Marin Alsop

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Marin Alsop

Country

United States

Birth - Death

1956 -

Occupation

Entertainment

Notable Achievements

Grammy Award

Description

Chief conductor of the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Ravinia Festival, and music director laureate of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra which she conducted (2007-2021). Was also the director of the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra and the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. The first woman to win the Koussevitzky Prize (outstanding student conductor, 1989) and the first conductor to be awarded a MacArthur Fellowship (2005). Elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2003) and to the American Philosophical Society (2020). Founded the New York String Ensemble (1981), the female jazz ensemble String Fever, and Concordia, a 50-piece orchestra specializing in twentieth-century American music (1984). Has conducted numerous orchestras and symphonies around the world. Recipient of a Grammy Award for her recording of a percussion concerto with the London Symphony Orchestra (2010). Mentored by conductor Leonard Bernstein. Believed to be the subject of the film Tar (2022), and the subject of the documentary 'The Conductor'.

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