Lidiya Yankovskaya

Lidiya Yankovskaya is a conductor with powerful range – from Verdi and Wagner to Price and Prokofiev – and an unshakeable sense of classical music as a living, responsive art form. Her bold, collaborative leadership has shaped the development of dozens of world premieres, including over twenty new operas, and brought fresh urgency to performances with major orchestras and opera companies across the globe.

Lidiya made a transformative local impact as Music Director of Chicago Opera Theater, and has recently led acclaimed productions at Staatsoper Hamburg, ENO, Santa Fe Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Washington National Opera and Opera Australia.

On the concert stage, high-profile engagements include appearances with the Los Angeles, New York and London Philharmonics; concerts with Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas and National Symphony Orchestras; and Julia Wolfe’s Anthracite Fields at Carnegie Hall.