“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
Gstaad Conducting Academy
Polina Lebedieva has been selected as one of the top 10 participants out of 290 applicants for the prestigious Gstaad Conducting Academy, taking place from August 3 to August 16, 2025, as part of the Gstaad Menuhin Festival.
3 - 16 August 2025
Gstaad, Switzerland
Upcoming concert
Gstaad Conducting Academy – Concert I
7 August 2025
This first of two concerts by the Gstaad Conducting Academy 2025 features timeless masterpieces of three iconic composers: Jean Sibelius, Antonín Dvorák and Johannes Brahms.
Gstaad, Switzerland