Lidiya Yankovskaya discusses giving birth between conducting

Conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya tweeted a thread about how she gave birth between performances of an opera she conducted.
American-Russian conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya preached about the inclusion of females in the orchestra after she returned to the stage just days after giving birth.

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Lidiya Yankovskaya discusses giving birth between conducting

Lidiya Yankovskaya discusses giving birth between conducting

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