Kristiina Poska becomes Artistic Director of the Orchestre Français des Jeunes
Estonian conductor Kristiina Poska, who was Musical Director of Theater Basel in 2019/20, has been appointed Musical Director of the Orchestre Français des Jeunes from summer 2025.
Kristiina Poska is currently Music Director of the Flemish Symphony Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra of Latvia. From 2006 to 2011 she was chief conductor of the Cappella Academica, from 2012 to 2016 Kapellmeister at the Komische Oper Berlin and in the 2019/20 season music director at the Theater Basel. Poska's latest recording of Beethoven's Symphonies Nos. 1 and 7, released on Fuga Libera/Outhere, is the result of her collaboration with the Flanders Symphony Orchestra.
The Orchestre Français des Jeunes is the national youth orchestra of France, founded in 1982 by the Ministry of Culture. It consists of young musicians between the ages of 16 and 25. Poska succeeds Michael Schønwandt at the Orchestre Français des Jeunes, who has held the post since summer 2021.
