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August 2 & 3 ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES

Photo: Veikko Kähkönen

Dalia Stasevska Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony

Conductor Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Toronto
Symphony Orchestra, The Philadelphia Orchestra,
Minnesota Orchestra, the National Symphony
Dalia Stasevska’s charismatic and dynamic Orchestra and Netherlands Radio Philharmonic
musicianship has established her as a conductor Orchestra at the Concertgebouw Hall, Amsterdam.
of exceptional versatility. Chief Conductor of Lahti
Symphony Orchestra and Artistic Director to the Last season with BBC Symphony Orchestra, she
International Sibelius Festival, Stasevska also holds embarked on a six-concert tour to Japan with
the post of Principal Guest Conductor of BBC soloists Sol Gabetta, Nicola Benedetti and Roderick
Symphony Orchestra. She has made several Williams. In spring 2024, Stasevska and BBC
appearances at the BBC Proms, including the First Symphony Orchestra collaborated on a Total
Night of the Proms in 2023. Immersion project focusing on Missy Mazzoli.
Performing works of living composers is a core
In 2023-24, Stasevska guest conducted The part of Stasevska’s programming, and with Lahti
Cleveland Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony Symphony Orchestra, they presented works by
Orchestra, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Norman, Thomas Adès, Helen Grime, Kaija
hr-Sinfonieorchester, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Saariaho and Outi Tarkiainen, to name a few.
Berlin, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Seattle
Symphony Orchestra, Berner Symphonie-Orchester, A passionate opera conductor, 2023 saw Stasevska’s
Sydney Symphony Orchestra and West Australian highly successful debut at the Glyndebourne
Symphony Orchestra. Opera Festival with a revival of the iconic Peter Hall
production of Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Recent engagements have included orchestras such In previous seasons, she returned to Finnish
as New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, National Opera and Ballet to conduct a double bill

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