The Dallas Opera’s Hart Institute celebrates a decade of advancing women conductors

The Dallas Opera’s groundbreaking Hart Institute celebrates 10 years of impact with an Anniversary Showcase Concert on Jan.
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Bayreuth Festival to have three women conductors, three years after gender barrier broken

The Bayreuth Festival will have three female conductors this summer, three years after the podium gender barrier was broken at the annual showcase of Richard Wagner's operas. The festival said ...
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Met Opera hosts 4 female conductors in landmark week. From its founding to 2016, there were only 4

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Conducting has long been a male-dominated field. A new documentary aims to change that

Filmmaker Maggie Contreras was in her car, listening to NPR‘s “All Things Considered,” when she heard a report that piqued her interest. “The world of orchestra conducting is still dominated by men.
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Women Conductors Are The Rule, Not The Exception, At A New Classical Event

La Maestra, held in Paris this September, is the first fully realized competition solely for women conductors — an effort to help balance a... Women Conductors Are The Rule, Not The Exception, At A ...
The New York Times

A New Film Shines a Light on Women Conductors

The director of “Maestra,” Maggie Contreras, discusses making the documentary and the challenges faced by women in classical music. By Farah Nayeri “Girls can’t do that.” That’s what 9-year-old Marin ...
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Landmark performance for Iranian female conductor

Paniz Faryousefi conducted the Tehran Symphony Orchestra this fall, marking a rare performance by a woman conductor. Faryousefi said she hopes her achievement opens the door to other women musicians ...
Washington Examiner

1 of few women conductors directs at Spoleto

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — It’s unusual to see a woman conducting an orchestra or opera, but the conductor who was set to lead the Spoleto Festival USA Orchestra on Friday offers a challenge to tradition ...
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Met Opera hosts 4 female conductors in landmark week. From its founding to 2016, there were only 4

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Met Opera hosts 4 female conductors in landmark week. From its founding to 2016, there were only 4

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Met Opera hosts 4 female conductors in landmark week. From its founding to 2016, there were only 4

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