India-born Danish conductor Maria Badstue was in Mumbai for the sixth time to conduct the Symphony Orchestra of India (SOI) at the National Centre for Performing Arts (NCPA). The SOI Chamber Orchestra collaborated with musicians from The Royal Academy of Music and the Royal Danish Academy of Music under Badstue’s baton. The programme featured Carl Nielsen’s radiant Helios Overture, followed by one of Rachmaninoff’s most beloved works, performed by celebrated Danish concert pianist Søren Rastogi.
WATCH | India-Born Danish Conductor Maria Badstue Weaves Identity Through Music
Between the silence of memory and the swell of a symphony, Maria Badstue has found her home in conducting orchestras. Born in India, raised in Denmark, and carried across continents by rhythm and resolve, she conducts not just orchestras, but the echoes of belonging, identity, and grace. In a conversation with Outlook's Pritha Vashisth, Badstue opens up about her layered inheritance, the solitude of adoption, and the power of a baton to bridge what words sometimes can’t.
Between the silence of memory and the swell of a symphony, Maria Badstue has found her home in conducting orchestras. Born in India, raised in Denmark, and carried across continents by rhythm and resolve, she conducts not just orchestras, but the echoes of belonging, identity, and grace. In a conversation with Outlook's Pritha Vashisth, Badstue opens up about her layered inheritance, the solitude of adoption, and the power of a baton to bridge what words sometimes can’t.
'It is a lonely profession,' she shares.
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