Slobodeniouk’s calm, clean direction helped hold the sprawling symphony tightly together, ensuring that even the softest, slowest-moving passages had a compelling edge.
Baltimore SunConductor Dima Slobodeniouk and the orchestra carried over their good balances and clearly defined textures into scintillating accounts of two popular symphonic poems by Richard Strauss.
The AustralianThe SSO under clear and decisive direction from conductor Dima Slobodeniouk with guest concertmaster Raphael Christ, gave performances of vital intensity, brilliant colour and well-pointed precision, full of surging and occasionally lubricious spirit.
The Sydney Morning HeraldFinely modelled sound aesthetic in which dance-like lightness and transparency flourished...
Kölnische RundschauLauded for his deeply informed and intelligent artistic leadership, Dima Slobodeniouk has held the position of Music Director of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia since 2013, which he combines with his more recent positions as Principal Conductor of the Lahti Symphony Orchestra and Artistic Director of the Sibelius Festival following his appointment in 2016. Linking his native Russian roots with the cultural influence of his later homeland Finland, he draws on the powerful musical heritage of these two countries. He works with orchestras such as the Berliner Philharmoniker, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, London Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, Finnish Radio Symphony, Chicago, Houston and Baltimore as well as Sydney Symphony Orchestras.
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