This March, for Women’s History Month, acclaimed conductor Marin Alsop is using a purple baton to draw attention and advocate ...

Marin Alsop: I think it's really important, especially in this time, that we remember and celebrate the importance of art in our lives. Art is about the human spirit. It's about the human soul.

MARIN ALSOP: So in this particular piece, I have to have a lot of light on me because the orchestra is often in the dark, so they have to always see me. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: We're on stage at the ...

Marin Alsop is an acclaimed conductor. She has conducted most of the leading US orchestras and many of the most distinguished European orchestras. Born in New York on 16 October 1956, Alsop studied ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick Marin Alsop led the orchestra in a program of works by Beethoven, Brahms and Stravinsky, as well as a new violin concerto by Nico ...

Maestra Marin Alsop conducts the National Symphony Orchestra for a performance of Julia Wolfe’s Her Story on Feb. 27. (Scott Suchman | Kennedy Center) Alsop kept her Kennedy Center performances ...

MARIN ALSOP: So in this particular piece, I have to have a lot of light on me because the orchestra is often in the dark, so they have to always see me. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: We're on stage at the ...