“Watching Polina Lebedieva conduct has a peculiar effect. One sometimes forgets to listen, sees only the radiantly friendly face, the stick in her right hand stubbornly settings the beat. With her left hand she models sound, plucks the timpani out of the overall structure, forms gentle waves for the floating sounds.”
Egbert Tholl, Süddeutsche Zeitung, 16 July 2023
News
La Maestra International Competition for Women Conductors
Polina Lebedieva has been selected as one of only 16 participants in the prestigious La Maestra International Competition for Women Conductors, to be held in Paris from February 23 to 28, 2026.
Paris, France
Upcoming concerts
Season Opening: from Mozart to Dvořák. Orchestre du Pays Basque – Iparraldeko Orkestra
Season 2025–2026 opens with Villa-Lobos’s light and melodic Sinfonietta No. 1, Mozart’s Flute Concerto No. 1 in G — a showcase of brilliance and lyricism — and Dvořák’s radiant Symphony No. 8, a celebration of harmony and life’s joys.
4 October 2025
Anglet, France
Stefan Plank. Der Kleine Prinz
2 November 2025
The Bern Symphony Orchestra, a narrator, and dancers invite you on a magical journey through Saint-Exupéry’s timeless story of friendship and humanity.
Bern, Switzerland