Oksana Lyniv

Ukrainian conductor from Lviv region (born 6 January 1978 in Brody). Graduate of the Lviv Lysenko National Music Academy (2003, class of Yuriy Lutsiv). On 25 July 2021 became the first woman conductor in the history of the Bayreuth Wagner Festival (the opera The Flying Dutchman). General Music Director of the Münchner Symphoniker from 2024. Music Director of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna 2022-2025 — the first woman in the history of Italian opera houses. Founder of the Youth Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine (YSOU, 2016) and the Lviv Symphony Orchestra (LvivMozArt). Active public position regarding the Russian invasion since 2022: refusal to conduct Russian repertoire, tour-fundraising for Ukraine.