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The following is a partial and sortable list of female classical conductors. Classical conductors work with orchestras, opera companies, ballet companies and choral groups. [1] [2] This list exists in the historical context of a lack of female classical conductors in the music profession. [3] [4] [5]
Orchestras which choose not to have principal conductors, such as the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, are omitted from this list. Likewise, principal conductors for opera companies are omitted, unless the orchestra of that opera company performs orchestral concerts under ...
Maria Eklund (born 1973) is a Russian-born Swedish conductor. In 2005, she became the first woman to conduct an orchestra at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, breaking the barriers of what so far was a strictly male area of expertise. [1] She conducted The Golden Cockerel by Rimsky-Korsakov. [2] [3] [4]
Sarah Hatsuko Hicks (born 1970 or 1971 (age 53–54)) [1] [2] is a Japanese-born American orchestral conductor. Since 2009, she has been the Principal Conductor of Live at Orchestra Hall for the Minnesota Orchestra, and also serves as Staff Conductor at the Curtis Institute of Music.
Nathalie Stutzmann realized a childhood dream when she was named the first female music director in the 77-year history of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.
Marin Alsop (/ ˈ m ær ɪ n ˈ ɔː l s ə p /; [1] [2] born October 16, 1956) is an American conductor, the first woman to win the Koussevitzky Prize for conducting and the first conductor to be awarded a MacArthur Fellowship.
This appointment marks Canellakis' first orchestral post. She is the first female conductor to be named chief conductor of the RFO, and the first female conductor to be named chief conductor of any Dutch orchestra. [16] In September 2021, the RFO announced the extension of Canellakis' contract as its chief conductor through July 2027. [17]
This appointment marks her first chief conductor post. Stasevska is the first female conductor to be named chief conductor of the Lahti Symphony Orchestra. In March 2023, the orchestra announced an extension of Stasevska's contract through 31 July 2025, [13] [14] at which time her Lahti Symphony Orchestra tenure is scheduled to conclude. [15] [16]