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Danish conductor Maria Badstue Joins Only Stage Management Roster

Conductor Maria Badstue, Photo Credit: Lou Mouw   New York, NY - London-based Only Stage announced today the signing of Danish conductor Maria Badstue to their roster of artists for worldwide general management.   Ms. Badstue, a sought-after collaborator highly regarded for her accessibility and innate communication skills both on and off the podium, has an established career in the Nordic countries. Her career in Europe and the United Kingdom continues to expand.   "Only Stage is delighted to have the pleasure to add to our conductor's roster the incredibly talented and innovative Danish conductor Maria Badstue," stated President Susanna Stefani Caetani. "As a versatile and well-established artist management company, we are truly committed to our artists and to their career development. We are really looking forward to starting this special and surely rewarding journey together with Maria, who, thanks to her special musical vision, has already established some special projects in Denmark and in India."   "I am excited and honored to be joining forces with Only Stage for worldwide general management, and to be part of their distinguished roster," stated Ms. Badstue. “I look forward to this new chapter in my career and for the developments the future holds."   Known for her innovative interpretations, passionate stage presence and versatility, Ms. Badstue has been praised as “one of the best young Danish conductors of today,” (Berlingske Media). A popular guest conductor, amongst the distinguished orchestras with which she has guested are the Danish National Chamber Orchestra, the symphony orchestras of Odense and Aalborg, the South Denmark Philharmonic, Sweden’s Gothenburg, Helsingborg, and Malmö symphonies, Orkester Norden, Kristiansand Symphony, and the Romanian Radio Orchestra. Co-founder of Copenhagen’s newest festival, The Ørestad Klassiske MusikFestival, launching this November 2021, she is also Artistic Director and Founder of the Nordic Masterclass for Conductors annual masterclass series. She is also recipient of a prestigious 2019-2021 Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship (TACF), and is mentored by TACF Founder / international conductor Marin Alsop.   Highlights of Maria Badstue's 2021-22 season include performances with South Denmark Philharmonic, and her German opera conducting debut leading performances of Viktor Ullmann’s Der Kaiser Von Atlantis at Theater und Orchester Neubrandenburg / Neustrelitz. She also hosts a presentation and Q & A at CINEMATEKET of the documentary The Long Way to the Podium featuring soprano Barbara Hannigan and her mentor, Marin Alsop. In March 2022, 20 years after her professional conducting debut with the Randers Chamber Players, she returns to the ensemble to mark the milestone and to celebrate her birthday in concerts featuring the premiere of Line Tjørnhøj’s ANGEST and actor Thure Lindhart in Sibelius’s Pelleas et Melisande.     Recent engagements include recordings with the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Danish Orchestra/Det Kongelige Kapel for the Royal Danish Orchestra’s new “mobile experience universe,” and concerts with the Copenhagen Philharmonic i Tivoli Gardens.   A strong supporter of modern opera, Ms. Badstue made her 2012 opera debut premiering Lars Klit’s Angelo – La Opera in Copenhagen. Maria has also enjoyed a growing career in the operatic world since 2012. Highlights include her acclaimed 2018 Swedish opera debut with a 14-performance run of Massenet’s Don Quixote and a gala performance with FolkOperan in Stockholm, the 2015 Copenhagen premiere production of John Frandsen’s A Doll’s House with the Athelas Sinfonietta,and most recently, this past summer, performances of Mozart’s Cosi fan Tutte at Copenhagen’s Koncertkirken with musicians from the Royal Danish Opera and Nontardar, and three mini operas based on fairy tales by HC Andersen at the Copenhagen Opera Festival at Den Røde Plads / BLOX Copenhagen.   In addition to her career on the podium, Maria is highly regarded for her Nordic Masterclass for Conductors annual masterclass series. Considered one of the most important conducting masterclasses in Europe today, Nordic Masterclass for Conductors is a respected collaboration with Professor Jorma Panula and the South Denmark Philharmonic.

Established in 2017, in just a few years Only Stage has established itself as a music industry game-changer. Its roster features artists from all over the world, who perform in the UK and abroad, bringing new cultural projects, innovative artistic ideas and tools not just to theaters and cultural institutions, but to all kinds of audiences, including those new to classical music.   Only Stage promotes international cultural exchanges, and its aim is to create and develop new ways of spreading culture and art across countries. This is the spirit in which Only Stage operates: creation, audience engagement and combining tradition with innovation.   Thanks to its artists and their talents, Only Stage collaborates with some of the biggest world-renowned cultural institutions in the world such as: English National Opera, Sydney Opera House, Teatro alla Scala, Helikon Opera Theatre, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Mariinsky Theatre, Enescu Festival and Oregon Music Festival amongst so many others.   With these prestigious clients, the company builds projects and artistic ideas which involve artists and their skills, providing cultural institutions with new ideas and top-quality talent.   The diversity of the artists in the company’s roster is paramount, because Only Stage not only represents famous names, but invests limitless energy to promote young rising stars of the future. Only Stage provides young talent with support through coaching activities and training opportunities, all under the guidance of prestigious and experienced artists.   The company was born not just as a standard agency who takes care of its artists and their engagements, but has always been identified as a hybrid reality, open to both managing artists and creating new projects.   Only Stage develops artistic ideas and innovative concepts not only in the field of classical music, but also in a wider range of genres, from pop to classical music, musical to opera and from ballet to DJ-producing.   Management Inquiries may be addressed to: Only Stage Susanna Stefani Caetani, President Tel. 44 7950 427967; susanna@onlystage.co.uk 85 Mill Hill Road, W3 8JF London, United Kingdom   Press inquiries may be addressed to: Grant Communications Laura Grant, Publicist Tel. 917-359-7319; Laura@grant-communications.com   Click here for dropbox with photos. Photo Credit: Lou Mouw www.mariabadstue.com