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Kristīna POSKA

Estonian conductor Kristiina Poska, Chief Guest Conductor of the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra since the 2021/22 season, is one of the most sought-after conductors of her generation on the international stage. Her artistic profile is distinguished by expressive musicianship, a keen sense of form and an ability to reveal both the sweeping architecture of major works and their finest musical details. In 2013, Poska was awarded the prestigious German Conducting Prize.

From 2019 to 2025, she served as Chief Conductor of the Flanders Symphony Orchestra, and since 2025 she has been Music Director of the Orchestre Français des Jeunes. Together with the Flanders Symphony Orchestra, she is also completing a multi-year recording project of Beethoven’s symphonies.

Poska regularly collaborates with leading orchestras across Europe and North America, including the Berlin Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Munich Philharmonic, Orchestre National de France and Minnesota Orchestra, among many others. Her 2026/27 season includes major debuts with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Essen Philharmonic, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. She will also return to the Orchestre National de Metz, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Minnesota Orchestra.

Opera also plays an important role in Poska’s artistic work. She has conducted productions at the Berlin State Opera, Komische Oper Berlin, Norwegian National Opera, Royal Swedish Opera, English National Opera, Finnish National Opera, Vienna Volksoper and other leading European opera houses. Her operatic repertoire includes Mozart’s The Magic Flute and Così fan tutte, Puccini’s La bohème, Bizet’s Carmen and other major works of the operatic repertoire.

Poska studied choral conducting at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre in Tallinn and orchestral conducting at the Hanns Eisler School of Music in Berlin. From 2006 to 2011, she served as Chief Conductor of Cappella Academica, and from 2012 to 2016 she was Kapellmeister at Komische Oper Berlin. During the 2019/20 season, she served as Music Director of Theater Basel.

 

 

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