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Ethel Smyth (1858-1944)

Ethel Mary Smyth was a composer, conductor, writer, and activist in the women’s suffrage movement in England. Raised during the Victorian era, she challenged societal

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Women Conductors of the Past

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Emma Steiner (1856-1929)

American Conductor Emma R. Steiner was one of the first women in the United States to earn a living as a conductor, leading more than

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Ivana Fišer (1905-1967)

Croatian Conductor  Ivana Fišer was born on June 13, 1905, in Zagreb to a Jewish family. Her father, Ignjat Fischer, was a renowned Croatian architect,

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Joanídia Sodré (1903-1975)

Brazilian Conductor Joanídia Sodré was a Brazilian music educator, pianist, conductor, and composer. Born in Porto Alegre, her family relocated to Rio de Janeiro when

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Kathleen Riddick (1907-1973)

English Conductor  Kathleen Riddick, born in Epsom, Surrey, into a musical family, was a trailblazing conductor in a male-dominated profession. Both her parents were professional

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Ina Ray Hutton (1916-1984)

American Conductor She was an American singer and the leader of the first all-female swing band to be both recorded and filmed during the 1930s.

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Grace Burrows (1893-1981)

English Conductor Grace Burrows was a distinguished violinist who played a pivotal role in Leicester’s musical landscape for three decades. She was instrumental in establishing

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Lina Coen (1878-1952)

French-American Conductor  Lina Coen was a French-American musician of Dutch descent, celebrated as a pianist, vocal coach, and trailblazing conductor. She holds the distinction of

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Ausma Derkēvica (1929-2011)

Latvian Conductor  Ausma Derkēvica was a prominent Latvian choral conductor and music educator. She graduated from the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music in 1959,

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Sarah Caldwell (1924-2006)

American Conductor  Sarah Caldwell was born in Maryville, Missouri, and raised in Fayetteville, Arkansas. A child prodigy, she began performing publicly on the violin by

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Veronika Dudarova (1916-2009)

Russian Conductor  Veronika Dudarova was a prominent Soviet and Russian conductor. She began her musical journey at the age of six, studying piano at the

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Fiora Corradetti Contino (1925-2017)

American Conductor Fiora Corradetti Contino was an acclaimed American opera conductor and teacher, renowned for her interpretations of Italian verismo operas from the late 19th

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