Dalia Stasevska is one of the most stratospherically ascendant musicians in classical music today. She has established herself as a commanding musical voice, a boundary-pushing innovator, and a fearless activist and advocate for change. She holds the post of the Principal Guest Conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
During the 2026/27 season, she makes her Royal Opera House debut conducting Mozart’s "The Magic Flute" in David McVicar’s production, followed by her Metropolitan Opera debut with Kevin Puts’s Pulitzer Prize-winning "Silent Night", directed by James Robinson. She returns to the Philadelphia Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Oslo Philharmonic, Dresdner Philharmonie, Sydney Symphony and leads the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin twice during the season. Debuts include the St. Louis Symphony and Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France.
Her recent symphonic engagements have spanned a distinguished array of ensembles, including performances with New York Philharmonic, Berliner Philharmoniker, The Cleveland Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Czech Philharmonic, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, hr-Sinfonieorchester in Frankfurt, Orchestre National de France and Vienna Symphony.
A passionate opera conductor, recent highlights include Philip Glass’s "Akhnaten" at Los Angeles Opera in Phelim McDermott’s acclaimed production, Britten’s "A Midsummer Night’s Dream" at Deutsche Oper Berlin directed by Ted Huffman, and Glyndebourne Festival Opera’s revival of Peter Hall’s landmark production of the same work. Previous seasons have also included returns to the Finnish National Opera and Ballet for Poulenc’s "La Voix humaine" and Weill’s Songs with Karita Mattila, and to the Norwegian National Opera for "Madama Butterfly" and "Lucia di Lammermoor".
Dalia Stasevska’s acclaimed recordings on Platoon with the BBC Symphony Orchestra include "Ukrainian Mixtape", celebrating the richness of Ukrainian classical music, and her solo debut album "Dalia’s Mixtape", an exploration of contemporary repertoire. Nominated for a Gramophone Award in the Contemporary category, "Dalia’s Mixtape" was released track by track over several months, reimagining the traditional album format for the streaming era. She was also featured on "Thomas de Hartmann Rediscovered", a collaborative album with violinist Joshua Bell, INSO-Lviv Symphony Orchestra, Matt Haimovitz, MDR-Sinfonieorchester in Leipzig and Dennis Russell Davies, released on Pentatone. Her 2023 BIS releases include piano concerti by Rautavaara and Martinů with pianist Olli Mustonen, and Helvi Leiviskä's Orchestral Works Vol. 1, hailed by The New York Times as "remarkable" with the paper proclaiming, "Dalia Stasevska and the Lahti Symphony give everything their all."
Dalia Stasevska originally studied as a violinist and composer at the Tampere Conservatoire and, subsequently, violin, viola and conducting at the Sibelius Academy. As a conductor, her teachers include Jorma Panula and Leif Segerstam. She was named "European of the Year" in 2025 by the board of European Movement Finland. The award was presented to her alongside her brothers, documentary filmmaker-cellist Lukas Stasevskij, and journalist-pianist Justas Stasevskij. The three siblings were recognized for their actions in promoting European values, international cooperation, and democracy. In April 2024, Dalia Stasevska was featured on the cover of the Gramophone magazine, and in December of 2023, she was named one of The New York Times’ "Breakout Stars of 2023". She was also granted BBC Music Magazine’s "Personality of the Year" Award in 2023, the 2022 Alfred Kordelin Prize winner, the 2020 recipient of the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Conductor Award, and had the honour of conducting the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra at the Nobel Prize Ceremony in Stockholm 2018.
Dalia Stasevska was bestowed the Order of Princess Olga of the III degree by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in October 2021 for her significant personal contribution to the development of international cooperation, strengthening the prestige of Ukraine internationally and popularisation of its historical and cultural heritage. Since February 2022, she has been outspoken in her support of Ukraine, speaking about it publicly while also personally delivering aid to the front lines and conducting concerts in Ukraine.