Women's Philharmonic Advocacy

Tag: Los Angeles Philharmonic

  • Monday Link Round Up: November 13, 2017

    Monday Link Round Up: November 13, 2017

    News to start your week! Michael Tilson Thomas has announced that he will be retiring from the San Francisco Symphony.  The San Francisco Chronicle considers who should be given the post – and the importance of having a music director who values the works of women and people of color.   Perhaps the search committee…

  • Monday Link Round Up: November 6, 2017

    Lots of news to start your week! Anne Midgette has an important piece in The Washington Post about the difficulties women composers continue to face in having their works heard, and new commissions awarded.  (There is funding out there, major orchestras just aren’t interested in using it.)  Read online here.   Ryan Ebright of The New York…

  • Monday Link Round Up: April 11, 2016

    News to start your week!   Susanna Mälkki’s work continues to be recognized.  Not long ago she was named the new Chief Conductor of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, and just this week it was announced that she is the new Principal Guest Conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.  Read the story at the Los Angeles Times,…

  • New Associate Conductor for LA Phil

    The Los Angeles Philharmonic has announced that Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla has been promoted from Assistant Conductor to Associate Conductor.  The LA Times has the story here. Gražinytė-Tyla, Lithuanian by birth, was a Dudamel Fellow in the 2012-2013 season, after already making a name for herself by winning international conducting awards.  Her continued rise shouldn’t be shocking…