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At the League Conference: Marin Alsop on Blazing Trails, the Power of Music to Connect, and Creating Vibrant New Eras for Orchestras

June 24, 2025 Forward Thinking: Conductor, Advocate, Change Agent By Simon Woods In Brief | Marin Alsop has shattered glass ceilings as an adventurous artist, music director of U.S. and international orchestras, passionate champion of music education for all, and tireless advocate for women conductors. This summer, as she receives the Gold Baton award from…

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Wherever you find yourself this summer, classical music awaits

May 29, 2025 National Orchestral Institute + Festival Each summer, the compettive fellowship program known as the National Orchestral Institute + Festival (or NOI+F) culminates in a month-long lineup of talks, masterclasses, and of course, orchestral and chamber concerts at the University of Maryland’s Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Marin Alsop will lead the orchestra…

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Mahler with the RSO and Andreas Babler at the Konzerthaus

“Symphony of Survival”: The ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna, which is threatened by Rotstift, has reaped extensive applause for Gustav Mahler’s second – also from the Minister of Culture Christoph Irrgeher. 23. May 2025, 16:30 The ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra (RSO) Vienna (here with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra in April of the year)…

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Natural and supernatural

June 2026. Peter Quantrill In February and March this year, Marin Alsop, Dalia Stasevska and Joana Mallwitz directed the Berlin Philharmonic in consecutive subscription programmes, uploaded to the orchestra’s Digital Concert Hall. Alsop’s programme – astonishingly, her BPO debut – is a long and fascinating one, opening with the premiere of Day Night Day by Outi Tarkiainen…

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Montero and Marin Are a Hit at Davies Symphony Hall

Apr 11. By Gabe Meline. Photo: Brandon Patoc. In the 1990s, the freestyle rapper Supernatural had a routine that always won over the club. He’d solicit suggestions for words or phrases from the audience, or even items from rap fans’ pockets or purses, and then tell the DJ to drop the beat. Three minutes of complex wordplay…

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The Washington Post: At the Kennedy Center, the NSO offers a bracing history lesson

The Lorelei Ensemble joined the National Symphony Orchestra for the D.C. premiere of Julia Wolfe’s engrossing oratorio “Her Story.” February 28, 2025 On Thursday night at the Kennedy Center, the National Symphony Orchestra gave the D.C. premiere of Julia Wolfe’s masterfully crafted two-movement piece “Her Story,” in a riveting performance led by Marin Alsop and enhanced by…

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