Sinfonie ~ Konzert
I met Barbara Rucha while working as a soprano soloist in Europe. We did several concerts in Germany, Greece and Luxemburg together and I was amazed by her verve and energy as well as her musical sensitivity and expressiveness. Her engagement with the music showed a deep and thoughtful understanding of the dramatic and harmonic structures. Her conducting is among the clearest I have seen. But she is not a timekeeper, her beat is full of expression and nuance, with little superfluous movement.
(Celina Lindsley, Producer ANU Opera)