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Delyana Lazarova

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“Delyana Lazarova gets the most out of this music – thrilling, gripping, a spirited whirlwind. Many movements of classical music bear the title ​‘con fuoco’, with fire. That is exactly Lazarova’s approach.

- Tiroler Tageszeitung, October 2023

Principal Guest Conductor BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Principal Guest Conductor Utah Symphony Orchestra

Among the most sought-after conductors of her generation, Delyana Lazarova is known as a ​“musician among musicians” who leads with a firm hand and an open heart. Lazarova’s authority as a conductor is rooted in the way she listens: with keen sensitivity, she responds to each orchestra’s individual character, drawing on its strengths and shaping a shared musical vision. On the podium, she combines precision and decisiveness, allowing a work’s raw power to emerge, with a sense of trust and security that gives musicians the freedom to express themselves fully and take artistic risks while remaining confidently guided throughout.

In the 2026/27 season, Delyana Lazarova continues as Principal Guest Conductor of the Utah Symphony and BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, returning with the latter to the BBC Proms, and as Artistic Partner of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife. Further highlights include debuts with the WDR Sinfonieorchester, MDR Sinfonieorchester and London Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as the Cincinnati and San Diego Symphony orchestras. She also returns to the Aspen Music Festival, Philharmonia Orchestra and Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, among others. This season, Lazarova joins forces with cherished colleagues such as Midori, Anastasia Kobekina, Liya Petrova, Simon Trpčeski, Alexander Melnikov and Lukas Sternath, among others.

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Born in Bulgaria, Delyana Lazarova has made the Eastern European and Russian repertoire a particular speciality, from Dvořák, Bartók and Stravinsky to Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Shostakovich and Rachmaninov. Lazarova’s warmth and generosity of spirit shine brightest in music that celebrates life: this season sees her conduct Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No.4, which traces a journey from fate to triumph, and Symphony No.5, whose melodies take up lasting residence in the heart. She conducts Prokofiev’s Symphony No.5, a glorification of the human spirit, and Beethoven’s Symphony No.4, with all its irresistible momentum. The thread of human connection running through Lazarova’s programmes culminates in Beethoven’s Symphony No.9 and its Ode to Joy, as the crowning finale of the year. Lazarova brings this programme to her artistic home, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, where she is Principal Guest Conductor, and makes her debut with the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin in a New Year’s concert at the Konzerthaus Berlin. Golda Schultz, Rachael Wilson, Julian Prégardien and Derek Welton join her in a dream cast welcoming the dawn of 2027.

In recent seasons, Lazarova has appeared with leading orchestras including the Philharmonia Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, NDR Radiophilharmonie, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, Göteborg Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia and Sinfonieorchester Basel, among others.

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Beethoven: 2. Sinfonie ©  hr-Sinfonieorchester – Frankfurt Radio Symphony
Introducing Delyana Lazarova, the BBC SSO's new Principal Guest Conductor © BBC Scottish Orchestra
Delyana Lazarova conducts Stravinsky's 'The Firebird (Excerpt) - BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra © BBC Scottish Orchestra
The Hallé - Tchaikovsky Symphony No.6 - IV. Adagio lamentoso: Andante © The Hallé