Marin Alsop
LONDON (Aug. 19, 2026) — Maestra Alsop spoke with The Telegraph ahead of her performance at the BBC Proms with the Philharmonia Orchestra on August 24. “This year, the 69-year-old New Yorker will be conducting seven works in the American Classics Prom and, with a gutsy cowgirl glint in her eye, she runs me through…
CHICAGO (July 15, 2026) — What Marin Alsop built at Ravinia started to feel real, she says, in 2022. Her second summer at the festival, the conductor — the first woman to lead major orchestras in the U.S., Great Britain, Austria and South America — had begun Breaking Barriers, a festival-within-a-festival dedicated to smashing the…
CHICAGO (July 12, 2026) — Maestra Alsop and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra opened the Ravinia Festival on July 11, joined by special guests Lizzo, pianist Yunchan Lim, and soprano Janai Brugger. Writes Eddy “Precise” Lamarre of Rolling Out: “Chief Conductor Marin Alsop was masterful. Her confidence, control and direction filled the new pavilion as naturally as…
Maestra Alsop sat down with CNN’s Showtime for a special episode covering a landmark concert in Seoul featuring four virtuosi (Yunchan Lim, Yekwon Sunwoo, Seong-jin Cho, and Sunwook Kim) playing four pianos on a single stage. Introduced as “one of classical music’s most respected voices,” Alsop brings a distinguished perspective on the piano repertoire and the next generation…
Maestra Alsop spoke with Evan Davis on the BBC Radio 4’s afternoon and evening program, PM, about the world premiere of Seven Dreams of Gaudí in Barcelona. “The seven dreams of Gaudí represent the different stages of his life, not only as an artist but also as a spiritual person, searching, as we all are,…
Maestra Alsop sat down with Kelly Clarkson on The Kelly Clarkson Show to speak about her journey as a conductor and her passion for creating more opportunities for women conductors through her Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship. She also surprised fan Kayla Selan, a conducting student at Cleveland State University, with an invitation to shadow her…
CINCINNATI, OH (May 24, 2026) —The Cincinnati May Festival has announced acclaimed conductor Marin Alsop as its 2027 Festival Director. Alsop will bring her extensive experience on the international stage, advocacy for gender and education equity, and a dynamic approach to both conducting and repertoire to the year-long directorship. The 2027 May Festival will take…
May 17, 2026 — “Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s music director laureate, Marin Alsop, conducted the 50-member WNO Orchestra. Maestra Alsop demonstrated in this performance why she is considered among the most gifted conductors, looking directly at the singers and giving strong cues to all in a complex work. She gave a strong and sensitive reading of…
In the world of classical music, no celebration of Women’s History Month would be complete without recognizing Marin Alsop. One of the foremost conductors of our time, she is the first woman to serve as the head of major orchestras in the United States, South America, Austria, and Great Britain. Called a “conductor with a…
April 1, 2026 — “This concert jumped right out of the gate with a new work by John Adams: ‘The Rock You Stand On’, which he wrote last year for Marin, a longtime champion of his music. (‘She is one of the very few conductors whom I can trust to do the right thing with…
