Marin Alsop
{{short description|American conductor}}
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| genre = Classical
| occupation = Conductor
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| associated_acts = Colorado Symphony;
Eugene Symphony;
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra;
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra;
Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo;
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Marin Alsop ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|ær|ɪ|n|_|ˈ|ɔː|l|s|ə|p}};{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDdnkLDLKBM|title=Marin Alsop Appointed NOI+F's First-Ever Music Director|publisher=The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center|date=October 1, 2020|access-date=January 9, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=598yoOf3M3g|title=Marin Alsop reveals 10 things in a conductor's brain during a symphony concert|publisher=Classic FM|date=May 26, 2022|access-date=January 9, 2022}} born October 16, 1956) 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. She is music director laureate of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and chief conductor of the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Ravinia Festival, and the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra. She was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2008{{cite web|title=Book of Members, 1780-2010: Chapter A|url=http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterA.pdf|publisher=American Academy of Arts and Sciences|access-date=15 April 2011}} and to the American Philosophical Society in 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.amphilsoc.org/blog/american-philosophical-society-welcomes-new-members-2020|title=The American Philosophical Society Welcomes New Members for 2020|website=American Philosophical Society}}
Early life and education
Alsop was born in New York City to Ruth E. (Condell) and Keith Lamar Alsop, both professional string players, and grew up on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. She was educated at the Masters School and studied violin at the Juilliard School's Pre-College Division, graduating in 1972. She attended Yale University as a mathematics major, but transferred to Juilliard, where she earned a Bachelor of Music (1977) and a Master of Music (1978) in violin. While at Juilliard, Alsop played with orchestras such as the New York Philharmonic and the New York City Ballet.{{Cite web|url=https://www.marinalsop.com/about/timeline/|title=Official website for conductor Marin Alsop|website=Marin Alsop|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-04}} Alsop was the commencement speaker at Juilliard's 116th Commencement Ceremony on June 18, 2021 in Damrosch Park, where she was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Music.{{cite news |first=Anthony |last=Tommasini |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/11/arts/music/marin-alsop-baltimore-symphony-orchestra.html |title=A Trailblazing Female Conductor Is Still Alone on the Trail |newspaper=The New York Times |date=2021-06-11 |access-date=2022-11-09 }}{{cite news |title=The Juilliard School Awards Honorary Doctorates |url=https://theviolinchannel.com/the-juilliard-school-awards-honorary-doctorates/ |access-date=23 June 2021 |work=The Violin Channel |date=2021-04-14}}
Career
=Early career=
After failing three times to win admission to Juilliard's conducting program, Alsop founded the New York String Ensemble in 1981, the female jazz ensemble String Fever, and in 1984 Concordia, a 50-piece orchestra specializing in twentieth-century American music.{{cite news |first=Fred |last=Crafts |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-11-14-ca-1972-story.html |title=Her Path to the Podium : Music: Years of frustration will be swept aside when Marin Alsop conducts the L.A. Philharmonic tonight |work=Los Angeles Times |date=1991-11-14 |access-date=2022-11-09}} In 1983 she was concertmaster in a recording session of Philip Glass's chamber opera The Photographer.{{Cite web|url=http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/53969?q=marin+alsop&search=quick&pos=1&_start=1|title=Alsop, Marin|last=Wigmore|first=Richard|date=February 2, 2002|website=Oxford Music Online}} In 1985, she played violin on the original Broadway cast recording of the musical Big River. She won the Koussevitzky Prize as outstanding student conductor at the Tanglewood Music Center in 1989, where she met her hero and future mentor Leonard Bernstein.{{Cite news |first=Paul |last=Bignell |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/marin-alsop-first-lady-of-the-last-night-of-the-proms-8772719.html|title=Marin Alsop: First Lady of the Last Night of the Proms|date=2013-08-18|work=The Independent|access-date=2022-11-09 }} She was the first woman to win the prize.
=Cabrillo Festival, Colorado Symphony=
Alsop was music director of the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music from 1992 to 2016. From 1993 to 2005, she was first principal conductor and then music director of the Colorado Symphony; she was then named the orchestra's conductor laureate. Alsop also served as associate conductor of the Richmond Symphony in Richmond, Virginia, from 1988 to 1990, music director of the Eugene Symphony in Eugene, Oregon from 1989 to 1996, music director of the Long Island Philharmonic from 1990, music director of the Oregon Festival of American Music from 1992 to 1996,{{cite news |last=Lane |first=Barbara Kaplan |date=1992-12-13 |title=Marin Alsop Wielding a Powerful Baton |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/13/nyregion/marin-alsop-wielding-a-powerful-baton.html |access-date=2022-11-09}} and Creative Conductor Chair for the St. Louis Symphony from 1994 to 1996. In 2002, she co-founded the Taki Concordia Conducting Fellowship, now the Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship, for female conductors.{{Cite web |title=Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship |url=https://takialsop.org/ |access-date=2022-06-15 |website= |language=en-US}} On September 20, 2005, Alsop became the first conductor ever to receive a MacArthur Fellowship.{{Cite web |title=MacArthur Fellows Program: Marin Alsop |url=https://www.macfound.org/fellows/class-of-2005/marin-alsop |access-date=2022-06-15 |website=MacArthur Foundation }}
=Baltimore Symphony Orchestra=
In September 2005, Alsop was appointed the 12th music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, having been named music director designate for the 2006–2007 concert season. She was the first woman appointed to lead a major American orchestra. The appointment generated some controversy among orchestra members, who felt they had not been sufficiently consulted. Alsop successfully addressed their concerns.{{cite magazine | url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1086150,00.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015162246/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1086150,00.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=October 15, 2007 | title=A Symphony of Her Own | magazine=Time | first=Lev |last=Grossman | date=July 25, 2005 | access-date=2007-09-07}}{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/09/arts/music/09waki.html?ei=5090&en=3c391a6c007e936e&ex=1286510400&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=print | title=Best Wishes on Your Job. Now Get Out. | work=New York Times | first=Daniel J. |last=Wakin | date=9 October 2005 | access-date=2007-09-07}} In June 2009, the orchestra announced the extension of her contract for another five years, through August 2015.{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/04/AR2009060404314.html | title=Baltimore Symphony Extends Music Director's Contract to 2015 | newspaper=Washington Post | first=Anne |last=Midgette | date=June 5, 2009 | access-date=2009-06-05}}
In July 2013, the BSO announced a further extension of her contract as music director through the 2020–2021 season.{{cite press release | url=http://www.bsomusic.org/res/pdfs/pressroom/MarinContract.pdf | title=Marin Alsop Extends Contract as Music Director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Through the 2020-2021 Season | publisher=Baltimore Symphony Orchestra | date=July 24, 2013 | access-date=2013-07-26 | archive-date=November 12, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181112223340/http://www.bsomusic.org/res/pdfs/pressroom/MarinContract.pdf | url-status=dead }}{{cite news | url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/arts/artsmash/bal-marin-alsop-extends-bso-contract-through-2021-20130724,0,7754972.story | title=Marin Alsop renews Baltimore Symphony contract through 2021 | work=Baltimore Sun | first=Tim | last=Smith | date=2013-07-25 | access-date=2013-07-26 | archive-date=November 14, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131114010159/http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/arts/artsmash/bal-marin-alsop-extends-bso-contract-through-2021-20130724,0,7754972.story | url-status=dead }} In February 2020, the orchestra announced that Alsop would conclude her music directorship of the orchestra at the close of the 2020–2021 season and take the title of music director laureate.{{cite press release | url=https://www.bsomusic.org/about/press-releases/press-release/2019-2020-press-releases/baltimore-symphony-orchestra-music-director-marin-alsop-to-conclude-14-year-tenure-with-2020-21-season/ | title=Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Music Director Marin Alsop to Conclude 14-Year Tenure with 2020-21 Season | publisher=Baltimore Symphony Orchestra | date=26 February 2020 | access-date=2020-02-29 | archive-date=September 23, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923153141/https://www.bsomusic.org/about/press-releases/press-release/2019-2020-press-releases/baltimore-symphony-orchestra-music-director-marin-alsop-to-conclude-14-year-tenure-with-2020-21-season/ | url-status=dead }} She conducted a series of three farewell concerts in summer 2021.
Alsop's initiatives with the BSO have included the Webumentary Film Series, a free iTunes podcast titled Clueless About Classical, and the OrchKids program, directed at underprivileged Baltimore children. In August 2015, Alsop was appointed director of graduate conducting at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, succeeding one of her mentors, Gustav Meier.{{cite news | url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/arts/artsmash/bal-marin-alsop-named-director-of-graduate-conducting-at-peabody-institute-20150828-story.html | title=BSO's Marin Alsop to direct graduate conducting program at Peabody | work=The Baltimore Sun | first=Tim |last=Smith | date=August 28, 2015 | access-date=2015-09-15}}
=Additional US career=
In 2020, the Ravinia Festival announced the appointment of Alsop as its inaugural chief conductor.{{Cite news |last=Reich |first=Howard |date=2020-02-05 |title=Conductor Marin Alsop takes major post at Ravinia |work=Chicago Tribune |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/howard-reich/ct-ent-ravinia-announcement-0205-20200205-lk76t7dbszbdzmbirvzgqp3o6a-story.html |access-date=2021-05-17}} In February 2022, the Ravinia Festival announced the extension of Alsop's contract through 2025.{{cite press release | url=http://pressroom.ravinia.org/pressrelease/2022/2022_02_10_Marin_Alsop_Extension.pdf | title=Ravinia extends Chief Conductor Marin Alsop's contract for three years, through 2025 | publisher=Ravinia Festival | date=10 February 2022 | access-date=2024-01-10}} In January 2024, The Philadelphia Orchestra announced the appointment of Alsop as its next principal guest conductor, effective with the 2024-2025 season, with an initial contract of 3 seasons.{{cite press release | url=https://www.philorch.org/about-us/contact-us/press-room/news-releases/marin-alsop-appointed-principal-guest-conductor--of-the-philadelphia-orchestra/ | title=Marin Alsop Appointed Principal Guest Conductor of The Philadelphia Orchestra | publisher=The Philadelphia Orchestra | date=9 January 2024 | access-date=2024-01-10}}
Alsop conducted the orchestra in the final round of the 2022 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition and will conduct for the finals of 2025. {{Cite web |date=2025-05-17 |title=Homepage {{!}} The Cliburn |url=https://cliburn.org/ |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=cliburn.org |language=en}}
=Outside the US=
File:Marin Alsop with OSESP (35306231850) (cropped).jpg
In the UK, Alsop has served as principal guest conductor with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and with the City of London Sinfonia.{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4722337/Beating-time-and-space-on-the-way-to-the-top.html | title=Beating time and space on the way to the top | work=The Telegraph | first=Geoffrey |last=Norris | author-link=Geoffrey Norris | date=March 22, 2001 | access-date=2022-11-09}} She was Principal Conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra from 2002 to 2008, the first female principal conductor in the orchestra's history.{{cite news | url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article1354073.ece | title='I don't need to be liked, I'd rather be respected' | newspaper=The Times | date=February 9, 2007 | access-date=2007-09-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517051257/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article1354073.ece |archive-date=2011-05-17 }} She was voted Gramophone magazine's Artist of the Year in 2003 and won the Royal Philharmonic Society's conductor's award in the same season.
In April 2007, Alsop was one of eight conductors of British orchestras to endorse the 10-year classical music outreach manifesto "Building on Excellence: Orchestras for the 21st Century" that called for increasing the presence of classical music in the UK, including giving all British schoolchildren free entry to a classical music concert.{{cite news | url=http://education.guardian.co.uk/artinschools/story/0,,2066195,00.html | title=Orchestras urge free concerts for children | work=The Guardian | first=Charlotte |last=Higgins | date=2007-04-26 | access-date=2007-09-08}} Alsop received an honorary degree of Doctor of Music from Bournemouth University on November 7, 2007. Alsop served as an Artist-in-Residence at the Southbank Centre, London, for the 2011–2012 season.{{cite web |url=http://ticketing.southbankcentre.co.uk/sites/default/files/press_releases/Southbank_Centre_Classical_Music_2011_12_Season_-_28_Jan_2011.pdf |title=Southbank Centre Classical Music 2011_12 Season |year=2011 |publisher=Southbank Centre Press Release notes |access-date=14 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610201301/http://ticketing.southbankcentre.co.uk/sites/default/files/press_releases/Southbank_Centre_Classical_Music_2011_12_Season_-_28_Jan_2011.pdf |archive-date=10 June 2015 }}
In 2012, Alsop became principal conductor of the São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra (OSESP),{{cite news|url=http://www.estadao.com.br/noticias/arteelazer,osesp-anuncia-nova-regente-,678452,0.htm |title=Osesp anuncia nova regente |first=Maria Eugênia |last=De Menezes |date=11 February 2011 |access-date=2011-02-12 |work=O Estado de S. Paulo}}{{cite news |url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/f4e97e6e-cf63-11e1-bfd9-00144feabdc0.html#axzz247wVhWbB |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221211231208/https://www.ft.com/content/f4e97e6e-cf63-11e1-bfd9-00144feabdc0#axzz247wVhWbB |archive-date=December 11, 2022 |url-access=subscription |title=You have to be strong |first=Andrew |last=Clark |date=July 20, 2012 |access-date=2012-08-20 |work=Financial Times |url-status=live }}{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/aug/14/marin-alsop-sao-paulo-orchestra | title=How Marin Alsop plans to put São Paulo Orchestra on the map | work=The Guardian | first=Stephen |last=Moss | date=2012-08-14 | access-date=2013-07-26}} the first female principal conductor of OSESP. In July 2013, OSESP granted her the title of music director and in April 2015 extended her contract to the end of 2019.{{cite news | url=http://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/marin-alsop-renews-contract-with-s%C3%A3o-paulo-symphony-orchestra | title=Marin Alsop renews contract with São Paulo Symphony Orchestra | work=Gramophone | date=2015-04-15 | access-date=2015-06-05}} Alsop led the orchestra on a European tour, including its first appearance at the Proms in August 2012,{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/aug/16/prom-45-sao-paulo-review | title=Prom 45: São Paulo Symphony Orchestra/Alsop – review (Royal Albert Hall, London) | work=The Guardian | first=Andrew |last=Clements | date=2012-08-16 | access-date=2013-07-26}} the first Proms appearance by any Brazilian orchestra. They returned to Europe in October 2013, with concerts in Berlin, London, Paris, Salzburg and Vienna {{cite news | url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/795e01d8-3fbb-11e3-8882-00144feabdc0.html | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221211231224/https://www.ft.com/content/795e01d8-3fbb-11e3-8882-00144feabdc0 | archive-date=December 11, 2022 | url-access=subscription | url-status=live | title=São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Royal Festival Hall, London – review | first=Richard | last=Fairman | work=Financial Times | date=2013-10-28 | access-date=2015-06-05 }} and to the Proms in August 2016. Alsop concluded her OSESP tenure in December 2019 and subsequently took the title of honorary conductor with the orchestra.{{cite news | url=http://cultura.estadao.com.br/blogs/joao-luiz-sampaio/marin-alsop-sera-regente-de-honra-da-osesp-a-partir-de-2020/ | title=Marin Alsop será regente de honra da Osesp a partir de 2020 | work=Estadão | first=João Luiz |last=Sampaio | date=2017-12-06 | access-date=2018-01-27}}
In 2010, 2013, 2015 and 2016, Alsop conducted the Belgian National Orchestra at the Queen Elisabeth Competition. On 7 September 2013, Alsop became the first female conductor of the Last Night of The Proms, and returned to conduct the Last Night on 12 September 2015.{{cite news | url=http://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/the-2015-bbc-proms-season-is-announced | title=The 2015 BBC Proms season is announced | work=Gramophone | date=2015-04-23 | access-date=2015-06-05}} On 4 September 2014, at the Proms, she was awarded Honorary Membership of the Royal Philharmonic Society.{{cite web|url=http://royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/index.php/rps_today/news/honorary_membership_for_marin_alsop|title=RPS - Royal Philharmonic Society - Honorary membership for Marin Alsop - News - About Us|work=royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk|access-date=26 May 2015}} Alsop returned to conduct the Last Night of the Proms in 2023.{{Cite web |title=Marin Alsop conducts The Last Night Of The Proms, including two World Premieres, closing an extraordinary summer of music making |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2023/last-night-of-the-proms-world-premieres/ |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en}}
In 2014, Alsop first guest-conducted the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra (RSO Wien). In September 2019, she became chief conductor of the RSO Wien, the first female chief conductor in the orchestra's history.{{cite press release | url=https://rso.orf.at/en/node/1230 | title=Marin Alsop appointed new Chief Conductor of the Vienna RSO | publisher=Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra | date=29 January 2018 | access-date=2018-01-30}} Alsop was a recipient of one of the 25th Annual Crystal Awards for 2019 at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland.{{cite press release | url=https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/12/davos-2019-meet-the-crystal-award-winners/ | title=Davos 2019: Meet the Crystal Award winners | publisher=Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra | date=10 December 2018 | access-date=2020-02-29}} Since 2020, she has been artist in residence at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.{{cite press release | url=https://www.mdw.ac.at/1161/ | title=Dirigentin Marin Alsop tritt Residency an der mdw an | publisher=University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna | date=6 March 2020 | access-date=2020-03-06}} Alsop is scheduled to conclude her RSO Wien tenure at the close of the 2025–2026 season.{{cite news | title=Poschner soll RSO-Chefdirigent werden | url=https://ooe.orf.at/stories/3293736/ | work=ORF | author= | date=2025-02-18 | access-date=2025-02-20}} In May 2025, Alsop was unanimously named Honorary Conductor of the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra (RSO Wien) in recognition of her impactful six-year tenure as chief conductor and enduring commitment to the ensemble. {{Cite web |last=The Violin Channel |date=May 22, 2025 |title=ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra Names Honorary Conductor |url=https://theviolinchannel.com/orf-vienna-radio-symphony-orchestra-names-honorary-conductor/ |url-status=live |access-date=May 28, 2025 |website=The Violin Channel}}
In June 2023, the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra announce the appointment of Alsop as its next artistic director and chief conductor, the first female conductor named to the posts, effective with the 2023–2024 season.{{cite press release | url=https://nospr.org.pl/en/aktualnosci/marin-alsop-nowa-dyrektor-artystyczna-i-i-dyrygentka-nospr | title=Marin Alsop – NOSPR new Artistic Director and Chief Conductor | publisher= Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra | date=5 June 2023 | access-date=2024-01-10}}
Personal life
Since 1990, Kristin Jurkscheit, a horn player, has been Alsop's partner; they have a son.{{cite news |title= Marin Alsop to conduct Philadelphia Orchestra at SPAC |work= Times Union |last= Dalton |first= Joseph |date= August 10, 2008}}{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/11/arts/music/11tomm.html?pagewanted=all |title= A One-Woman Vanguard |work= The New York Times |last= Tommasini|first =Anthony |date=November 11, 2007 |access-date= 2010-06-26}}{{cite news |title= Alsop cements relationship with BSO, community |work= The Baltimore Sun |last= Smith |first= Tim |date= June 11, 2010}} While Alsop was conducting the Colorado Symphony, of which her partner was a member, their relationship provoked controversy; Alsop responded that the relationship predated her appointment to lead the orchestra and had no bearing on her job performance.
Discography
Alsop conducted her first recording in 2000 with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in a selection of works by Samuel Barber, which was released as part of the American Classics Series on Naxos Records.{{cite web |last=Alsop |first=Marin |title=Building A Career On Barber, The Enigmatic American |work=NPR |date=October 29, 2010 |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130891207 |access-date=September 27, 2024}} This disc was followed by four more released between 2001 and 2004 dedicated to the works of Samuel Barber. In 2003, she released her first disc of Leonardo , recorded with the Bournemouth SO and Chorus. Following this, in 2005, Alsop's fully staged production of Bernstein's Candide with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra was nominated for an Emmy Award (DVD: PBS Great Performances/Image Entertainment).
In June 2006, Alsop conducted the BSO and violinist Joshua Bell in John Corigliano's violin concerto The Red Violin, recorded by Sony Classics and released in September 2007.{{cite web |last=Anderson |first=Porter |title=The Red Violin sings again |work=CNN |date=September 5, 2007 |url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/03/redviolin.concerto/index.html |access-date=May 12, 2015}} She and the BSO made their first-ever live recording release for iTunes of Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring.{{cite web |last=Smith |first=Tim |title=SO recording makes iPod hit parade |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=March 19, 2007 |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2007-03-19-0703190158-story.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150918045538/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2007-03-19/features/0703190158_1_orchestra-itunes-alsop |url-status=live |archive-date=September 18, 2015 |access-date=May 12, 2015}} Following her advent to the Baltimore post, one of her first projects as music director was a series of recordings of Dvořák for Naxos. The first disc in the series, featuring Symphony No. 9, From the New World, and Symphonic Variations, was released in February 2008,{{cite web |last=Alsop |first=Marin |title=Dvorak's Symphonic Journey to the 'New World' |work=NPR |date=April 18, 2008 |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89758808 |access-date=May 12, 2015}} and was nominated for BBC Music Magazine’s 2008 Album of the Year.
Other recordings by Alsop with Naxos include a Johannes Brahms symphony cycle with the London Philharmonic Orchestra (the first commercially recorded Brahms symphony cycle by a female conductor), and a continuing series of Bournemouth SO recordings, which include Bartók's The Miraculous Mandarin, Bernstein's Chichester Psalms and the symphonies of Kurt Weill.{{cite web |last=Cowan |first=Rob |title=Bartók (The) Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19 |work=Gramophone |date=June 2005 |url=http://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/bartók-the-miraculous-mandarin-op-19 |access-date=May 12, 2015}}
In 2009, Alsop released a recording of Leonard Bernstein's Mass with the BSO that earned a Grammy nomination for Best Classical Album.{{cite web |last=Smith |first=Tim |title=Baltimore Symphony recording of Bernstein's 'Mass' gets Grammy nomination |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=December 3, 2009 |url=http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/classicalmusic/2009/12/baltimore_symphony_recording_o.html |access-date=May 12, 2015 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304080741/http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/classicalmusic/2009/12/baltimore_symphony_recording_o.html |url-status=dead }} In 2010, her recording of Jennifer Higdon’s Percussion Concerto with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and soloist Colin Currie won a Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition.{{cite web |last=Nicholson |first=David |title=Virginia Symphony presents Higdon's percussion concerto |work=Daily Press |date=October 26, 2010 |url=https://www.dailypress.com/2010/10/26/virginia-symphony-presents-higdons-percussion-concerto/ |access-date=May 11, 2015 |archive-date=May 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518101123/http://articles.dailypress.com/2010-10-26/entertainment/dp-fea-higdon-20101023_1_percussion-concerto-jennifer-higdon-colin-currie |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Dunkle |first=David N. |title=Philadelphia composer Jennifer Higdon scores a Grammy |work=The Patriot-News |date=February 2, 2010 |url=http://blog.pennlive.com/go/2010/02/philadelphia_composer_jennifer.html |access-date=May 11, 2015}}
Other recent releases include Dvořák symphonies No. 7 & No. 8 with the BSO,{{cite web |title=Dvorák: Symphonies 7 & 8 |work=BBC Music Magazine |date=January 20, 2012 |url=http://www.classical-music.com/review/dvor%C3%A1k-symphonies-7-8 |access-date=May 11, 2015 |archive-date=September 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927103924/http://www.classical-music.com/review/dvor%C3%A1k-symphonies-7-8 |url-status=dead }} Nixon in China,{{cite web |last=Picard |first=Anna |title=Adams: Nixon in China |work=BBC Music Magazine |date=January 20, 2012 |url=http://www.classical-music.com/review/nixon-china-0 |access-date=May 11, 2015 |archive-date=September 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927103901/http://www.classical-music.com/review/nixon-china-0 |url-status=dead }} and works by Roy Harris, Aaron Copland, and Barber, all on the Naxos label. In 2012, Alsop and the BSO released a recording of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 1, also on Naxos.{{cite web |last=Ashley |first=Tim |title=Mahler: Symphony No 1 – review |work=The Guardian |date=October 11, 2012 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/oct/11/mahler-symphony-no1-alsop-review |access-date=May 12, 2015}}
Yunchan Lim's recording of Rachmaninoff's 3rd Concerto for Piano and Orchestra made during the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, conducted by Alsop, was released by Decca Records on the 16th of May 2025. {{Cite web |title=Yunchan Lim - Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 - Vinyl |url=https://shop.decca.com/products/rachmaninoff-piano-concerto-no-3-vinyl |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=Decca Records |language=en}}
Honors and achievements
= [[Grammy Awards]] =
= [[Emmy Awards]] =
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| style="text-align:center;"| 2005
|Outstanding Special Class Program | Leonard Bernstein's "Candide" in Concert (Great Performances) | {{nom}} |
= Other awards =
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| style="text-align:center;"| 2010
|style="text-align:center;"| Induction, American Classical Music Hall of Fame | {{cite web |title=Alsop, Marin |url=https://classicalwalkoffame.org/view-inductees/?id=3 |website=American Classical Music Hall of Fame |access-date=18 March 2024}} |
References
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External links
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- [http://www.marinalsop.com/ Official website]
- [https://myphilosophy.global/en/interview/marin-alsop/ Marin Alsop My Philosphy interview Vol.117]
- [http://www.macfound.org/fellows/749/ MacArthur Fellowship biography page]
- [http://www.naxos.com/artistinfo/Marin_Alsop_30446/30446.htm biography and discography at Naxos.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100110022348/http://www.naxos.com/artistinfo/Marin_Alsop_30446/30446.htm |date=2010-01-10 }}
- [https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7302443 Alsop on Music (NPR)]
- [https://www.pbs.org/video/great-performances-the-conductor-j8jwaq/ PBS Great Performances: The Conductor (Marin Alsop)]
- {{NewMusicBox|id=marin-alsop-a-new-perspective|title=A New Perspective|composer=Marin Alsop||first=Frank J. |last=Oteri |author-link=Frank J. Oteri|conducted=April 18, 2007|published=June 1, 2007|video=yes}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20131113014355/http://www.concours-reine-elisabeth.be/en/ Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition official website]
- [http://www.classicalarchives.com/feature/cabrillo_music_festival.html Classical Archives Interview about Cabrillo Festival]
- [http://www.classicalarchives.com/feature/marin_alsop_and_bernsteins_mass.html Classical Archives Interview about Bernstein Mass]
- [http://www.bruceduffie.com/alsop.html Interview with Marin Alsop] by Bruce Duffie, June 19, 2003
- [https://www.naxos.com/Bio/Person/Marin_Alsop/30446 Marin Alsop Discography]
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