Seattle Symphony’s Music Director
Thomas Dausgaard opens Digital Beethoven Fest by introducing audiences to the background on the festival, ongoing community partnerships, and Community Composition projects.
Native American musician, storyteller, and activist
Paul Chiyokten Wagner, who is a collaborator on Potlatch Symphony 2020, will join Dausgaard in conversation around culture, place, and shared humanist values at the core of Beethoven and local Native American narratives.
Hosted by Seattle Symphony Vice President of Artistic Planning
Raff Wilson.
About Thomas Dausgaard:
Music Director of the Seattle Symphony, Danish conductor Thomas Dausgaard is esteemed for his creativity and innovative programming, the excitement of his live performances and his extensive catalogue of critically acclaimed recordings. His programming in recent seasons have seen an increased focus on context, exploring the influences found in folk and liturgical music on orchestral works by a range of composers including Beethoven, Rachmaninov, Sibelius, Nielsen and Bartók.
Performing internationally with many of the world’s leading orchestras, Dausgaard is also the Chief Conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. He also holds titles as Honorary Conductor of the Orchestra della Toscana (ORT) and the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, having previously served as its Chief Conductor from 2004–11; and Conductor Laureate of the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, having served as Chief Conductor from 1997–2019.
About Paul Chiyokten Wagner:
Paul "Che oke ten" Wagner of WSANEĆ (Saanich First Nations) is an internationally performing presenter of traditional songs and stories of his Coast Salish tribal ancestors. Che oke ten is a member of the Wsaanich (Saanich) Tribe of southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia. An award-winning Native American flutist, his songs have come to him with visions of healing and prayer for all relations (tree people, animal people and human people). In addition to his performing and recording work, he teaches workshops on drum making and flute playing. He also makes Coast Salish form wood carvings, and is a videographer and photographer of Nature's phenomenal spiritual gifts.
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