LIDIYA YANKOVSKAYA

RUSSIA

CONDUCTOR

About: Russian-American conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya is a fiercely committed advocate for Russian masterpieces, operatic rarities, and contemporary works on the leading edge of classical music. Carmen marks her debut with HGO. As Music Director of Chicago Opera Theater, Yankovskaya has led the Chicago premieres of Jake Heggie’s Moby-Dick, Rachmaninov’s Aleko, Joby Talbot’s Everest, Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta, and the world premiere of Dan Shore’s Freedom Ride. Elsewhere, she has recently conducted Don Giovanni at Seattle Opera, Pia de’ Tolomei at Spoleto Festival USA, The Barber of Seville at Wolf Trap Opera, Ellen West at New York’s Prototype Festival, and the world premiere of Taking Up Serpents at Washington National Opera. On the concert stage, she has been recently engaged with Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Hawaii Symphony, Chicago Philharmonic, Rhode Island Philharmonic, and the symphony orchestras of Mobile and Oviedo, Spain. An alumna of the Dallas Opera’s Hart Institute for Women Conductors and recipient of the Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship, Yankovskaya has also served as assistant conductor to Lorin Maazel, assisted Vladimir Jurowski via a London Philharmonic fellowship, and was featured in the Bruno Walter National Conductor Preview. Upcoming debuts include Dallas Opera, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Minnesota Opera, and Opera Seville.