Natalia Luis-Bassa

News

2006-05-02T12:09:00.099Z

Upcoming Conducting Engagements
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Why are there so few female conductors?

Friday 17th February 2012
Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, OX1 3AZ

Bartok Suite from "The Miraculous Mandarin"

Shostakovich Symphony No. 10 in E minor

Oxford University Orchestra

Saturday 17th March 2012

Ecclesall Parish Church, S11 7PP

Mozart Eine Kleine Nachtmusik

Cimarosa Il Maestro di Capella

Dvorak Symphony No. 8

Hallam Sinfonia

Saturday 23th June 2012

Ashton Hall, Lancaster

Soloist Christine Lorriman (flute)

J.S. Bach Suite No2 in B minor
Dvořák Serenade in D minor
Suk Serenade in E flat major
Beethoven Symphony No 8 in F major

Haffner Orchestra

Saturday 30th June 2012

Ecclesall Parish Church, S11 7PP

Delius Paris: The Son of a Great City

Elgar Sospiri

Holst The Planets Suite

Hallam Sinfonia

natalia in action!

2006-02-21T12:54:00.005Z

Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela

Royal Oman Symphony Orchestra

natalia and ...

2006-02-21T12:44:00.007Z

...Vivienne Price MBE, Founder of the National Children's Orchestra of Great Britain

...Sir Roger Norrington, orchestral conductor

...Luis Parés, pianist

...Robert Powell, actor (Zeffirelli's Jesus of Nazareth)

... Lorin Maazel, conductor, violinist and composer

... Krzysztof Penderecki, Polish composer and conductor

...Alicia Gabriela Martinez, piano

...Nicholas Hurndall-Smith, tenor and Martin Lawrence, french horn

...Ana Markland, piano

...Ana Ruth Bermudez, cello

...Morgan Szymanski, guitar

...Sir Colin Davis, Orchestral Conductor

...Alexandra Sherman, mezzosoprano

Pictures

2006-02-11T02:02:00.002Z

Biography

2006-02-10T18:47:00.012Z

Natalia Luis-Bassa is currently Musical Director of the Haffner Orchestra in Lancaster and the Hallam Sinfonia in Sheffield. Since winning the second prize at the Maazel-Vilar Conductor’s Competition in New York in 2002, she has worked both in the UK and abroad with orchestras including the Orquesta Sinfónica de Venezuela, Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar de Venezuela, Orquesta Filarmónica Nacional de Venezuela, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Paragon Ensemble, Bombay Chamber Orchestra, Royal Oman Symphony Orchestra and National Children's Orchestra of Great Britain where she is a conducting tutor at the moment.

The Venezuelan conductor began her musical studies at the age of 15, where she studied Oboe at the world famous El Sistema. She read music at the University Institute of Musical Studies (IUDEM), an institution that belongs to the Venezuelan musical system, being the first person to obtain a degree in Orchestral Conducting in her native country.

She was appointed music director of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Falcón and after some years she completed her studies at the Royal College of Music in London, holding the RCM Junior Fellowship in Opera Conducting for two years. Her relationship with the RCM continues even now, as she has been appointed Professor of Conducting there.

Natalia holds a Master's Degree from The University of Huddersfield where she is a part-time lecturer and has been appointed Elgar Ambassador.

Biografia

2006-02-10T18:42:00.006Z

Natalia Luis-Bassa es actualmente Directora Titular de dos orquestas del norte de Inglaterra: Haffner Orchestra y Hallam Sinfonia. Después de obtener el segundo premio en la Maazel-Vilar Conductor’s Competition en Nueva York, en septiembre de 2002, Natalia ha trabajado con ensambles y orquestas tales como la Orquesta Sinfónica de Venezuela, Sinfónica de la Juventud Venezolana Simón Bolívar, Orquesta Filarmónica Nacional, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Paragon Ensemble, Bombay Chamber Orchestra, Royal Oman Symphony Orchestra y la National Children's Orchestra of Great Britain donde ahora se desempeña como tutora de dirección orquestal.

A los quince años Natalia comenzó sus estudios de Oboe en el Conservatorio de la Orquesta Juvenil de Venezuela y un tiempo después obtuvo el titulo de Licenciada en Música en el Instituto Universitario de Estudios Musicales IUDEM, convirtiéndose de este modo, en la primera persona en obtener el diploma en dirección de orquesta en su país.

Durante dos años asumió el cargo de Directora Musical de la Orquesta Sinfónica de Falcón y en 1995 viajo a Londres- Inglaterra auspiciada por la Fundación Calcaño, para continuar sus estudios en el Royal College of Music, institución que luego de dos años le otorgo el premio RCM Opera Conducting Junior Fellowship, ganando así una pasantía en la especialización de dirección de ópera.

La directora de orquesta venezolana recibió de la Elgar Society, el premio Elgar 2007 a la mejor interpretación de una obra del compositor inglés Edward Elgar. Luis-Bassa, quien obtuvo el título de Magister en Música de la Universidad de Huddersfield, fue designada “embajadora de la música de Elgar”.

Desde Septiembre de 2009, Natalia forma parte del cuerpo docente del Royal College of Music de Londres.