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|birth_place = Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela| death_date = | instrument = Oboe| genre = Classical| occupation = Conductor| years_active = 1991–present| label = | associated_acts = Orquesta Sinfonica de FalconHallam SinfoniaHuddersfield Philharmonic OrchestraHaffner OrchestraOxford University OrchestraBenedetti FoundationNational Children's Orchestras of Great Britain| website = natalialuisbassa.com}}Natalia Luis-Bassa (born 13 July 1966, Caracas, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan conductor who lives and works in England, where she is Professor of Conducting at the Royal College of Music and Principal Guest Conductor of Oxford University Orchestra.WEB, New Conductor for the Oxford University Orchestra,weblink Oxford University Orchestra,

Background

Since winning the second prize at the Maazel-Vilar Conductor's CompetitionWEB, Mission,weblink Maazel/Vilar Conductors' Competition, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20100524010926weblink">weblink 24 May 2010, dmy-all, in New York City, she has worked both in the United Kingdom and abroad with orchestras including the Orquesta Sinfónica Venezuela, National Youth Orchestras of Scotland, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Paragon Ensemble, Bombay Chamber Orchestra, Huddersfield Philharmonic Orchestra, Haffner Orchestra, Filamónica Nacional, Royal Oman Symphony Orchestra, the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela, Southbank Sinfonia and the National Children's Orchestra of Great Britain.Natalia studied Oboe with Lido Guarnieri.PRESS RELEASE She was the first female to receive a degree in Orchestral Conducting in her native country to read music at the University Institute of Musical Studies (IUDEM).PRESS RELEASE She was appointed music director of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Falcón and after some years she completed her studies at the Royal College of Music in London, holding the RCM Junior Fellowship in Opera Conducting for two years.Natalia holds a master's degree from The University of Huddersfield where she is a part-time lecturer and has been appointed Elgar Ambassador.NEWS In August 2008 Luis-Bassa appeared in the reality TV talent show-themed television series, Maestro on BBC Two, as a mentor to David Soul.PRESS RELEASE The Royal College of Music has appointed Natalia as a Professor of Conducting alongside Maestro Peter Stark.NEWS Natalia also works with the National Children's Orchestra of Great Britain, conducting the London Regionals and runs the Conductor's Course. She also conducted the Main Orchestra playing Danzon No. 2 by Arturo Márquez in the Summer Concert of 2011, and again playing Sibelius Symphony 2 in 2014. She is renowned among the NCO for her flamboyant conducting.WEB,weblink Oxford University Orchestra - Mahler Symphony No 9,

Personal life

Her father, Germinal, was born in Barcelona, Spain. As a child, during the Spanish Civil War, he had to escape from Barcelona and went to France, the United States, Argentina and finally Venezuela where he married Lillian, a Venezuelan whose parents were Spanish. Both of them were opera and zarzuela lovers.Germinal Luis, Raices y Ramas, Universo de Letras , 2021, p.100.She is a graduate of the Royal College of Music in London.WEB,weblink Natalia Luis-Bassa, She grew up in a house full of music with her two sisters. Luis-Bassa now lives in West Yorkshire, the "Last of the Summer Wine" county.Germinal Luis, We Came Alone, Fundación Españoles en el Mundo, 2008, p.199.

References

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External links

• Natalia Luis-Bassa's website

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