Srnka’s move 04 ‘Memory Full’ and Mahler Symphony No. 4, with soloist Barbara Hannigan. Last season he made concert debuts conducting the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble Resonanz, Klangforum Wien, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, RTÉ Concert Orchestra, State Philharmonic of Kosice and the BBC Concert Orchestra. Future symphonic engagements include concerts with the London Philharmonic and BBC Philharmon
Performance credits
Upcoming performances Today Onwards
Past performances 2013 — Yesterday
The Inextinguishable, AdèsSaariahoDukasNielsen
National Forum of MusicConductor
View program, cast and crewStaatskapelle Berlin & Finnegan Downie Dear, RavelMessiaenBenjamin
State Opera BerlinConductor
View program, cast and crewTschaikowskys Liebespaare, Tchaikovsky, P. I.
Bremer PhilharmonikerConductor
View program, cast and crewIn the Brilliance of Romanticism, RavelTchaikovsky, P. I.
Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic OrchestraConductor
View program, cast and crewUpcoming performances
10Jfo Na Festivalu Allegretto V Žilině, MozartMahler
Janáček Philharmonic OstravaConductor
View program, cast and crew1. Aufführungsabend, WebernKurz, S.Schubert
Staatskapelle DresdenConductor
View program, cast and crewFalstaff, Verdi
Staatsoper HamburgConductor
View cast and crewVoice Killer, Srnka
MusikTheater an der WienConductor
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Biography
Winner of the Mahler Competition 2020, Finnegan is increasingly recognised for his extraordinary musicianship, his command of complex scores, and his intense and mature performances. Following a week conducting the Bamberger Symphoniker in a variety of repertoire, Finnegan won this summer’s Mahler Competition, leading a final concert which included the world premiere of Miroslav Srnka’s move 04 ‘Memory Full’ and Mahler Symphony No. 4, with soloist Barbara Hannigan. Last season he made concert debuts conducting the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble Resonanz, Klangforum Wien, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, RTÉ Concert Orchestra, State Philharmonic of Kosice and the BBC Concert Orchestra. Future symphonic engagements include concerts with the London Philharmonic and BBC Philharmon
