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About Marin

Chief Conductor: ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra Artistic Director/Chief Conductor: Polish National Radio Symphony Principal Guest Conductor: Philharmonia Orchestra Principal Guest Conductor: Philadelphia Orchestra Chief Conductor: Ravinia Festival Music Director: National Orchestral Institute + Festival (NOI+F) at the University of Maryland Music Director Laureate/OrchKids Founder: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Conductor of Honour: São Paulo Symphony Orchestra

"Marin Alsop is a pioneer among women conductors. After witnessing her inspiring leadership...I’m convinced she is one of the great conductors of our time." (Cincinnati Business Courier)

One of the foremost conductors of our time, Marin Alsop is a powerful and inspiring voice. The first woman to head major orchestras in the United States, South America, Austria, and Great Britain, she is internationally recognized for her innovative approach to programming and audience development, her deep commitment to education, and her championing of music’s importance in the world.

Alsop is Chief Conductor of the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Artistic Director & Chief Conductor of the Polish National Radio Symphony, Principal Guest Conductor of London’s Philharmonia Orchestra, Principal Guest Conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra, and Chief Conductor of the Ravinia Festival, where she leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s annual residencies. She is the first Music Director of the University of Maryland’s National Orchestral Institute + Festival, Conductor of Honour of Brazil’s São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, and Music Director Laureate and OrchKids Founder at the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, after an outstanding 14-year tenure as its Music Director. Having made history as the first female conductor of the BBC’s Last Night of the Proms, and the first female and first American to guest conduct it three times, this season she becomes the first U.S.-born woman to conduct the Berlin Philharmonic.

To promote and nurture female conductors’ careers, in 2002 she founded the Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship. The only conductor to receive a MacArthur Fellowship, she has also been honoured with the World Economic Forum’s Crystal Award. The Conductor, a documentary about her life, was nominated for an Emmy and recognized with a Naples International Film Festival award.

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Jo Fry

Jo Fry

Associate Director

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Dora Michael

Dora Michael

Assistant Artist Manager

Representation

Management for Europe, Asia and Australasia with Askonas Holt

General Management with Opus 3 Artists

Season Highlights

Sep 2025
Including: Tokyo, Toyama, Osaka, Yokohama, Nagoya
TOUR OF JAPAN Bacewicz: Divertimento for string orchestra Bacewicz: Piano Concerto No. 1 Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 Brahms – Symphony no. 4 Dvorak – Symphony no. 7 Hayato Sumino, piano Masaya Kamei, piano National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Oct 2025
Carnegie Hall, New York
Tchaikovsky - Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No. 3 Bartok - Concerto for Orchestra Alexandre Kantorow, piano Philharmonia Orchestra
Nov 2025
Philharmonie, Berlin
Carlos Simon: Fate Now Conquers Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 Brahms: Symphony No. 4 Hayato Sumino, piano Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Nov 2025
Royal Festival Hall, London
Walton: Façade Karpman: Balls (World premiere of version with full orchestra) Sandi Toksvig – narrator (Walton) Nikola Printz – Billie Jean King (Karpman) Nicky Spence – Bobby Riggs (Karpman) Philharmonia Orchestra
Feb 2026
Musikverein, Vienna
Cerha: Three Movements for Orchestra Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (suite) Bruce Liu, piano Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Apr 2026
Konzerthaus, Vienna
John Adams: The Rock You Stand On Barber: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Strauss: Don Juan Ravel: Suite No. 2 from "Daphnis et Chloé" Maria Loudenitch, violin Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jun 2026
Palau de la Música Catalana, Barcelona
Pärt: Pacem Domine Pärt: Tabula Rasa Olivia Pérez-Collellmir: The Seven Dreams of Gaudi Philharmonia Orchestra

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  • Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra / Shostakovich ‘Leningrad’

    Cincinnati Music Hall
    Nov 2024
    • Marin Alsop is a pioneer among women conductors. After witnessing her inspiring leadership in Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 7, “Leningrad,” with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra on Nov. 16, I’m convinced she is one of the great conductors of our time.

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