The Roundtable: Albany Symphony presents a concert conducted by Lidiya Yankovskaya

Northeast Public Radio WAMC

Albany, NY

This Saturday, March 8, The Albany Symphony Orchestra will present a concert featuring Dvorak’s 7th Symphony, Barber’s Violin Concerto, and Missy Mazzoli’s Orpheus Undone at Proctors in Schenectady, New York led by Lidiya Yankovskaya.

She joined WAMC in the studio to discuss the upcoming concert, return to Albany, and the high school orchestra conductor, Jeff Herchenroder, who first invited her to the podium.

“My high school orchestra conductor saw something in me. Jeff not only put me on the podium and gave me this opportunity but he gave me time with the orchestra, and he created this atmosphere where the other students and I could collaborate and work together as one. As soon as I got on that podium, it just felt right.”