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Hello and welcome to Sticky Notes

The Classical Music Podcast.

My name is Joshua Wilerstein, I'm a conductor, and I'm the artistic director of the

Lausanne Chamber Orchestra in Lausanne, Switzerland. This podcast is for anyone who loves classical

music, works in the field, or is just getting ready to dive into this amazing world of

incredible music. Before we get started I want to thank my new Patreon sponsor Aran and

all of my other Patreon sponsors for making season six possible. If you'd like to support the show

please head over to patreon.com slash sticky notes podcast. And if you are a fan of the show,

please just take a moment to give us a rating or review on Apple Podcasts. Every rating or review helps more people find the show and it is greatly appreciated.

It was a great pleasure to have Dahlia Stasevka with me on the show today. Dahlia is a wonderful conductor whose career has skyrocketed in the past few years.

She is currently the principal guest conductor of the BBC Symphony and is the incoming chief conductor of the Lachty Symphony in Finland.

We had a really great talk about getting into music, learning conducting from two legends in the

field, Yorma Panola and Leif Segestram, and about the sometimes lonely life of a conductor.

Dahlia is one of my favorite people to talk to in the music world, and I'm sure you'll enjoy

this as much as I did.

I'm actually going to begin the interview mid-conversation as Dahlia

Dahlia brought up her Finnish background,

which happened to be my first question.

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