“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.”
Read More“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.”
Read More“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.”
Read More“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.”
Read More“Yankovskaya proved a commanding presence, inspiring tight ensemble and high precision.”
Read More“Yankovskaya led the San Diego Symphony in a performance of the score that was both lively and serene.”
Read More“An afternoon of interesting programming and beautiful music making…Yankovskaya crafted an incredible journey.”
Read More“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."
Read More“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.”
Read More“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.”
Read More“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.”
Read More“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.”
Read More"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."
Read More“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.”
Read More“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.”
Read More“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…”
Read More“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.”
Read More“The Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra played fabulously under the direction of Lidiya Yankovskaya, again and again intensively measuring the emotional world of this opera.”
Read More“Beautiful ensemble playing from the orchestra under the careful precision of Yankovskaya. [She] opened the second half of the concert with bold brushstrokes of sound, addictive textures, and careful attention to balance.”
Read More“The sound from the pit was enrapturing. Yankovskaya presided over the orchestra with authority, carefully drawing out the vast detail and intricate rhythmic elements… The 70-member orchestra created powerful and evocative sound that made the evening memorable…”
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