“There are no examples of successful female conductors,” she recalled being told. “Maybe you will conduct maximum a school orchestra or church choirs.” When Susanna Mälkki made her Met ...

Use the tabs below to find out about each section of the orchestra, watch video clips, and read interviews with musicians. Who's that waving their hands at the front? A conductor does a lot more ...

There are appearances by four leading female conductors this season: JoAnn Falletta conducting the Ulster Orchestra and Ulster Youth Orchestra of Northern Ireland in a programme of Chabrier ...

Local conductor Yip Wing-sie was an early inspiration, showing her women could stand at the head of an orchestra ... especially when we grew up in British colonial times," she said.

CJ Wu conducts singers from Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and the Dallas Opera Orchestra in TDO's Hart Institute for Women Conductors Showcase Concert at the Winspear Opera House on ...