Marin Alsop
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Biography: Marin Alsop is an American conductor and violinist. She is currently music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and chief conductor of the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: New York, New York, U.S.A.
Birthday: October 16, 1956
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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The Conductor
Overview: Leonard Bernstein’s protégée Marin Alsop reveals how she smashed the glass ceiling to become an internationally renowned conductor.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-06-10
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Crescendo
Overview: Set amongst the unlikely backdrop of cowboy boots, rodeos, and global geopolitics, thirty of the world's most promising musicians travel to Fort Worth, Texas to compete in the renowned Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Vying for gold and their shot at classical piano stardom, the contestants must endure six grueling performances, multiple elimination rounds, and a discerning panel of jurists. Behind the scenes, we uncover the stories of adversity, sacrifice, and heartbreak driving the pianists to perform at the highest level. As fan favorites and early contenders are eliminated, one unassuming genius rises to the top.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-12-20
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Beyond the Grace Note
Overview: Beyond the Grace Note examines the hard climb to the podium faced by women conductors today. Leading female conductors open up for the first time about the struggles they faced throughout their careers and how their love of music saved them in this difficult and competitive profession.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-05-19
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Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty
Overview: Known for his mournful "Adagio for Strings," Samuel Barber was never quite fashionable. This acclaimed film is a probing exploration of his music and melancholia. Performance, oral history, musicology, and biography combine to explore the life and music of one of America’s greatest composers. Features Thomas Hampson, Leonard Slatkin, Marin Alsop and many more of the world's leading experts on Barber's music, with tributes from composers Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Virgil Thomson and William Schuman. The film was broadcast on PBS, and screened at nine film festivals internationally, with three best-of awards. It was named a Recording of the Year 2017 by MusicWeb International.
Genres: Music History Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-03-23
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Maestras: The Long Journey of Women to the Podium
Overview: When a woman steps onto the conductor's podium, she is always one of the first: the first to lead a world-class orchestra, the first to conduct the closing night of London's Proms, the first to win the German Conductor Prize. It seems as though the world of orchestral conducting might finally be ready to change its attitudes toward female conductors.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2017-03-24
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Marin Alsop: Um dia na Osesp
Overview: Documentary that portrays a day of activities by Osesp's lead conductor and music director, Marin Alsop.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2016-04-20
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Leonard Bernstein: Larger Than Life
Overview: The document explores Leonard Bernstein's various facets as a conductor, a composer, a pianist and most of all a teacher and how he influenced so many people. It includes interviews of his children, former conductor students, orchestra members, collabrators and other acquintanses. - Pascal Kay
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-05-27
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