{"id":12389,"date":"2024-01-15T16:55:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T16:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/?p=12389"},"modified":"2024-01-15T16:55:02","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T16:55:02","slug":"marin-alsop-takes-major-role-philadelphia-orchestra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/2024\/01\/15\/marin-alsop-takes-major-role-philadelphia-orchestra\/","title":{"rendered":"Marin Alsop Takes On Major Role at Philadelphia Orchestra"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_12390\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12390\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/01\/Marin-Alsop.jpg\" alt=\"Marin Alsop\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/01\/Marin-Alsop.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/01\/Marin-Alsop-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/01\/Marin-Alsop-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/01\/Marin-Alsop-768x402.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12390\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marin Alsop (Photo: Nancy Horowitz)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Philadelphia Orchestra announced Marin Alsop as their new principal guest conductor.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s Up:<\/strong> Beginning in 2024-2025, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinalsop.com\/about\/\">Marin Alsop<\/a> will join the Philadelphia Orchestra as principal guest conductor. The position <a href=\"https:\/\/www.philorch.org\/about-us\/contact-us\/press-room\/news-releases\/marin-alsop-appointed-principal-guest-conductor--of-the-philadelphia-orchestra\/\">was announced<\/a> on January 9th by music director Yannick N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin. Alsop will lead the orchestra in multiple subscription concerts, national and international tours, events and residencies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yes, But\u2026<\/strong> Conductor Marin Alsop currently leads Vienna\u2019s ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra. She has served as the first female conductor for many symphonies and concert presenters, including the BBC Proms. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinalsop.com\/\">Her website<\/a> describes her as the first woman to serve as head of a major orchestra in the US, South America, as well as in Austria and Britain. In 2024, she will make her Metropolitan Opera debut conducting John Adams\u2019 El Ni\u00f1o.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Big Picture:<\/strong> Principal guest conductor roles are prestigious positions often used as launching pads for up-and-coming talents. The appointment of Marin Alsop, 67, demonstrates the Philadelphia Orchestra\u2019s recognition of her contributions to America\u2019s musical culture. President and CEO Mat\u00edas Tarnopolsky calls her \u201csomebody who has really set a path for women conductors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For an inside look at the formidable conductor, watch Alsop reflecting on her early studies with Bernstein:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CvfkGwSNubQ?si=RDyj76_S4wm8hJll\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Philadelphia Orchestra announced Marin Alsop as their new principal guest conductor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":12390,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[360,196,3],"tags":[373,201],"yst_prominent_words":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/01\/Marin-Alsop.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12389"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12389"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12391,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12389\/revisions\/12391"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12389"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=12389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}