Archive · 28 Jun 2025
Danish Conductor's Journey: From Indian Orphanage to World Stage
Maria Badstue, a conductor, was born in India but grew up in Denmark after being adopted.
She's now a famous conductor who travels the world to perform music.
She started playing music at age eight and loved conducting.
She will be conducting an orchestra in Mumbai.
She's excited to be back in India, the country where she was born.
She has performed with orchestras around the world and has worked with well-known musicians.
Maria Badstue, a Danish orchestra conductor, was born in India and adopted at five months old.
She is performing in India for the sixth time with musicians from Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus/Aalborg and Royal Danish Academy of Music.
Badstue's musical journey began at age eight, playing trumpet, then conducting.
She has performed with orchestras in the US and Europe and worked with Zubin Mehta.
On Friday, she will conduct the SOI Chamber Orchestra at NCPA in Mumbai.
- Who
- Maria Badstue, the SOI Chamber Orchestra and musicians from the Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus/Aalborg (RAMA) and the Royal Danish Academy of Music (RDAM).
- What
- Maria Badstue, a Danish orchestra conductor, is performing in Mumbai.
- When
- On Friday evening.
- Where
- National Centre for Performing Arts (NCPA) in Mumbai, India.
- Why
- To perform with the SOI Chamber Orchestra.
- Name
- Maria Badstue
- Nationality
- Danish
- Birthplace
- India
- Age
- 43
- Profession
- Orchestra Conductor
- Orchestra
- SOI Chamber Orchestra