Opera Saratoga
Saratoga Springs, NY
“Yankovskaya admirably wrangled both the noble and the nimble out of Grétry’s sophisticated, glittering, evocative score...”
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Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra
Flagstaff, AZ
“Yankovskaya appears to hold a special affinity for Mussorgsky‘s complex musical setting of these visual images…”
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New Opera NYC
San Francisco, CA
“The orchestra, under conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya’s attentive baton, seethed and suffered right along with him…”
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Dallas Opera
Dallas, TX
“Yankovskaya led the evening’s most emotionally gripping performance, lovingly textured…”
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Commonwealth Lyric Theater
Zorepad Ukrainian Dance Ensemble
Albany, NY
“In the end, the audience cried out for an encore, with standing ovations lasting several minutes, barely satiated by the numerous curtain calls for those on stage, the orchestra and the music director, Ms. Yankovskaya…”
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Lowell House Opera
Cambridge, MA
“The musical aspect of the performance rose to superb virtuosity.”
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Lowell House Opera
Cambridge, MA
“Keeping all of these complex variables well-coordinated was the expert music director, Lidiya Yankovskaya; she conducted with complete assurance and suppleness, well-controlled stick technique, and close attention to the details of the score…”
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Juventas New Music Ensemble
People Movers Dance
Boston, MA
“All composers should have the benefit of executants on the level of Juventas under Lidiya Yankovskaya…”
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New York International Fringe Festival
New York, NY
“Yankovskaya coaxes every possible expressive note from the incredibly talented instrumentalists…”
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Commonwealth Lyric Theater
Newton, MA
“What galvanized the entire production was the high level of the music making. Conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya is a skillful and incisive musician, and she got an exciting, accomplished performance from her small orchestra.”
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Lowell House Opera
Cambridge, MA
“Yankovskaya conducted a remarkably capable orchestra with authority and sensitivity, and the singers uniformly delivered both excellent diction and acting. Lowell’s production is beyond reproach…”
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