Maya Barsacq is the founder and conductor of Cadenza and artistic director of Nu.

A passionate and dynamic artist, she is an ardent and dedicated advocate of classical music and especially contemporary classical music, Barsacq strives to champion new compositions and collaborate with living composers and artists around the world.

Barsacq has premiered with Cadenza, works of Vasks, Milhaud, Poulenc, Shariff, Auric, and Jeanrenaud. She also works as a freelance music director, conducting opera, and musical theater pieces in the United States and in Europe. With Nu, Barsacq is the ensemble conductor, as well as artistic director and curator. She will oversee performances in diverse locations throughout Europe and China initially, that will later expand globally.

She also works as a freelance music director, conducting opera, and musical theater pieces in the United States and in Europe. Barsacq loves the theatricality of life and performance. She has recently worked closely with Carlus Padrissa of La Fura dels Baus, an inspiring creator for her. She will continue to collaborate with Padrissa on various upcoming projects.

Prior conducting and assisting conducting engagments aside from Cadenza and Nu, have included: Midsummer Mozart Festival, New Frequencies Festival, Opera Idaho, West Bay Opera, Distinguished Artist Series, Classical Revolution Orchestra, and Lamplighter Theater.

Barsacq has collaborated with singers, directors, nstrumentalists from the around the globe. She has worked with talented singers including: Rochelle Bard, Rebecca Davis, Betany Coffland, Olga Chernisheva, Percy Martinez, Gabriel Manro, Anna Yelizarova, Marina Harris, Alex Boyer, Gregory Gerbrandt, Zanda Svede, Adriana de Leon, Cesar Cortez, Igor Viera, Amy Foote, Sanford Smith, Laurel Duncan-Anderson, Richard Mix, Joseph Raymond Meyers, Kathleen Nitz Kasdorf, Mary Elizabeth Enman, Maya Kherani, Lori Rivera, North Bay Community Gospel Choir, Saint Columba Gospel Choir, and Ariose Singers. She has synergized with instrumentalists: Seymour Lipkin, Chetan Tierra, Brenda Vahur, Lana Gruen, Joan Jeanrenaud, William Winant, Seth Asarnow, Kelley Maulbetsch, Mesut Ozgen, Patricia Mitchell, Dale Wolford, Anthony Doheny, Dan Levitan, and Rebecca Jackson. Barsacq has also worked with, directors, choreographers and artists: Daniel Helfgot, Carlus Padrissa, Barbara Heroux, Dmitry Troyanovsky, Cid Pearlman, Savina Tarsitano, Deepika Shrestha Ross, Luciano Chessa, and Jean Francois Revon.

Barsacq is a strong advocate of music education and appreciation in and out of the classroom. Widely respected for her pedagogical activities, she is frequently invited to teach masterclasses and workshops in conservatories and universities around the world, and also enjoys working with young children in the classroom.

Maya Barsacq received her conducting training from esteemed conductors: George Cleve, Nicole Paiement, Barbara Day Turner, and Michel Singher.

She is the proud recipient of the 2005 Gail Rich Award for her dedication to the arts.