Off The Podium

Ep. 95: Holly Mathieson, conductor Let's Talk Off The Podium with Tigran Arakelyan New Zealand-born Holly Mathieson is an award-winning conductor, regularly working with opera houses, ballet companies and orchestras in Europe, Australasia and North America. She is the Music Director Designate of Symphony Nova Scotia, Co-Artistic Director of the Nevis Ensemble with Jon Hargreaves, and founder and artistic director of Rata Music Collective. She frequently records for BBC Radio, and her first major commercial recording with Decca reached #1 on the UK classical charts. Her work has seen her travel to nearly every continent on the planet, and perform for audiences spanning from the British Royal Family and Europe’s political elites, to Scotland’s homeless and refugee communities. In this podcast we talk about programming, her time as an orchestra librarian, working with young musicians and music in time of Covid-19. Fascinating conversation with lots of stories! For more information about Holly Mathieson please vi