Marin Alsop
This December, Marin Alsop leads the newly formed Mzansi National Philharmonic Orchestra for a three-city tour of South Africa stopping in Johannesburg (December 15), Durban (December 17), and Cape Town (December 21). Commencing on 15 December 2022, the tour will take the Orchestra to diverse South African communities, performing Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with accomplished…
On October 28, Naxos Records releases a new recording of Schumann’s First and Second Symphonies, as reorchestrated by Mahler. Alsop and the Vienna RSO recorded the works as the first installment of their sophomore recording project: a complete Schumann symphonic cycle for Naxos, of which the second volume is due for release early next year. Alsop…
As OSESP’s Conductor of Honour, Marin Alsop reunites with the orchestra this fall, to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Brazilian independence with a three-city U.S. tour of Kansas City, MO (Oct 10); North Bethesda, MD (Oct 12); and New York City (Oct 14, Oct 15), where works of Brazilian composer Villa-Lobos once again take center stage. OSESP makes…
From September 7-19, Marin Alsop leads the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in a multi-city tour of Japan with soloist Hayato Sumino (also known on YouTube as Cateen). The program includes Bacewicz’s Overture, Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1, Brahms’s Symphony No. 1, and Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9, “From the New World.” The tour marks the…
“A powerful and communicative force on the podium” (Chicago Classical Review), MacArthur Fellow Marin Alsop looks forward to a full lineup of high-profile international engagements this season. In the U.S., she celebrates 200 years of Brazilian independence with the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra at its Carnegie Hall debut (Oct 14 & 15), performs works by…
Founded by MacArthur award-winning conductor Marin Alsop to promote gender diversity in music and help other women follow in her own pioneering footsteps, the Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship (TACF) celebrates its 20th-anniversary season with the TACF Global Concert Series. This sees Mei-Ann Chen, Jeri Lynne Johnson and seven more TACF award recipients conduct orchestral concerts…
As Chief Conductor and Curator of the Ravinia Festival, Alsop returns to lead the Chicago Symphony in five concerts at its summer home. After an Opening Night program of Julia Perry’s Study for Orchestra, Rimsky-Korsakov’s Sheherazade and Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto with Stewart Goodyear (July 15), she and the orchestra present a bucolic pairing of Beethoven’s “Pastoral” Symphony and An Alpine Symphony by…
On Thursday, July 7, the Academic Board of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland will award an honorary degree to Marin Alsop for her truly outstanding contributions to her profession and achievements which richly deserve high distinction and recognition. Other honorees include actors Ncuti Gatwa and Sam Heughan, and composer Errollyn Wallen. Professor Jeffrey Sharkey, Principal…
This summer, Marin Alsop looks forward to a transatlantic summer with a variety festivals and performances. In the States, she serves as conductor and Jury Chairperson of the 2022 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition (June 14–18), helms the Opening Night concert of the Aspen Music Festival (July 1), and continues her ongoing tenure as Chief Conductor and Curator of the Ravinia Festival with…
Filmmaker Bernadette Wegenstein’s The Conductor premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in summer 2021, followed by theatrical screenings this past January and February in New York, Baltimore, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago. The winner of the Naples International Film Festival’s 2021 Focus on the Arts Award, the documentary tells Alsop’s story – from her beginnings as an ambitious nine-year-old…
