Poster marin alsop, conductor
Marin Alsop is the Music Director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and the Principal Conductor of the Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra.
Photo: Grant Leighton
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Women's History Spotlight: Marin Alsop

Women's History: Marin Alsop

Marin Alsop is a trailblazer for women in classical music. And she gets her can-do spirit from her mother:

"She did not tolerate the word can't," Alsop recalls. "So, when I ran into that at an early age — even at 9 years old, when I was told that you know girls can't conduct — she said that's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard."

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