Sought after for her emotionally charged interpretations and dynamicpodiumpresence,NataliaPonomarchukis one of Ukraine’s most prominent orchestral conductors. ShebecameChief Conductorof the Kyiv Chamber Orchestra,part of the National Philharmonic of Ukraine,in2018.In March 2022,after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Natalia escaped from Kyiv and now makes her home in London. Sheregularly undertakes guest conducting engagementsaround the world in addition to travellingback toKyiv to conduct her orchestra there.Natalia and the Kyiv Chamber Orchestra are currently undertakinga project to record allseventeen chamber symphoniesof the great Ukrainian composer, YevhenStankovych.Previously,Nataliaheld positionsasResident Conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra ofUkraine, Resident Conductor of Kiev Camerata, Principal Conductor of theKyivSymphony Orchestra,Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Academic Symphony Orchestra of the DniproPhilharmonic of Ukraine, andResident Conductorofthe Ukrainian National Radio.In Ukraine, sheregularly appearswith theAcademic Symphony Orchestra of the National Philharmonic of Ukraine,National Odesa Philharmonic Orchestra,The National Presidential Orchestra of Ukraine, and "INSO-Lviv” Symphony Orchestra of Lviv National Philharmonic, as well as at major Ukrainian internationalmusic festivals.Sheappears regularly with top orchestras all over the world, including theLondon Philharmonic,BBCSymphony Orchestra,Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment,Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, KielPhilharmonic Orchestra,Orquestra Sinfônica do Espírito Santo,Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra,Bilkent Symphony Orchestra, Bursa State Symphony Orchestra,Thessaloniki State SymphonyOrchestra,Chongqing Philharmonic Orchestra,Estonian National Symphony Orchestra,LithuanianNational Symphony Orchestra,Sinfonietta Riga, andPresidential Symphony Orchestra, Ankara.Nataliahas performed at major concert halls and operahouses around the worldincludingMadrid’sTeatro Real, Auditorio Nacional,and Teatro Zarzuela,London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall, Barcelona’sPalaude la Música Catalana, Warsaw’s Philharmonic Hall, Milan’s Sala Verdi, Porto’s Casa da Música, andValencia’sPalau de les Arts Reina Sofía.Highlightsofthe current and future seasonsinclude debuts with the Calgary Philharmonic,OrchestreNational des Pays de la Loire, Slovenian Philharmonic, George Enescu Philharmonic Bucharest, DanishPhilharmonic OrchestraSønderborg, I Pomeriggi Milan, and a return to the London Philharmonic toconduct the orchestra on tour in Belgium.Natalia has collaborated with internationally renowned artists including Dmitry Sitkovetsky, SergeiNakariakov, Alexander Knyazev, Qian Zhou, Benjamin Schmid, Lukáš Vondráček, Eggner Florian, LászlóFenyö, Denis Severin, Otto Sauter, Simonide Braconi, Leticia Moreno, Dominique de Williencourt,Valery Sokolov, Alexey Semenenko, Dima Tkachenko,Alexei Grynyuk,Alexander Melnikov, MishkaRushdie Momen, Herbert Schuch, Dmytro Udovychenko, and Eva Rabchevska.Nataliais a jury member of the 2025-26Geneva Conducting Competition.Shereceived her Master ofMusic in Orchestral Conducting from the National Music Academy of Ukraine in 1997, studying underProfessor Allin Vlasenko, and in 2001 was named an Honoured Artist of Ukraine.