Deanna
Tham
CONDUCTOR
PC Nathalie Long
DEANNA
THAM
CONDUCTOR
...terrifically clear stickwork with an emotionally engaging style...It was as if she put her hands in a wall socket and electrified the hall!
-James Bash, Oregon ArtsWatch
aboutDeanna
Deanna Tham, conductor
Powerfully compelling, Deanna Tham is known for her captivating and tenacious spirit on and off the podium, invigorating both audiences and collaborating artists. She has made recent appearances at the Proms in Royal Albert Hall, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, and Seiji Ozawa Hall at the Tanglewood Music Center. Recent highlights include leading the Jacksonville Symphony’s first educational Martin Luther King Jr. tribute concert and the Union Symphony’s first city-community Pops on the Plaza collaboration of Latin American pop and classical music. She is currently the Music Director of the Union Symphony Orchestra. 2022-23 will mark her inaugural season as Associate Conductor of the Oregon Symphony.
PC Nathalie Long
InthePress
January 21, 2023
A review of Deanna's subscription debut with the Oregon Symphony, written by James Bash for Oregon ArtsWatch:
Deanna Tham made a jaw-dropping, spectacular concert hall debut with Oregon Symphony’s concert January 14 at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.
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What really floored me was the finale when Tham started to make some really big gestures. I thought that she had overcommitted herself too early and would have nowhere to go. Boy was I wrong! She came up with more emphatic gestures that changed and enhanced and made the sound grow. It was incredible! It was as if she put her hands in a wall socket and electrified the hall!
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