Dalia Stasevska

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“The star of the evening was conductor Dalia Stasevska”
(Aamulehti)

Principal Guest Conductor Designate: BBC Symphony Orchestra (from July 2019)

Dalia’s charismatic and dynamic musicianship has established her as a conductor of exceptional versatility. This season she will celebrate a number of debuts, including Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre National de Lyon at the Annecy Classics Festival, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Houston Symphony, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra and Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. Additionally, in December, she had the honour of conducting the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic at the Nobel Prize Ceremony in Stockholm. Dalia will also return to BBC Symphony Orchestra, Trondheim Symfoniorkester, Gävle Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestra of Opera North.

2017/18 saw her giving debuts with BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Gürzenich-Orchester Köln and Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Dalia also returned to Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra and Gothenburg Symphony, where she celebrated the Finnish 100^th Independence Anniversary, and continued her relationship with the Trondheim Symfoniorkester. She also collaborated again with Finnish National Opera, conducting Sebastian Fagerlund’s Höstsonaten at the Baltic Sea Festival in Stockholm, featuring Anne-Sofie von Otter.

A passionate opera conductor, this season Dalia will make her debuts with Kungliga Opera Stockholm conducting Don Giovanni, directed by Ole Anders Tandberg as well as Opéra de Toulon conducting Eugene Onegin. She has conducted Cunning Little Vixen with Finnish National Opera and Lucia di Lammermoor with Norske Opera.

Dalia Stasevska – Sibelius: Symphony No.7 (excerpt) © Trondheim Symphony

Mendelssohn: Symphony No.4, Op.90 © Helskini Philharmonic

Dalia Stasevska - Magnus Lindberg: Two Episodes © Finnish Radio SO (2016 Helsinki Festival)

Kodaly: Dances of Galanta (excerpt) © Gothenburg Symphony

“Her international reputation is strongly growing, and after seeing her in concert it is not hard to understand why. She is bursting with musical knowledge and energy.”

(Hufvudstadsbladet, September 18)

“She is full of energy and conducted the chorus with power and control.”

(NORDJYSKE, May 18)

“She’s a real find, making her UK debut with an orchestra clearly having a ball”

(Arts Desk, April 2018)

“Stasevska knows how to shout and to whisper. […] From the very beginning it was clear that her approach never sees classical music as a ‘charming entertainment’. Instead she comes across as a fully mature artist whose interpretations have real power and vision. She conducts with immense intensity and control, but at the same time has understanding for small nuances. […] Let us follow Stasevska’s career very attentively and hopefully for a long time!”

(Etelä-Suomen Sanomat, 2015)

“The star of the evening was conductor Dalia Stasevska. She made Finnish National Opera’s orchestra sound full with rich colours.”

(Aamulehti, 2015)

“Dalia Stasevska conducted with dedication. From the very beginning, she almost seemed to be an inseparable part of Janáček’s music, its freshness and naturalness.”

(Etelä-Suomen Sanomat, 2015)

“A young, creative and energetic Dalia Stasevska created a fresh and alive, but at the same time very sensitive interpretation. Her grip to the music was rhythmic, insightful and fresh. Many details emerged from the orchestra which often remain unheard in the overall texture of other interpretations. […] From the very opening bars, the music sounded soft and sweet, the piani in the Lacrimosa were touchingly quiet, like a soft comforting touch of fingertips. She showed the same delicacy in the handling of the choir. Stasevska lets fortes ring out for a moment, only to quickly pull them back, to give space to the next one. Mozart’s rich tapestry sparkled and lived like in a kaleidoscope.”

(Itä-Savo, 2015)