On June 15th, Ms. Wilson conducts the MDR Sinfonieorchester and Rundfunkchor in the Bachfest Leipzig for the first time. Performed at the historic Gewandhaus, the program includes J.S. Bach’s Toccata und Fuge d-Moll BWV 565 and Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV 645. Also featured is Sergei Taneyev’s cantata, John of Damascus op. 1, and Shostakovich’s The execution of Stepan Razin.

The performance takes place on June 15th, and will be broadcast live MDR Klassik: live at 11:00 am and at 19:30 (on MDR KLASSIK – Radio und Konzerte | MDR.DE)

The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra to reunite for fourth summer tour

Program to feature Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony as a symbol of resilience against the forces of tyranny

In a gesture of solidarity, August dates will bring the orchestra to Baltic nations Lithuania and Latvia and the George Enescu Festival in Romania for the first time, as well as return visits to Lucerne, Amsterdam, Warsaw, and London.

The orchestra is proud to be again under the patronage of Ukraine’s First Lady, Olena Zelenska, continuing its vital role as a cultural ambassador for Ukraine’s artistic resilience

Maestro Wilson returns to the Metropolitan Opera to conduct five performances of Tchaikovsky’s Pique Dame (Queen of Spades) beginning on May 23rd. Following Ms. Wilson’s successful Met debut in 2022 conducting Shostakovich’s Lady MacBeth of Mtsensk, her all-star cast for Pique Dame include tenor Brandon Jovanovich as Hermann, the obsessive gambler, soprano Sonya Yoncheva as Lisa, Igor Golovatenko as Prince Yeletsky, Violeta Urmana as the Countess, Maria Barakova as Polina and Alexey Markov as Count Tomsky.

Performances take place on May 23rd, 28th, 31st; June 4th and 7th. Tickets and more information can be found here. 

On April 21st, Maestro Wilson conducted the Kyiv Camerata, the leading Ukrainian chamber orchestra, at the renowned Berlin Philharmonie in a concert featuring all Ukrainian music. Ms. Wilson became its Music Director in the fall and has been leading the ensemble in concerts both inside and outside of Ukraine. The program featured Canadian mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo in  Victoria Poleva’s “No Man is an Island,” as well as Camerata Artistic Director and violin soloist Bohdana Pivnenko, Camerata Co-Artistic Director Kateryna Suprun and viola solist, and pianist Dmitri Tavanets. 

This Spring, Maestro Wilson makes her debut conducting the Orchestre national de Metz Grand Est on March 28th in a concert featuring Shostakovich’s Symphony no.10, Franz Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2, with pianist Marie-Ange Nguci, and the French premiere of acclaimed Ukrainian composer Victoria Vita Poleva’s “Turn the River.”


The concert takes place at the Arsenal Grande Salle. Tickets and more information can be found​ here.

In support of her brothers and sisters in Ukraine, Maestro Wilson returns to the embattled country for the third time this season for a concert in Kyiv on Saturday, March 22nd, at the National Philharmonic Hall. As Music Director of the Kyiv Camerata, Ukraine’s leading chamber orchestra, Ms. Wilson will lead a program of contemporary Ukrainian works, including the world premiere of Victoria Vita Poleva’s “Turn the River”, and the Ukrainian premiere of distinguished American composer Missy Mazzoli’s double bass concerto, “Dark with Excessive Bright,” inspired by Milton’s Paradise Lost.

The program will also feature the works by Ivan Karabits, Valentyn Bibik, Borys Lyatoshynsky and Oleksandr Rodin.

Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra will reunite on February 25th

Marking the third anniversary of Russia’s illegal full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra will reunite for a landmark concert at Warsaw’s Teatr Wielki, home of the Polish National Opera, on February 25

The orchestra, founded in response to Putin’s 2022 invasion, is under the patronage of Ukraine’s First Lady, Olena Zelenska, and remains resolute in its defence of Ukraine’s artistic legacy on the cultural front

Program to feature Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in the orchestra’s unique Ukrainian-language version to reassert the values of freedom, resistance, and progress against the forces of oppression

In January and February, Maestro Wilson returns to her native Canada for performances of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly at the Canadian Opera Company in Toronto. The cast includes soprano Eri Nakamura as Cio-Cio San, tenor Kang Wang as Pinkerton, mezzo-soprano Hyona Kim as Suzuki, and baritone Michael Sumuel as Sharpless.

Performances take place on January 24th & 26th; February 1st, 6th, 8th, 12th, 14th and 16th. Tickets and more information can be found here. 

In March, Maestro Wilson travels to Berlin for the second time this season to conduct R. Strauss' Salome at the Deutsche Oper. Claus Guth's production features soprano Olesya Golovneva as Salome, tenor Thomas Blondelle as Herodes, soprano Evelyn Herlitzius as Herodias, baritone Jordan Shanahan as Jochanaan, and Kieran Carrel as Narraboth.

Performances take place on March 8th and 14th. Tickets can be purchased here.  

To help Argentina ring in its New Year, Maestro Wilson will conduct Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, together with Mozart’s Concerto for Flute and Harp, at Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires on December 21st.

 Tickets and more information can be found here.

Maestro Wilson’s recording of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra was released by Deutsche Grammophon in February 2024. You can listen to the recording here. 

Maestro Wilson makes her debut with the New York Philharmonic on December 5 in a program of Shostakovich’s Symphony No.10, his Festive Overture, and Prokofiev’s Second Violin Concerto with Philharmonic concertmaster Frank Huang as soloist. The Tenth Symphony is accompanied by renowned artist William Kentridge's stop-motion animation film Oh To Believe in Another World, a study of decades of Soviet totalitarianism under which Shostakovich toiled, from Lenin to Stalin. Additional performance are on December 6 and 7.

Maestro Wilson also conducts a Young People's Concert on December 7th. A special initiative created by the New York Philharmonic, these concerts explore how orchestral music can become a catalyst for big ideas like freedom and humanity. 

Tickets and more information can be found here.

In commemoration of the centenary of the death of Puccini, Maestro Wilson will conduct a series of orchestral concerts in Spain in late October and early November with soloists Sondra Radvanovsky and Piotr Beczała at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, Teatro Real de Madrid and Les Arts Valencia. In an all-Puccini program, Ms. Wilson will conduct the Orquestra Simfònica del Gran Teatre del Liceu in two concerts on October 24th and 27th, the Real Orquestra Sinfonica de Sevilla on October 30th, the Orchestra of the Teatro Real on November 3rd, and the Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana on November 10th. 

Performances take place in Barcelona on October 24th and 27th; in Sevilla on October 30th, in Madrid on November 3rd, and Valencia November 10th.

Maestro Wilson returns to Salzburg to conduct the opening concert of the Latino Mozart Festival with the Havana Lyceum Orchestra. The program includes works by Mozart, Latino composers Arturo Marquez and Javier Alvarez, and Ukrainian composers Dmytro Bortniansky and Volodymyr Zubytsky. The concert takes place on September 27th in the Grosser Saal of the Stiftung Mozarteum and features soloists Valeriy Sokolov (Violin), Jovica Ivanovic (accordion), and Rolando Villazón as the host. 

Tickets and additional information can be found here.

To begin her 2024/25 season, Maestro Wilson makes her debut at Berlin’s Staatsoper, conducting Turandot. Ukrainian soprano Liudmyla Monastyrska sings the title role, with tenor Riccardo Massi as Calaf, soprano Elena Stikhina as Liu, and René Pape as Timur.

Performances take place on September 14th, 18th, 21st and 25th. Tickets and more information can be found here. 

Canadian Ukrainian Wilson, Founder and Music Director of the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, to Lead the Kyiv Camerata in Concerts Both Inside and Outside the War Torn Country.

Wilson to conduct concerts on multiple visits to Ukraine in coming months.

Keri-Lynn Wilson, the 57 year old conductor who has helped lead the fight for Ukraine’s freedom on the cultural front ever since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, has been named the Music Director of Ukraine’s leading chamber orchestra, the Kyiv Camerata, it was announced today by Bohdana Pivnenko, the orchestra’s General and Artistic Director.

The Kyiv Camerata was established in 1977 by Valery Matyukhin, its sole previous conductor who died in 2023. It was created with the support of Ukraine’s Union of Composers to champion and commission works by leading contemporary composers, including Valentin Sylvestrov, Yevgeny Stankovych, and Myroslav Skoryck.

Keri-Lynn Wilson has been awarded the Order of Princess Olga by President Zelensky on August 23rd in honor of Ukrainian Independence Day for her dedicated and tireless artistic work in support of Ukraine. The award is in recognition of Ms. Wilson’s creation of the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra and its concerts around the world in defense of Ukraine’s cultural legacy, as well as Ms. Wilson’s on going concert activities inside Ukraine’s embattled cities. Slava Ukraini🇺🇦

📸: Kinga Karpati & Daniel Zarewicz

The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra to regroup for a summer tour of the great cathedrals and concert halls of Europe and the United States

Program to feature Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in a unique Ukrainian language version to re- assert the values of freedom, resistance, and progress against the forces of oppression in the 200th- anniversary year of the symphony’s composition

Maestro Wilson continued her unshakeable support of Ukraine with performances in Lviv and Kyiv in May. First, she prepared and conducted Ukrainian composer Yuli Meitus’ opera, Stolen Happiness, at the Lviv National Opera on May 26th.

Maestro Wilson returns to Bordeaux to conduct the Orchestre national de Bordeaux Aquitaine in Shostakovich’s Tenth Symphony, his Festive Overture and Myroslav Skoryk’s Melody on May 15.

Tickets and additional information are available here.

On April 28th, Maestro Wilson conducts Ukraine’s leading chamber orchestra, the Kyiv Camerata, in a  special concert in support of Ukraine at Carnegie‘s Zankel Hall, featuring works by Ukraine’s leading contemporary composers. Legendary mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato joins as soloist for the North-American premiere of “No Man is an Island” by Victoria Poleva. The Ukrainian Dumka Chorus of New York also performs.

Tickets and more information can be found here.

 On April 19th, Maestro Wilson conducts “Rebuild Ukraine,” a fundraising concert for Ukraine in Berlin’s Konzerthaus with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester  and some of opera’s most acclaimed singers. 

The performance is being streamed live by Deutsche Welle. 

Tickets and more information can be found here.