The Sibelius family tree has a new shoot!
Dalia Stasevska has given birth to a baby daughter.
Stasevska, chief conductor of the Lahti Symphony Orchestra and principal guest conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, is married to Lauri Porra, Sibelius’ great-grandson. Porra trained on the cello but found fame as the bassist for Finnish metal band Stratovarius.
Get a load of this awesome electric guitar concerto.
Stasevska conducted a satisfying performance of Sibelius’ 5th Symphony in Philadelphia last season. Here’s 90 seconds of her conducting Sibelius’ 3rd, the work over which the composer’s grandson and I bonded. Ask me about it sometime.
The couple announced the pregnancy on August 22. The birth occurred on October 12. Congratulations to the happy parents!