An iron baton in a velvet hand
— Diapason
Looking at the big picture...
— Sirp
It felt like a force of nature.
— Bachtrack
Power, coherence, line
— Diapason

NEWS

PRESS - ‘An iron baton in a velvet hand’

Kristiina Poska recently conducted the Orchestre Français des Jeunes - of which she is the music director - in concerts in Dijon, Paris and at BOZAR Brussels. The performances were enthusiastically received by audiences and attracted a range of positive reviews in the international press. Click here for an overview of the press reviews.

DEBUT - BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Kristiina Poska makes her debut with the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a sold-out concert at London’s Barbican Hall. She will lead an expressive programme featuring the UK premiere of Julia Adolphe’s Underneath the Sheen, Rachmaninov’s iconic Piano Concerto No. 2 with acclaimed pianist Gabriela Montero, and Tchaikovsky’s deeply emotional Symphony No. 5.

PRESS - ‘Orchestral power, lyrical intimacy’

Kristiina Poska recently collaborated with the Essen Philharmonic Orchestra in a series of warmly received concerts, shaping performances of works by Bartók, Glière, and Tchaikovsky with clarity, balanced sound, and a keen sense of expressive and structural focus. Discover here whatthe press wrote about these concerts.