Fact file
Year of birth | 1978 |
Nationality | Brazil |
Period | Contemporary |
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Dreamscapes in New York

With classical works by jazz artists Iverson, Lehman and Assad, American Composers Orchestra wound up its fortieth anniversary season, and looked ahead to continued adventures in diversity.
Brilliantly energetic Alsop and the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra in Manchester

On the final night of their mammoth European tour, the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra played a brilliantly energetic programme to a delighted Bridgewater Hall audience. There was a great deal to commend in the playing, despite some capricious tempo choices in Mahler’s first symphony.
Exhilarating Irish homecoming: Marin Alsop with Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra

There is a tendency in the reviews of Marin Alsop to start by mentioning the obvious; that is, she is the first female conductor to have conducted the last night of the Proms and that she is the first female Music Director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. So let me start with the surprising: that Alsop is Irish.