Danny Parashchak - Conductor and accompanist was born in England of Ukrainian parentage. Danny studied at the Royal College of Music, London and at University College, Cardiff, gaining a B.Mus. and the Final Year Piano Prize. He also studied singing with the late Eduardo Asquez and Myra Ross.
Danny has recently been conducting at the Royal Opera House, London as part of the Songs for Ukraine Project which involved a ukrainian refugee chorus of 130 singers together with the ROH Chorus. He shared the conducting with William Spaulding, Director of the ROH Chorus.
As Musical Director of Forward Opera, a company he founded in London with Artistic Director Ian Rutherford, (ROH, ENO, Glyndebourne), Designer John Clarke and choreographer Jenny Weston, he conducted Cosi fan tutte, Le nozze di Figaro Mozart and Verdi’s Falstaff.
In 2017 Bohdan conducted the 70 strong Anniversary Chorus in Westminster Cathedral and in November 2019, conducted the same chorus in Saint Sulpice, Paris.
Danny is also a Tomatis® Consultant. https://www.londonlistening.com/ and an EFT Practitioner.
In the past, he has also worked with large companies in project management, in both Europe and the UK.