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When Pablo Heras-Casado brings a score to life in performance, he does so through a unique combination of acquired skills, innate wisdom and open-hearted passion. The Spanish artist, hailed by the New York Times as “the thinking person’s idea of a hotshot young conductor”, has achieved remarkable success in repertoire ranging from renaissance polyphony and 19th-century grand opera to works by Pierre Boulez, Peter Eötvös and George Benjamin.

Heras-Casado’s lifelong commitment to early music and historically informed performance was recognised in 2013 when he was named as an Archiv Ambassador by Deutsche Grammophon’s Archiv label. The new relationship will be launched in May 2014 with the release of an album of works associated with the legendary castrato Farinelli, recorded in company with the countertenor Bejun Mehta and Concerto Köln.

The conductor’s work in all repertoires is informed by deep knowledge of performance practice traditions and of the vital spiritual connec