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Marin Alsop
Conductor

One of today’s foremost conductors, Marin Alsop is principal guest conductor of The Philadelphia Orchestra, with which she made her debut in 1990. She is the first woman to serve as the head of major orchestras in the United States, South America, Austria, and Great Britain and the first and only conductor to receive a MacArthur Fellowship. This season marks her third as artistic director and chief conductor of the Polish National Radio Symphony and her third as principal guest conductor of London’s Philharmonia. She is also chief conductor of the Ravinia Festival and the first music director of the National Orchestral Institute + Festival at the University of Maryland. She served as chief conductor of the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony from 2019 to 2025; she is now honorary conductor. In 2021, after a 14-year tenure, she assumed the title of music director laureate and OrchKids founder of the Baltimore Symphony. In 2019, after seven years as music director, she became conductor of honor of the São Paulo Symphony. She was also music director of the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music for 25 years.

Ms. Alsop’s 2025–26 season highlights include her five-concert Carnegie Hall Perspectives series, Bernstein’s West Side Story at Washington National Opera, and a tour to Japan with the Polish National Radio Symphony. She also conducts the Chicago, Dallas, Houston, and ORF Vienna Radio symphonies; the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin; and the Philharmonia. Last season, she became the first United States–born woman to conduct the Berlin Philharmonic. 

Recognized with BBC Music Magazine’s “Album of the Year” and Emmy nominations in addition to GRAMMY, Classical BRIT, and Gramophone awards, Ms. Alsop’s discography comprises more than 200 titles. She is currently director of graduate conducting at the Johns Hopkins University’s Peabody Institute. To promote and nurture the careers of her fellow women conductors, she founded the Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship in 2002. The Conductor, an Emmy-nominated feature documentary about her life, debuted at New York’s 2021 Tribeca Film Festival.

Marin Alsop
Conductor

One of today’s foremost conductors, Marin Alsop is principal guest conductor of The Philadelphia Orchestra, with which she made her debut in 1990. She is the first woman to serve as the head of major orchestras in the United States, South America, Austria, and Great Britain and the first and only conductor to receive a MacArthur Fellowship. This season marks her third as artistic director and chief conductor of the Polish National Radio Symphony and her third as principal guest conductor of London’s Philharmonia. She is also chief conductor of the Ravinia Festival and the first music director of the National Orchestral Institute + Festival at the University of Maryland. She served as chief conductor of the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony from 2019 to 2025; she is now honorary conductor. In 2021, after a 14-year tenure, she assumed the title of music director laureate and OrchKids founder of the Baltimore Symphony. In 2019, after seven years as music director, she became conductor of honor of the São Paulo Symphony. She was also music director of the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music for 25 years.

Ms. Alsop’s 2025–26 season highlights include her five-concert Carnegie Hall Perspectives series, Bernstein’s West Side Story at Washington National Opera, and a tour to Japan with the Polish National Radio Symphony. She also conducts the Chicago, Dallas, Houston, and ORF Vienna Radio symphonies; the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin; and the Philharmonia. Last season, she became the first United States–born woman to conduct the Berlin Philharmonic. 

Recognized with BBC Music Magazine’s “Album of the Year” and Emmy nominations in addition to GRAMMY, Classical BRIT, and Gramophone awards, Ms. Alsop’s discography comprises more than 200 titles. She is currently director of graduate conducting at the Johns Hopkins University’s Peabody Institute. To promote and nurture the careers of her fellow women conductors, she founded the Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship in 2002. The Conductor, an Emmy-nominated feature documentary about her life, debuted at New York’s 2021 Tribeca Film Festival.