Dalia Stasevska is a Ukrainian-born Finnish conductor.
14 Facts About Dalia Stasevska
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Dalia Stasevska is currently principal guest conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and chief conductor of the Lahti Symphony Orchestra.
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Dalia Stasevska's family lived in Helsinki for a year, and then moved to Tampere.
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Dalia Stasevska continued her musical studies in violin and viola at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki.
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Dalia Stasevska studied conducting at the Royal Swedish Academy of Music, where her teachers included Jorma Panula, and at the Sibelius Academy, where her teachers included Leif Segerstam.
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Dalia Stasevska earned a diploma from the Sibelius Academy in 2012.
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From 2010 to 2015, Dalia Stasevska was artistic director of the Kamarikesa Festival.
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Dalia Stasevska made her UK guest-conducting debut in 2018 with the orchestra of Opera North.
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Dalia Stasevska is the first female conductor ever to be named principal guest conductor of the BBC SO, and the second female conductor to have a titled post with a BBC orchestra.
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Dalia Stasevska made her public debut with the BBC SO at The Proms in July 2019.
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Dalia Stasevska conducted the Last Night of The Proms in September 2020, under social distancing conditions and without an audience in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the second female conductor to conduct the Last Night and the third Last Night to feature a female conductor.
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Dalia Stasevska was scheduled to conduct the 2022 Last Night, but the death of Elizabeth II caused the cancellation of the concert.
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Dalia Stasevska is the first female conductor to be named chief conductor of the Lahti Symphony Orchestra.
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Dalia Stasevska is married to the Finnish musician and composer Lauri Porra, the bassist for Stratovarius and the great-grandson of Jean Sibelius.