Maria Seletskaja

(conductor)

Maria Seletskaja graduated from Tallinn Ballet School in 2002 and continued her studies at St. Petersburg Vaganova Ballet Academy (2002–2003). In 2003–2006, she studied choreography at Tallinn University. She has been a soloist with Estonian National Ballet, Berlin National Opera, Zurich Ballet and the Royal Ballet of Flanders as well as guesting in many theatres around the world. While pursuing her career in dancing, she has also studied both the piano and the violin. In 2010–12 she studied music theory, harmony and orchestration at Berklee College of Music and has studied conducting under the tutelage of James Tuggle. During her last years in ballet, she was also an assistant conductor in Stuttgart Ballet where she made her debut in April 2017. Since 2018, she has dedicated herself fully to conducting. Since November 2019, she is a conductor-in-residence in Canada National Ballet. In 2021, she took up orchestra conducting classes with maestro Arvo Volmer in the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre.