Welsh National Opera
Cardiff, Wales
“The WNO orchestra performs stunningly well for Yankovskaya. The voices are never overwhelmed, yet the playing has a dark, brooding power in Bluebeard and an abrasive punchiness in Oedipus.”
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The Grange Festival
Hampshire, UK
“What really makes this opera cohere is Yankovskaya’s passionately committed conducting: she sweeps the drama along with an idiomatic flow that draws excellent playing – the solo wind and mellow solo horn evoking a world of romantic possibilities that were never to be. An outstanding evening...”
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Opera Australia
Sydney, Australia
“Yankovskaya conducted with enormous sensitivity. She favours lightness and clarity without any loss of momentum. There is often an attractive lacy quality that for all its difference summons thoughts of Spain.”
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Washington National Opera
Washington D.C.
“The production itself soars on the strength of the Washington National Opera Orchestra, whose performance of Mason’s innovative score was crisply guest conducted by Yankovskaya.”
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Albany Symphony Orchestra
Albany, NY
“Yankovskaya displays a light touch. She balances her baton so gently in her right hand that it seems to take on its own life. This was the best outing from a visiting conductor in recent memory.”
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London Philharmonic Orchestra
London, UK
“A transcendent fusion of cultures. Rahman’s music was brought to life with passion and precision by the LPO under the baton Yankovskaya, who was energetic and exciting to watch.”
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New World Symphony
Miami, FL
“Yankovskaya proved a commanding presence, inspiring tight ensemble and high precision.”
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San Diego Opera
San Diego, CA
“Yankovskaya led the San Diego Symphony in a performance of the score that was both lively and serene.”
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Nashville Symphony
Nashville, TN
“An afternoon of interesting programming and beautiful music making…Yankovskaya crafted an incredible journey.”
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Opera Australia
Sydney, Australia
“Making a splendid OA debut, Yankovskaya was tremendously responsive to the mood and drama of each piece. At every moment the music illuminated the story."
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English National Opera
London, UK
“The piece’s atmospheric qualities register strongly, aided in every single bar by the remarkable musicians of ENO’s vast orchestra and conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya, who shapes Bartók’s 65-minute structure with complete conviction.”
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Utah Symphony
Salt Lake City, UT
“Yankovskaya gave a dynamic reading of Tchaikovsky’s Second that captured the character of each of the four movements. Her interpretation underscored the often subtle shifts in mood, and she kept the orchestra in check for the fortissimo sections.”
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Chicago Opera Theater
Chicago, IL
“A conductor very much on the way up, Yankovskaya will be missed. The Russian-American was very much at home in Shostakovich’s score, adroitly capturing both its idiomatic flavor and its harder edges, propelling the action forward and holding all the varied, sometimes competing forces together.”
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Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
Indianapolis, IN
“Yankovskaya, in her pre-show remarks, reminded [the audience] to listen to the hopefulness in Lysenko’s music, to discern the multiple themes, ideas, and emotions, and to find the better parts of humanity that we all share. Her command on the podium is amazing.”
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Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Atlanta, GA
"Prokofiev is Yankovskaya’s wheelhouse, as are Slavic masterpieces more generally. The orchestra played deftly and attentively under Yankovskaya. She conducted with a broad but clear beat, shaping phrases with practiced swoops of her arms and quick zips of her baton."
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Chicago Opera Theater
Chicago, IL
“Yankovskaya was a skillful guide in Little’s often-raucous score, balancing the soloist, amplified players and electronics and keeping a firm through-line across Little’s twelve continuous sections.”
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Santa Fe Opera
Santa Fe, NM
“The star of the show was Yankovskaya, who led the orchestra with such a lively vigor and power, clearly showing great affinity and respect to Dvorák’s score and musical idioms.”
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English National Opera
London, UK
“The music seems less austere and calculated; in fact, it feels freighted with far more emotion and impact, with the Russian-American conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya drawing wonderfully shimmering sounds from the ENO orchestra in the pit…”
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Chicago Opera Theater
Chicago, IL
“Lidiya Yankovskaya conducts an orchestra of over three dozen musicians with panache. She knows when to let the sound simmer and sizzle with quiet tension and when to bring the level of excitement to a rolling boil.”
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Staatsoper Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
“The Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra played fabulously under the direction of Lidiya Yankovskaya, again and again intensively measuring the emotional world of this opera.”
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