Marin Alsop

American conductor and violinist · United Kingdom · On the map · Musicians · Born 1956 · age 70

Marin Alsop is an American conductor. She is the first woman to win the Koussevitzky Prize for conducting and the first conductor to be awarded a MacArthur Fellowship.

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2019Crystal AwardAward2008Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesAward2005MacArthur Fellows ProgramAwardRoyal Philharmonic Society Award (BBC Radio 3 Listeners' Award)Award1956Born16 October 1956

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Crystal Award2019

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences2008

MacArthur Fellows Program2005

Royal Philharmonic Society Award (BBC Radio 3 Listeners' Award)2005

Ditson Conductor's Award

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About this person

She is music director laureate of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and chief conductor of the Ravinia Festival and of the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra. She was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2008 and to the American Philosophical Society in 2020.

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United Kingdom