Tabita Berglund is one of today’s most exciting, talented and in-demand young conductorswho has gained a reputation for her alert, charismatic and inspiring style, which elicits“exceptional music-making” (The Arts Desk). This season, Berglund begins her four-yeartenure as Principal Guest Conductor of Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and from the 2025–26 season, she holds the same title with Dresdner Philharmonie; she was appointed toeach position following her respective debut.

Symphonic highlights of the 2024–25 season include debuts with the Houston Symphony,Minnesota Orchestra, Gothenburg Symphony, Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, Orchestre dechambre de Paris, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Iceland SymphonyOrchestra, and Lahti Symphony Orchestra, as well as Berglund’s inaugural weeks as DetroitSymphony Orchestra’s Principal Guest Conductor—the first featuring the US premiere ofAnna Clyne’s violin concerto Time and Tides with fellow HarrisonParrott artist PekkaKuusisto. Other notable season highlights include Berglund’s Asian debut with TokyoMetropolitan Symphony Orchestra, her Salzburg Easter Festival debut togetherwith Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, a European tour with Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana,and returns to Dresdner Philharmonie, Royal Stockholm PhilharmonicOrchestra, Orchestre national de Lyon, Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich, andTrondheim Symphony Orchestra. In December 2024, she conducts The NorwegianNational Ballet in 12 performances of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker.

Berglund regularly collaborates with internationally renowned soloists; recent andupcoming partnerships include Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Leila Josefowicz, Truls Mørk, CédricTiberghien, Nicolas Altstaedt, Håkan Hardenberger, Alexander Malofeev, the Jussenbrothers, and Camilla Tilling, to name a few. In 2024–25, she continues to champion themusic of Nordic compatriots such as Thorvaldsdottir, Saariaho, Sibelius, Svendsen, andIrgens Jensen, as part of a wide-ranging repertoire from Mozart and Beethoven to Dvořák,Mussorgsky, Poulenc, Lutosławski, and Britten, among many others.

Recent engagements include appearances with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, DetroitSymphony Orchestra, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Finnish Radio SymphonyOrchestra, Dresdner Philharmonie, Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre national deLyon, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Berner Symphonieorchester, City of BirminghamSymphony Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, and Düsseldorfer Symphoniker,among many others. Festival appearances include Festival Internacional de Músicay Danza de Granada and Grafenegg. Additionally, Berglund made her Garsington Operadebut in summer 2024, conducting a revival production of Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro. Sheconcluded her three-year tenure as Principal Guest Conductor of Kristiansand SymphonyOrchestra at the end of the 2023–24 season. In August 2024, she chaired the jury for thegrand finale of the Eurovision Young Musicians competition, broadcast live on televisionthroughout Europe via the major networks.

Berglund studied at the Norwegian Academy of Music, first as a cellist with Truls Mørk andlater orchestral conducting with Ole Kristian Ruud. She played regularly with the Oslo andBergen Philharmonic orchestras, as well as the Trondheim Soloists, before conductingbecame her main focus. Her debut album, with Oslo Philharmonic and violinist SonokoMiriam Welde, was released in 2021 (LAWO) and nominated for a Norwegian Grammy(Spellemann) in the 2022 Classical Music category.

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Cédric Tiberghien is a French pianist who has established a truly international career. He has been particularly applauded for his versatility, as demonstrated by his wide-ranging repertoire, interesting programming, an openness to explore innovative concert formats and his dynamic chamber music partnerships.

Concerto appearances in the 2023–2024 season include his debut with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestras as well as re-invitations to the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony, and the Orchestre National de Lyon. His solo and chamber appearances, the later with Alina Ibragimova and the Chiaroscuro Quartet, include performances in London, Brussels, and Berlin. Tiberghien has a long association with the Wigmore Hall in London, where he is currently performing a complete Beethoven variation cycle, juxtaposed with works by other composers, illustrating the evolution of the genre.

Last season Tiberghien performed Messiaen’s Turangalila Symphony with both the Berliner Philharmoniker (Simone Young) and the Orchestre National de France (Cristian Macelaru). Other recent collaborations have included the Boston Symphony, Cleveland, London Symphony, NDR Elbphilharmonie, and Tokyo Philharmonic orchestras and at the BBC Proms with Les Siècles. His conductor collaborations include Karina Canellakis, Nicholas Collon, Stéphane Denève, Edward Gardner, Enrique Mazzola, Ludovic Morlot, Matthias Pintscher, François-Xavier Roth, and Simone Young.

Tiberghien’s most recent recording is volume one of a complete Beethoven variation cycle, repertoire which he is also performing at Wigmore Hall. This is released by Harmonia Mundi for whom Tiberghien has also recorded the Ravel Concertos with Les Siècles/Roth, which has attracted superlative critical acclaim, including the accolade of “Editor’s Choice” in Gramophone Magazine . Tiberghien has previously recorded works by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, and Debussy for Harmonia Mundi. He has been awarded five Diapason d’Or, for his solo and duo recordings on Hyperion; his most recent solo project being a three-volume exploration of Bartók’s piano works.

As a dedicated chamber musician, Tiberghien’s regular partners include violinist Alina Ibragimova, violist Antoine Tamestit, and baritone Stéphane Degout, with all of whom he has made several recordings as well as performing in concert. His discography with Alina includes complete cycles of music by Schubert, Szymanowski, and Mozart (Hyperion) and a Beethoven Sonata cycle (Wigmore Live). Tiberghien is a member of the Académie Musicale Philippe Jaroussky, where he teaches regularly.