Lidiya Yankovskaya discusses giving birth between conducting operas - Good Morning America

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.

Conductor orchestrates impressive encore by giving birth before returning to stage

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Lidiya Yankovskaya discusses giving birth between conducting operas - Good Morning America

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Opera conductor worked up until five days before labor, returns to podium THREE DAYS after birth

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Chicago Opera Theater music director Lidiya Yankovskaya championed opera before and amid the pandemic – Chicago Tribune