Assistant Conductor

Ukki Sachedina is an Indian-American conductor based in Los Angeles. He is currently studying at the Colburn School with Maestro Maxim Eshkenazy and under the private tutelage of Maestro Jorma Panula in Finland.

As guest-conductor, Ukki has had the privilege of working with orchestras across Europe and the United States including the Rousse Philharmonic, Burgas State Opera, Vratsa Symphony Orchestra, Vidin Sinfonietta, South Coast Symphony, and others. As part of a four-week concert tour in Bulgaria in Summer 2022, he led the four symphonies of Brahms, Beethoven’s 5th and 7th symphonies, and Tchaikovsky’s 4th and 5th symphonies. Highlights of the past season include a re-invitation with the Rousse Philharmonic performing Brahms 4th Symphony, and Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto with soloist Aubree Oliverson.

Ukki has participated in numerous international masterclasses including Nordic Masterclass with Jorma Panula and the South Denmark Philharmonic and Fiskars Summer Festival with Esa-Pekka Salonen, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Dalia Stasevska, and James Gaffigan. In May 2023, Ukki served as Assistant Conductor for the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and Maestro Jaime Martin in a concert featuring sitarist Anoushka Shankar.

Since 2020, Ukki has been Assistant Conductor of the Colburn Youth Orchestra and Colburn Chamber Orchestra. For the years 2022 and 2023, he has been a scholarship recipient of the South Coast Symphony’s McBeth Foundation Award. Ukki has been a frequent guest on Bulgarian National Radio and Television. His performances have been featured on the national radio broadcast From the Topand reviewed in the New York Concert Review.