Natalia Luis-Bassa

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Natalia Luis-Bassa
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Background information
Birth nameNatalia Rosalía Luis Bassa
Born (1966-07-13) 13 July 1966 (age 57)
Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela
GenresClassical
Occupation(s)Conductor
Instrument(s) Oboe
Years active1991–present
Website natalialuisbassa.com

Natalia Luis-Bassa (born 13 July 1966, Caracas, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan conductor who lives and works in England, where she is Professor of Conducting at the Royal College of Music and Principal Guest Conductor of Oxford University Orchestra. [1]

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Background

Since winning the second prize at the Maazel-Vilar Conductor's Competition [2] in New York City, she has worked both in the United Kingdom and abroad with orchestras including the Orquesta Sinfónica Venezuela, National Youth Orchestras of Scotland, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Paragon Ensemble, Bombay Chamber Orchestra, Huddersfield Philharmonic Orchestra, Haffner Orchestra, Filamónica Nacional, Royal Oman Symphony Orchestra, the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela, Southbank Sinfonia and the National Children's Orchestra of Great Britain.

Natalia studied Oboe with Lido Guarnieri. [3]

She was the first female to receive a degree in Orchestral Conducting in her native country to read music at the University Institute of Musical Studies (IUDEM). [4]

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.

Natalia holds a master's degree from The University of Huddersfield where she is a part-time lecturer and has been appointed Elgar Ambassador. [5]

In August 2008 Luis-Bassa appeared in the reality TV talent show-themed television series, Maestro on BBC Two, as a mentor to David Soul. [6]

The Royal College of Music has appointed Natalia as a Professor of Conducting alongside Maestro Peter Stark. [7]

Natalia also works with the National Children's Orchestra of Great Britain, conducting the London Regionals and runs the Conductor's Course. She also conducted the Main Orchestra playing Danzon No. 2 by Arturo Márquez in the Summer Concert of 2011, and again playing Sibelius Symphony 2 in 2014. She is renowned among the NCO for her flamboyant conducting. [8]

Personal life

Her father, Germinal, was born in Barcelona, Spain. As a child, during the Spanish Civil War, he had to escape from Barcelona and went to France, the United States, Argentina and finally Venezuela where he married Lillian, a Venezuelan whose parents were Spanish. Both of them were opera and zarzuela lovers. [9]

She is a graduate of the Royal College of Music in London. [10]

She grew up in a house full of music with her two sisters. Luis-Bassa now lives in West Yorkshire, the "Last of the Summer Wine" county. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "New Conductor for the Oxford University Orchestra". Oxford University Orchestra.
  2. ↑ "Mission". Maazel/Vilar Conductors' Competition. Archived from the original on 24 May 2010.
  3. ↑ "Latin Londoner no.33: Natalia Luisbassa, Conductor" (Press release). Latino Life. June 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  4. ↑ "Orchesrated Optimism" (Press release). Cherwell. 18 February 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  5. ↑ "Elgar Prize". Elgar Society. 9 February 2008. Retrieved 29 May 2008.
  6. ↑ "Eight passionate amateurs bid to become BBC Two's Maestro" (Press release). BBC. 23 May 2008. Retrieved 24 May 2008.
  7. ↑ "Professor of Conducting" (PDF). Royal College of Music. 2009. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  8. ↑ "Oxford University Orchestra - Mahler Symphony No 9".
  9. ↑ Germinal Luis, Raices y Ramas, Universo de Letras , 2021, p.100.
  10. ↑ "Natalia Luis-Bassa".
  11. ↑ Germinal Luis, We Came Alone, Fundación Españoles en el Mundo, 2008, p.199.
Preceded by
Position created
 Principal Guest Conductor, Oxford University Orchestra
2020–Present		Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by Orchestra Conductor, Wellington College
2004–present		Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by Music Director, Hallam Sinfonia
2007–2019		Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by Music Director, Haffner Orchestra
2004–2014		Succeeded by
Justin Doyle
Preceded by Principal Conductor, Huddersfield Philharmonic Orchestra
2004–2010		Succeeded by
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