NEWS
Assistant Conductor in Šarlatán ( Charlatan ) by Pavel Haas
Lada is honoured to be involved as an Assistant Conductor in a historically significant production of opera Šarlatán ( Charlatan ) by Pavel Haas at the National Moravian Silesian Theatre in Ostrava, Czech Republic.
The production is a part of Terezín Opera Cycle dramaturgic series and represents the second major contribution of the NMST to the Year of Czech Music 2024.
Its aim is to bring to the stage works by composers who were an important part of Czech cultural history, but whose human and artistic voices were violently silenced by the Nazi regime.
Lada is an impassioned advocate of Pavel Haas’s music with her previous projects including an Award Winning Album Fata Morgana Song by Pavel Haas. She is delighted to make a contribution and join the outstanding team at the National Moravian Silesian Theatre at for this unique and worthy endeavour.
Lada is re-joining the cohort of female conductors 2024-2025
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.
Interview with OperaWire by Chris Ruel
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
Czech edition of Forbes magazine: Under the baton of women
Lada features in this Czech edition of Forbes magazine article about talented Czech female conductors.
Conductor in Royal Philharmonic Society
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.
Opera Holland Park 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.
Interview “Expanding her horizons”
Interview with Planet Hugill on conducting Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin at Opera Holland Park
Album “Arion” is Gramophone Magazine Editor’s Choice July 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.
Lada Valešová at the Opera Holland Park Virtual Open Day
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.
The Guardian reviews album Arion
Fiona Maddocks from The Gurdian reviews Arion "...Lada Valešová captures the varied colours of the piano writing expertly, an equal and supportive partner."
The Times reviews album Arion ****
Geoff Brown from The Times reviews Arion "...seduced and awed by this flowing, dark-toned voice"
Young Artist Conductor at Opera Holland Park 2020
Meet the emerging artists who will be presenting our 2020 Young Artists production of Eugene Onegin
Fata Morgana: Song by Pavel Haas nominated for the BBC Music Magazine Awards 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)
New CD release
Forthcoming release of the new Pavel Haas CD Fata Morgana recorded with Resonus Classics, featuring a group of outstanding musicians
Interview after “Inspired by Martinu” event
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.