Conductor anne manson biography
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Anne Manson
Anne Manson (born 1961, Cambridge, Massachusetts) is an American conductor.
Biography
Manson studied viola and piano in her youth. She attended Harvard University from 1979 to 1983,[1] with an initial intention to focus on a pre-medical curriculum.[1][2] She graduated from Harvard and Radcliffe College with a focus on music.[3] She subsequently won a Marshall Scholarship, which she used for music studies at the Royal College of Music (RCM).[4] At the RCM, she studied conducting with Norman Del Mar.
In the UK, Manson founded and served as director of Mecklenburgh Opera from 1988 to 1996.[4] In Europe, Manson became an assistant conductor to Claudio Abbado at the Vienna State Opera. In 1994, Manson conducted the Vienna Philharmonic at the Salzburg Festival in a performance of Boris Godunov, the first female conductor to conduct at the Salzburg Festival.[2]
In North America, Manson was music director of the Kansas City Symphony from 1999 to 2003,[3] the first female music
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ANNE MANSON
So, you want to know something about me…
I was born in America, but I’ve lived and worked just about everywhere in the world.
Things I’ve done:
Kayaked with dolphins
Run in the mountains of Colorado
Swum in the ice-cold waters off Prince Edward Island
Conducted the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Biked in the mountains above Salzburg
Read hundreds of spy stories and action/adventures
Circumnavigated the globe by sailboat…
Well, actually, I haven’t done the last one, but I’d like to.
I grew up with a series of dogs and cats, occasional chickens, two African quail, parakeets, hamsters, rabbits and very accomodating parents. I spent lots of time outdoors: hiking mountains, mowing lawns, fishing, sledding, snowshoeing, and swimming in ponds, lakes and the ocean.
I started writing when I was really little. My first story was called "Good Fox and Bad Fox"... but I got better at titles later on. I wrote all the time - stories and novels, poetry, 'newspaper' articles, and loads of letters to my friends.
Now I
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The American conductor leads the Extraordinary Concert of the Women’s Day of the Orchesta de Valencia.
On March 6, Anne Manson will conduct the Orquesta de Valencia in the Extraordinary Concert that the orchestra celebrates on the occasion of Women’s Day at the Teatre Musical of the Valencian capital. The program includes works by composers Ethel Smyth, Grazyma Bacewicz and Elizabeth Maconchy, as well as the Violin Concerto n. 5 by Mozart.
Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she began studying piano, viola and singing, Anne Manson has reached some historical milestones as a conductor: she was the first woman conducting at the Salzburg Festival, at the head of the Wiener Philharmoniker in a Boris Godunov production and is also one of only three women named Musical Director of the American Symphony Orchestra and the Kansas City Symphony.
His excellent reputation in the German repertoire, combined with a passionate defense of contemporary music, has led to invitations to conduct orchestras from around the world.
Anne Manson’s career is distinguished by its
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