Apr. 18 & 19
Sibelius 5 & Stravinsky
Feel the power of Sibelius’s epic Fifth Symphony. Virtuoso Leila Josefowicz performs Stravinsky’s invigorating Violin Concerto.
About This Concert
Experience the awe-inspiring power and grandeur of Sibelius’s Fifth Symphony, under the baton of dynamic conductor Dalia Stasevska. With soundscapes as breathtaking as the Finnish terrain and a soaring finale inspired by swans in flight, this is music guaranteed to leave you exhilarated. Fearless virtuoso Leila Josefowicz brings “stunning brilliance and high-voltage presence” (LA Times) to Stravinsky’s daring and invigorating Violin Concerto.
What to Expect:
- “Stunning brilliance and high-voltage presence” (LA Times): fearless violinist Leila Josefowicz electrifies Jones Hall
- Take flight on wings of gorgeous melody with Sibelius’s Fifth Symphony
- Delight in the beauty of Sibelius 5’s famous “swan theme,” inspired by Sibelius’s real-life experience watching 16 swans majestically soar over the Finnish landscape
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Artists
Dalia Stasevska
conductor
Leila Josefowicz
violin
Program
STRAVINSKY
Violin Concerto
SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 5
Sponsored by
Gary L. Hollingsworth & Kenneth J. Hyde
Sponsor
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Dalia Stasevska’s charismatic and dynamic musicianship has established her as a conductor of exceptional versatility. Chief conductor of Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Stasevska also holds the post of principal guest conductor of BBC Symphony Orchestra. She has made regular appearances at the BBC Proms.
This season, Stasevska conducts major orchestras worldwide such as Berlin Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Helsinki Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, and the New World Symphony to name a few.
Performing works of contemporary composers is a core part of Stasevska’s programming, and this season with Lahti Symphony Orchestra, they present works by Kaija Saariaho, Judith Weir, Missy Mazzoli, Andrea Tarrodi, and Sauli Zinovjev. A passionate opera conductor, 2023 saw her highly successful debut at the Glyndebourne Opera Festival with a revival of the iconic Peter Halls production of Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Her debut solo album Dalia’s Mixtape with BBC Symphony Orchestra released in 2024 on Platoon, features 10 tracks of some of the freshest sounds in contemporary music by genre-bending composers. In a special collaboration with Joshua Bell and the INSO-Lviv Symphony Orchestra, Stasevska released Thomas de Hartmann’s Violin Concerto on Pentatone Records. In 2023, with Lahti Symphony Orchestra, she released two albums on BIS—piano concerti by Rautavaara and Martinů with pianist Olli Mustonen and the first volume of Helvi Leiviskä’s orchestral works.
Stasevska studied as a violinist and composer at the Tampere Conservatoire and, subsequently, violin, viola and conducting at the Sibelius Academy. In December 2018, she conducted the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra at the Nobel Prize Ceremony. She was named one of The New York Times Breakout Stars and received the BBC Music Magazine’s Personality of the Year award in 2023, Alfred Kordelin Prize in 2022 and Royal Philharmonic Society’s Conductor Award in 2020.
She was bestowed the Order of Princess Olga of the III degree by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in 2021 for her significant contribution to the developing international cooperation. Since 2022, she has actively supported Ukraine by raising donations to buy supplies and, on several occasions, delivering them herself.