Fiskars provides the backdrop for a new summer festival and provides a base for Lead! Foundation’s Mentorship Programme

LEAD! is delighted to announce that it is in the process of founding its own summer festival in Fiskars, Finland, which will run for the first time from 1st to 8th August 2020. This is the foundation’s very first independent festival, dedicated to supporting the emerging careers of young musicians and conductors by teaching leadership- and self-management skills. It will …

Meet our new mentor: Ole Kristian Dahl

We are delighted to announce that Ole has joined the LEAD! team, and will be working with us for the first time during our first collaboration with the NRW Orchesterzentrum Dortmund in December 2019. Ole is currently the solo bassoon of the Swedish National Orchestra, Gothenburg, and has formerly held the same position in the WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne, the …

Looking back at LEAD!’s collaboration with the Sofia Philharmonic

At the end of November LEAD! was able to try out its principles and methods in the context of a professional orchestra for the first time. The aim was to develop the leadership skills of aspiring young leaders and work on communication skills and sound in an orchestral environment. For this, LEAD! invited five talented musicians from different parts of …

Interview | Igor Gruppman

The violinist, conductor, professor and LEAD! mentor will be teaching as part of the Aurora Festival, taking place in Stockholm this month. Here he shares his thoughts on what it takes to be a good musical leader.