Anne Manson
Anne Manson (born 1961, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA) is an American orchestral and opera conductor. She was music director of the Kansas City Symphony from 1999-2003, and is currently music director of the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra.[1] In 1994, she became the first woman to conduct the Vienna Philharmonic at the Salzburg Festival, leading them in [[Boris Godunov (opera)] by Modest Mussorgsky to critical acclaim.[2]
Manson studied pre-med at Harvard University before switching to music, then studied music on full scholarship at the Royal College of Music in London; there she became a conductor.[3] She was conductor of London's Mecklenburgh Opera from 1988 to 1996, then served as an assistant to Claudio Abbado.[4] She has guest-conducted the Royal Swedish Opera, Los Angeles Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, San Francisco Opera, Washington National Opera, and many other ensembles.[5] She has released four recordings, three of them focused on works of Philip Glass.[6]
- ^ Official biography of Anne Manson, URL=http://www.annemanson.com/annemansonbio.htm
- ^ Anthony Tommasini, "A Rising Star to Shine Briefly in New York," New York Times, Nov. 15, 2006, URL=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/15/arts/music/15mans.html?_r=0
- ^ Anthony Tommasini, "A Rising Star to Shine Briefly in New York," New York Times, Nov. 15, 2006, URL=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/15/arts/music/15mans.html?_r=0
- ^ Anthony Tommasini, "A Rising Star to Shine Briefly in New York," New York Times, Nov. 15, 2006, URL=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/15/arts/music/15mans.html?_r=0
- ^ Official biography of Anne Manson, URL=http://www.annemanson.com/annemansonbio.htm
- ^ Anne Manson, recordings URL=http://www.annemanson.com/recordings.htm