Harding, Daniel, Conductor
Born in Oxford, Daniel Harding began his career assisting Sir Simon Rattle at the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, with whom he made his professional debut in 1994. He went on to assist Claudio Abbado at the Berlin Philharmonic and made his debut with the orchestra at the 1996 Berlin Festival.

In 2003, he became the first Music Director of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. His previous positions include Principal Conductor of the Trondheim Symphony in Norway (1997-2000), Principal Guest Conductor of Sweden\\\'s Norrköping Symphony (1997-2003) and Music Director of the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen (1997-2003). He has just been appointed Principal Guest Conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, to commence at the start of the 2006/07 season, and Music Director of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra from January 2007.

Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, Orchestra
The Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden (Saxon State Orchestra, Dresden) is an orchestra based in Dresden, Germany founded in 1548. It is one of the world\\\'s oldest orchestras.
In its early years, Heinrich Schütz was associated with it, and in the nineteenth century Carl Maria von Weber and Richard Wagner were both principal conductors. In the twentieth century, Richard Strauss became closely associated with it. Karl Böhm and Rudolf Kempe were also principal conductors.
Herbert Blomstedt was musical director of the Staatskapelle from 1975 to 1985. With them he recorded a complete cycle of Beethoven\\\'s nine symphonies.
Giuseppe Sinopoli was its principal conductor at the time of his death in 2001. In August 2002, Bernard Haitink took up the post until 2004. In August 2007 Fabio Luisi began his tenure as principal conductor.

Capuçon, Renaud, Soloist
Violinist