Meet Oksana Lyniv – Ukraine’s star conductor
Date and time:
Monday 13 December, 2021
19:00 - 20:30
Location:
Embassy of Ukraine to the United Kingdom
60 Holland Park, W11 3SJ
London
W11 3SJ
Oksana Lyniv has made history on a number of occasions. In 2021, she became the first woman to conduct at Germany’s celebrated Bayreuth Festival, and the first woman to conduct the Orchestre de la Swiss Romande at the UN anniversary concert in Geneva. In 2022, she will become the first female chief conductor of an Italian opera orchestra when she joins the Teatro Comunale di Bologna as the General Music Director. A native of Brody, western Ukraine, Lyniv is a founder and artistic director of LvivMozArt International Music Festival, and a founder, conductor and artistic director of the Youth Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine/YsOU - the first and only youth orchestra in Ukraine that unites talented young people from all over the country.
Ukrainian Institute London invites you to meet Oksana Lyniv in person during her stay in London as a guest conductor at the Royal Opera House and learn more about her extraordinary career in classical music.
This event is held in partnership with the Embassy of Ukraine to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Please note that you will need to provide an identity document (passport / ID / driver's license or any other ID document with name and photo) to enter the Embassy for the event.
This event will be held in English.
Speaker
Oksana Lyniv
Oksana Lyniv is an internationally acclaimed conductor and the founder of several celebrated festivals and orchestras. As a guest conductor, she works with numerous leading orchestras worldwide and the renowned opera houses in Austria, Germany, the Czech Republic, France, Switzerland, Spain, Sweden, Estonia, Hungary, Romania, Japan and Ukraine, such as the Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Staatskapelle Berlin, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks and others. She has won numerous Ukrainian and international awards, including the Conductor of the Year award at Germany’s prestigious Oper! Awards. Parallel to her international career, Oksana Lyniv is committed to the development of classical music in Ukraine, playing an important role in championing a wide range of cultural projects in the country, including founding the LvivMozArt International Music Festival and the Youth Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine/YsOU.
