American conductor Marin Alsop on being a self-starter - ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Marin Alsop is a trailblazing American conductor, the first woman to lead major orchestras in the US, South America, Austria, and the UK, where she was the first woman to conduct the Last Night of the BBC Proms.

Renowned for her innovative and adventurous programming, Alsop is the only conductor to have received a prestigious MacArthur Fellowship.

A passionate mentor, Alsop founded the Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship for talented female conductors and created the OrchKids program to expand access to music education.

On Legends she reveals how she had to be a self-starter, founding her own orchestra in New York when no-one would book her, even financing it herself.

Her musical selections reveal the influence of her artistic parents, her love of jazz and the admiration and respect she has for her famous mentor, Leonard Bernstein.

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Brahms: String Sextets, Opp. 18 & 36; Theme and Variations for Piano

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Schumann: Piano Quintet Op. 44 & Op. 47

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