Daniel Hege is an American orchestralconductor. He is currently the music director of theWichita Symphony Orchestra and theBinghamton Philharmonic, and is the principal guest conductor of theTulsa Symphony Orchestra. Hege previously served as the music director of the formerSyracuse Symphony Orchestra. He also makes numerous guest appearances with orchestras and music festivals across the country.
Hege was born in Colorado and raised in Idaho[1] to parents Carl and Anne, who he names as his role models. He attended the First Mennonite Church in Aberdeen, Idaho. He began piano lessons at the age of nine and realized at that age that music would be his ruling passion.[2]
He has majors in history and music atBethel College, graduating in 1987.[2] His senior seminar paper was about how the composerDmitri Shostakovich worked under the repressive Stalin regime in Russia in the mid-20th century. He went on to obtain a master's degree from theUniversity of Utah in orchestral conducting, where he founded the University Chamber Orchestra.[3] He studied at theUniversity of Southern California with Daniel Lewis and at theAspen Music Festival with Paul Vermel.
In 2004 Mr. Hege received an honorary doctorate in Humane Letters fromLe Moyne College.
He is active as a guest clinician and adjudicates various musical competitions nationally.
He has three daughters and lives inJamesville, NY.[3][4]
Maestro Hege has performed or will perform as guest conductor for the following orchestras and festivals:[4]
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