Ofentse Pitse is celebrated as the youngest African woman orchestra owner, conductor, classical music arranger, producer, ...

Read full article: Timeline: cold temperatures will stick around even after the winter storm melts The Bayreuth Festival will have three female conductors this summer, three years after the podium ...

When Paniz Faryoussefi mounts the podium and reaches for her baton, she represents more than just the hope of a thrilling orchestral performance. The eyes turned towards her in Tehran's renowned ...

Marin Alsop, one of the first women to helm a major American orchestra, offered another form of leadership at Abravanel Hall last week as she received a prestigious award that in years past has gone ...

SEATTLE — Xian Zhang was hired Thursday as music director of the Seattle Symphony, becoming the first woman conductor to head a major West Coast orchestra and filling a post that had been vacant since ...

Ask someone to visualize an orchestra conductor, and the image will probably be male. Female music directors remain as rare with top orchestras and opera companies as female CEOs at major corporations ...

The Bayreuth Festival will have three female conductors this summer, three years after the podium gender barrier was broken at the annual showcase of Richard Wagner's operas. The festival said ...