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Maestras: The Long Journey of Women to the Podium
Maestras: The Long Journey of Women to the Podium

Maestras: The Long Journey of Women to the Podium

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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.

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Released

Original Language

German

Runtime

56 mins

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Release Date

24 March 2017

Country

Germany

Cast

Marin Alsop

Marin Alsop

Self/Conductor/Violinst

Barbara Hannigan

Barbara Hannigan

Self/Conductor/Soprano

Sylvia Caduff

Sylvia Caduff

Self/Conductor

Joana Mallwitz

Joana Mallwitz

Self/Conductor

Anu Tali

Anu Tali

Self/Conductor

Konstantia Gourzí

Konstantia Gourzí

Self/Conductor/Composer

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