Ukrainian Oksana Lyniv received the German award “Best Conductor of 2020”. The conductor noted that the award from leading German critics came as a surprise to her.
Time-Action tells more about it.
Liniv reported about it in a socialnetwork. In her comments, the conductor noted that the jury noted her staging of Bela Bartok’s opera The Castle of the Duke of Bluebeard at the Bavarian State Opera.
Comment: “Unexpected for me is the Oper! Awards from leading German critics, founded by the opera magazine Oper! Das Magazin. It celebrates musical groups, opera productions and the brightest theatrical artists in 20 different categories. Today we all had to be in Berlin, but due to the pandemic, the award ceremony was moved to the online format, “Linov wrote.
Earlier, Oksana Liniv became the first female conductor of the most prestigious opera festival in the world.
Who is Oksana Liniv
Oksana Lyniv was born on January 6, 1978 in the city of Brody, Lviv region, into a family of musicians.
The first woman to be the chief conductor of the Opera and Philharmonic Orchestra in Graz. Founder and artistic director of the LvivMozArt festival, founder and chief conductor of the Youth Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine / YsOU.
Oksana Liniv works with numerous leading orchestras and opera houses in Austria, Germany, the Czech Republic, France, Switzerland, Spain, Sweden, Estonia, Hungary, Romania, Japan and Ukraine.
