Conductor Keri-Lynn Wilson has been named to the position of music director of the Kyiv Camerata. She makes history as only the second music director in the organization’s 50-year history. The only other music director was Valery Matyukhin, who established the ensemble in 1977 and led it until his death in 2023. The ensemble has championed and commissioned Ukrainian works {…}
(Credit: Keri-Lynn Wilson Twitter) Keri-Lynn Wilson has been awarded the Order of Princess Olga. The Ukrainian-Canadian conductor took to social media to announce the news and said, “I’m honored to have been awarded the Order of Princess Olga by President Zelensky on August 23rd for my work supporting Ukraine. Of course, the greatest honor of all will be achieved when {…}
(Photo: Krzysztof Mystkowski) What do you expect to find in a Polish forest? Chanterelles or blueberries, deer or foxes perhaps. But opera? That’s how it is in the forest of the seaside resort of Sopot, not far from Gdansk, on the shores of the Baltic Sea. And has been since 1909! Not continuously, but over and over, so much so {…}
The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, under conductor Keri-Lynn Wilson will head back on tour this summer. The ensemble will present Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony at concert halls across Europe with amendments to reflect the geopolitical moment. “The decision to sing Schiller’s great text for Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in Ukrainian was an important artistic and wider cultural statement for us,” Wilson said in {…}
Following Keri-Lynn Wilson’s statements to the associated press regarding her upcoming performances at the Teatro Colon, Anna Netrebko’s management is speaking out. In an interview with the Associated Press, Wilson said that she had refused to perform with Netrebko because of the singer’s refusal to condemn Vladimir Putin for the invasion of Ukraine. The interview also noted that Wilson would {…}
Keri-Lynn Wilson did not want to conduct Anna Netrebko at the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires. The conductor, who was originally set to conduct the soprano in a production of “Tosca” told she the AP, “I said, ‘I’m sorry, I can’t perform with Ms. Netrebko.” The theater then said, “‘Don’t worry, she’s bringing her own conductor.’ So it was fine. {…}
The Polish National Opera has announced that the 74 musicians that make up the newly-established Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra have arrived at the Polish National Opera, Teatr Wielki in Warsaw. The orchestra will take up a 10-day artistic residency that will conclude with the inaugural concert of its concert tour. In a joint statement, Peter Gelb, the General Manager of the {…}
(Credit: Olivia Kahler) Keri-Lynn Wilson has joined Centre Stage Artist Management for General Management. Wilson is an international conductor whose career spans over 20 years and has performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks as well as the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, the Bayerische Staatsoper, the Bolshoi Theatre, and the Wiener Staatsoper. This summer Wilson {…}
The Deutsche Oper Berlin has announced a conductor change for its production of “Madama Butterfly.” The company noted that Keri-Lynn Wilson will lead the opera on May 21, 25, and 29, 2022. Wilson is a well-known conductor who has performed at the Arena di Verona, Canadian Opera Company, Bolshoi Theatre, Washington National Opera, Teatro dell’opera di Roma, Wiener Staatsoper, and {…}
Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” will be revived on Feb. 4, 2022, at the Canadian Opera Company. The production will mark the first time in nearly two years that the curtain rises for a live audience at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts. The production is helmed by Canadian director Aria Umezawa in a COC debut. For the production, Umezawa {…}
(Credit: Erik Berg) Over the last 20 years Maestro Keri-Lynn Wilson has developed one of the most distinguished careers as a conductor. She has led some of the greatest orchestras and opera companies and has worked with some of the world’s most renowned soloists and singers. Her repertoire is vast and ever-expanding as her curiosity to explore new works can {…}