Finnegan Downie Dear

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