NEWS

Lada is re-joining the cohort of female conductors 2024-2025

January 2024

Lada is re-joining the cohort of female conductors 2024-2025 on the Royal Philharmonic Society Excel Programme in cooperation with Glasshouse International Centre for Music and the Royal Northern Sinfonia.

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Interview with OperaWire by Chris Ruel

October 2023

Q & A with OperaWire: Conductor, Pianist, and Vocal Coach Lada Valešová on Her Musical Journey – Capturing Lada Valešová through the Lens of Frances Marshall and Her Own Words

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Czech edition of Forbes magazine: Under the baton of women

September 2023

Lada features in this Czech edition of Forbes magazine article about talented Czech female conductors.

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Conductor in Royal Philharmonic Society

April 2022

Lada is proud to have been selected as one of the conductors by the Royal Philharmonic Society in Partnership with Sage Gateshead and the Royal Northern Sinfonia for their programme WoCo Gateshead 2022-23.

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Opera Holland Park 2022

June 2022

Having conducted the Young Artists performance of The Marriage of Figaro in 2021, Lada speaks to Opera Holland Park about conducting the upcoming Eugene Onegin.

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Interview “Expanding her horizons”

January 2022

Interview with Planet Hugill on conducting Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin at Opera Holland Park

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Album “Arion” is Gramophone Magazine Editor’s Choice July 2020

June 2020

We are proud to announce that the album Arion: The Voyage of the Slavic Soul  with Natalya Romaniw, soprano and Lada Valesova, piano is Gramophone Magazine Editor’s Choice.

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Lada Valešová at the Opera Holland Park Virtual Open Day

May 2020

Three conductors from recent Opera Holland Park seasons, Matthew Kofi Waldren, Dane Lam and Lada Valešová, explain the physical vocabulary of conducting in 1, 2, 3 and 4 beats, streamed as part of our Virtual Open Day.

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The Guardian reviews album Arion

May 2020

Fiona Maddocks from The Gurdian reviews Arion "...Lada Valešová captures the varied colours of the piano writing expertly, an equal and supportive partner."

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The Times reviews album Arion ****

May 2020

Geoff Brown from The Times reviews Arion "...seduced and awed by this flowing, dark-toned voice"

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Young Artist Conductor at Opera Holland Park 2020

March 2020

Meet the emerging artists who will be presenting our 2020 Young Artists production of Eugene Onegin

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Fata Morgana: Song by Pavel Haas nominated for the BBC Music Magazine Awards 2018

January 2018

The CD is competing in the Vocal Award category, featuring Anita Watson, Anna Starushkevych, Nicky Spence, James Platt, Navarra Quartet and Lada Valešová (piano)

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New CD release

February 2017

Forthcoming release of the new Pavel Haas CD Fata Morgana recorded with Resonus Classics, featuring a group of outstanding musicians

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Interview after “Inspired by Martinu” event

November 2015

Czech pianist Lada Valešová talks about Bohuslav Martinů, his music and the concert at The Forge, London, organised by Nonclassical and Czech Centre London and supported by the Bohuslav Martinů Foundation.

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