Filmmaker Maggie Contreras' new film "Maestra" follows a cadre of female conductors with dreams of winning La Maestra, the first international conducting competition solely for women.
The jeweler’s endowments went to an immersive photographic chamber, a collection written by teenage novelists, an orchestra and a library dedicated to diasporic art.
Now moving on to NYC, Gustavo Dudamel is the most famous and influential, but he’s not the only one making waves in professional orchestras around the world
Claire Gibault has spent a lifetime fighting sexism and forging a path in a male-dominated profession. Her next targets: pay gaps and age discrimination.
Without cause, women are found at the conductor’s podium less frequently than men and at major orchestras, they’re almost entirely absent. Four Pittsburgh-area conductors talk about the pursuit of gender equity in concert music.