Marin Alsop

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Marin Alsop is an acclaimed American conductor known for breaking gender barriers in classical music, including becoming the first woman to lead a major American orchestra.

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instanceOf conductor
human
music director
university teacher
violinist
awardReceived Ernst von Siemens Music Prize
surface form: Ernst von Siemens Music Prize (as part of an ensemble/recording)

Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (with orchestra)
surface form: Grammy Award for Best Classical Instrumental Solo (as conductor)

MacArthur Fellowship
Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal
surface form: Royal Philharmonic Society Conductor Award
conducted Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
London Philharmonic Orchestra
New York Philharmonic
Municipal Symphony Orchestra of São Paulo
surface form: São Paulo Symphony Orchestra

Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1956-10-16
educatedAt Juilliard School
Yale University
familyName Alsop
founded Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music Orchestra (as music director and leader of the festival)
genre classical music
givenName Marin
hasInfluenced women conductors
hasWebsite https://www.marinalsop.com/
knownFor being the first woman to lead a major American orchestra
breaking gender barriers in classical music
languageSpoken English
movement gender equality in classical music
name Marin Alsop self-link
notableAchievement first woman to be appointed music director of a major American orchestra
first woman to conduct the Last Night of the Proms
notableWork recordings of works by John Adams
recordings of works by Leonard Bernstein
recordings of works by Samuel Barber
occupation conductor
violinist
placeOfBirth New York City
positionHeld artist-in-residence at the University of Maryland
chief conductor of the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
chief conductor of the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra
director of graduate conducting at the Peabody Institute
music director laureate of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
principal conductor of the Ravinia Festival
residence Baltimore
Vienna
studiedUnder Leonard Bernstein

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