Overview

• Born in Maharashtra’s Pandharpur and adopted at five months, Badstue grew up in Denmark before pursuing conducting.
• On June 27 she led the Symphony Chamber Orchestra alongside musicians from the Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus/Aalborg and the Royal Danish Academy of Music at the National Centre for Performing Arts.
• Her career highlights include working with maestro Zubin Mehta, mentorship under Jorma Panula and founding the Nordic Masterclass for Conductors.
• Badstue has described India as a second home and emphasises the need for regular Western classical music education and teaching in the country.
• She is slated to conduct the South Asian Symphony Orchestra and collaborate on a Bollywood song project in Bengaluru this August.