Finnish-French conductor Aliisa Neige Barrière has joined the roster of Maestro Arts for general management.

Barrière is a rising star with an inventive approach to programming that emphasizes the connections between repertoire through dramaturgy.  She has collaborated with leading conductors and orchestras and made her Paris Philharmonie debut last season. She has also collaborated with the Ensemble Intercontemporain, and Orchestre de Paris, as well as the Ojai Festival.

In a statement she described her programming philosophy, “I’ve always been interested in taking dramaturgy into account in building a concert. I like the idea that in the process of building a concert programme you’re trying to convey a clear message or tell a story. That means thinking about how the pieces on the programme relate to one another and what story you are telling with them being presented in that particular order.”