Oksana Lyniv (b. 1978, the Brody area of the Lviv region) is an outstanding Ukrainian conductor, one of the most prominent figures in world academic musical life. In 2021 she made history as the first woman ever to take the conductor's podium at the legendary Bayreuth Festival — the shrine of Wagnerian music.
Lyniv founded the Youth Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine and the LvivMozArt festival, and works extensively to promote Ukrainian musical heritage in the world. She held the post of principal conductor of the opera house in Graz and later took charge of the Teatro Comunale in Bologna. During the full-scale war, Oksana Lyniv became one of Ukraine's most powerful cultural voices on international stages, presenting the works of Ukrainian composers to the world's leading orchestras.
