Kristiina Poska

Kristiina Poska
Kristiina Poska
	Poska at the Eurovision Young Musicians final rehearsal, 2014
Background information
Born	12 July 1978 (age 45)
Occupation(s)	Conductor

Kristiina Poska (born 12 July 1978, Türi, Estonia) is an Estonian conductor.

Biography

At age eight, Poska began

Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" with Christian Ehwald. In the spring of 2008, she received a scholarship from the Conductors Forum at the German Music Council, where her conducting mentors included Peter Gülke, Reinhard Goebel, and Eri Klas

.

In 1998, Poska founded the Estonian choir Nimeta ('No Name'). From 2006 to 2011, she conducted the Cappella Academica symphony orchestra of the

La Traviata, La Périchole

), she served as Erste Kapellmeisterin with the company from 2012 to 2016.

In October 2018, Theater Basel announced the appointment of Kristiina Poska as its next General Music Director (GMD; Generalmusikdirektorin),^[1] the first female conductor to hold the post. She served as GMD of the Theater Basel for the 2019–2020 season. In March 2019, the Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen (Flanders Symphony Orchestra) announced the appointment of Poska as its next chief conductor, the first female conductor to be named to the post,^[2] effective with the 2019–2020 season.^[3] In May 2021, the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra announced the appointment of Poska as its next principal guest conductor, the first female conductor to be named to the post, effective in the autumn of 2021, with an initial contract of two seasons.^[4]

Awards

Orchestra's Preference Award at the Dimitri Mitropoulos International Competition for Conducting in Athens, October 2006
First prize, 5th Bergische Symphoniker Female Conductors' Competition, May 2007
Top 3, Donatella Flick Conducting Competition in London (2010)
German Operetta Prize for Young Conductors (jointly awarded by Leipzig Opera and the Conductor's Forum of the Deutscher Musikrat)
Audience prize, Leipziger Volkszeitung
Third prize and audience prize, Nikolai Malko Conducting Competition, Copenhagen, May 2012
German Conducting Prize (€35,000 prize money) offered by the German Music Council in cooperation with the Konzerthaus Berlin, April 2013

References

^ "Kristiina Poska wird Musikdirektorin am Theater Basel". Basler Zeitung. 2018-10-11. Retrieved 2018-10-16.
^ "Voor het eerst dirigeert een vrouw Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen". VRT. 2018-11-22. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
^ "Kristiina Poska nieuwe chef-dirigent Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen". Luister. 2019-03-20. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
^ "Kristiina Poska appointed Principal Guest Conductor of Latvian National Symphony Orchestra" (Press release). HarrisonParrott. 20 May 2021. Retrieved 2021-05-26.

External links

Cultural offices
Preceded by Jan Latham-Koenig	Chief Conductor, Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen 2019–present	Succeeded by incumbent
Preceded by Erik Nielsen	Generalmusikdirektorin, Theater Basel 2019–2020	Succeeded by (post vacant)

[1] "Kristiina Poska wird Musikdirektorin am Theater Basel". Basler Zeitung. 2018-10-11. Retrieved 2018-10-16.

[2] "Voor het eerst dirigeert een vrouw Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen". VRT. 2018-11-22. Retrieved 2021-02-05.

[3] "Kristiina Poska nieuwe chef-dirigent Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen". Luister. 2019-03-20. Retrieved 2021-02-05.

[4] "Kristiina Poska appointed Principal Guest Conductor of Latvian National Symphony Orchestra" (Press release). HarrisonParrott. 20 May 2021. Retrieved 2021-05-26.

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Authority control databases
International	VIAF
National	Germany United States
Artists	MusicBrainz