Scheherezade , Alsop & Montero
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Thursday , April 17 , 2025 at 8 pm
JOSEPH MEYERHOFF SYMPHONY HALL
Saturday , April 19 , 2025 at 8 pm
Marin Alsop , conductor Gabriela Montero , piano
Marin Alsop
Nancy Horowitz
Gabriela Ortiz Antrópolis
Marin Alsop
Gabriela Montero Piano Concerto No . 1 , “ Latin ” I . Mambo : Largo - Allegro II . Andante moderato III . Allegro Venezolano
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Gabriela Montero , piano INTERMISSION
Scheherazade I . Largo e maestoso - Allegro non troppo II . Lento - Allegro molto III . Andantino quasi allegretto IV . Allegro molto
This performance is approximately 2 hours and includes a 20-minute intermission .
One of the foremost conductors of our time , Marin Alsop is a powerful and inspiring voice . The first woman to head major orchestras in the United States , South America , Austria , and Great Britain , she is internationally recognized for her innovative approach to programming and audience development , her deep commitment to education , and her championing of music ’ s importance in the world .
Alsop is Chief Conductor of the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra , Artistic Director & Chief Conductor of the Polish National Radio Symphony , Principal Guest Conductor of London ’ s Philharmonia Orchestra , Principal Guest Conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra , and Chief Conductor of the Ravinia Festival , where she leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra ’ s annual residencies . She is the first Music Director of the University of Maryland ’ s National Orchestral Institute + Festival , Conductor of Honour of Brazil ’ s São Paulo Symphony Orchestra , and Music Director Laureate and OrchKids Founder at the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra , after an outstanding 14-year tenure as its Music Director . Having made history as the first female conductor of the BBC ’ s Last Night of the Proms , and the first female and first American to guest conduct it three times , this season she becomes the first U . S . -born woman to conduct the Berlin Philharmonic .
To promote and nurture female conductors ’ careers , in 2002 she
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