In 2007, Marin Alsop became music director of the Baltimore Symphony, making her the first woman to head a major American orchestra. She was named a 2005 MacArthur Fellow, the first conductor ever to receive the award. Between performances, she appears as an occasional guest on Weekend Edition Saturday and as a commentator for NPR.org's Marin Alsop on Music column.
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Conductor Marin Alsop explains how her mentor, Leonard Bernstein, probes the essential questions of humanity in his comic operetta Candide. -
Inspired by Shakespeare, Mendelssohn captures all the magic and frivolity in the music he wrote for the Bard's otherworldy play. -
An action thriller of a symphony, Mahler's First is piled high with ambition, self-reflection and fear. Conductor Marin Alsop shares... -
For conductor Marin Alsop, discovering Benjamin Britten through his monumental War Requiem has been both easy and complex — a... -
For conductor Marin Alsop, Bernstein's idiosyncratic Second Symphony — inspired by W.H. Auden's poem The Age of Anxiety — is... -
The man who wrote "The Charleston" also had orchestral music played at Carnegie Hall. Baltimore Symphony conductor Marin Alsop retraces... -
An American conductor explains why Russian music suits her Sao Paolo orchestra. -
Conductor Marin Alsop muses on the enduring qualities of the English composer's first symphony. -
Armed with a team of forensic specialists and a full orchestra, Baltimore Symphony conductor Marin Alsop investigates the deafness and...
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Every young composer searches for a unique voice. Conductor Marin Alsop says Bela Bartok found his in the hills and...
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Johannes Brahms was stymied by the shadow of Beethoven. It took him over 20 years to write his first symphony,...
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For centuries, storytellers of the Middle East have been retelling the tales of Sinbad and Aladdin. But the first teller...