JoAnn Falletta

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JoAnn Falletta (2005)

JoAnn Falletta (born February 27, 1954 in Brooklyn , New York ) is an American musician and conductor . She is known for her collaborations with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra . She made a name for herself with recordings of important but seldom heard works.

biography

She was born in New York City on February 27, 1954 and grew up in the Queens area in an Italian-American household. Falletta attended Mannes College of Music and the Juilliard School in New York City. She began her music career as a guitar and mandolin player. In her twenties she was often asked to play with the Metropolitan Opera or the New York Philharmonic . She began her studies at the Mannes College of Music in 1972 and conducted the student orchestra in her first year. During this time her desire for a career as a conductor matured. After graduating, she continued her studies at Queens College (MA in “orchestral conducting”) and at the Juilliard School (MM, DMA in “orchestral conducting”). Falletta trained as a conductor with Jorge Mester , Semyon Bychkov and others.

In 1991 Falletta was named the eleventh artistic director of the Virginia Symphony Orchestra. In May 2011, her contract in Virginia was extended to the 2015/16 season and in September 2015 for another five years. She was also artistic director of the Long Beach Symphony Orchestra and The Women's Philharmonic Orchestra (San Francisco). In May 1998 she became artistic director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. She took up this position in the 1999/2000 season. During her tenure in Buffalo, the orchestra recorded pieces for Naxos Records and returned to Carnegie Hall for the first time in 20 years . In collaboration with the orchestra and the television station WNED, she established the JoAnn Falletta International Guitar Concerto Competition . She recently extended her contract with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra until the 2020/21 season.

Outside the United States, Falletta's first guest appearance was with the Ulster Orchestra in August 2010 . She had further appearances there in January 2011. In May 2011 Falletta became the twelfth chief conductor of the Ulster Orchestra. She took up her post for the 2011/12 season; her contract ran for three years. She was the first woman and the first American to be the chief conductor of this orchestra. After the 2013-14 season, Falletta resigned from this post.

Falletta was a member of the National Council on the Arts from 2008 to 2012, following the appointment of George W. Bush . In the Swedish documentary A Woman Is a Risky Bet: Six Orchestra Conductors from 1987, she conducts the Queens Philharmonic with Stravinsky's ballet music Le sacre du printemps . In 2016 she was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .

Falletta recorded over 70 albums, including for the Naxos label. These included pieces by Johannes Brahms , Franz Schubert , Clara Schumann and Lili Boulanger or by modern composers such as John Corigliano and Samuel Barber . She made a name for herself with recordings of important but seldom heard works.

Falletta married Robert Alemany in 1986, who works for IBM and is a part-time professional clarinetist .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Rosie Pentreath: 19 of today's top women conductors. Can you name the best female conductors working today? http://www.classical-music.com , March 6, 2015, accessed July 20, 2017.
  2. ↑ David Nicholson: Falletta signs new Virginia Symphony contract . In: Daily Press , May 13, 2011. Retrieved June 5, 2011. 
  3. ↑ Rashod Ollison: JoAnn Falletta signs new contract with Virginia Symphony . In: Virginian Pilot , September 19, 2015. Accessed September 21, 2015. 
  4. ↑ Janet Wiscombe: Music, maestro, please . In: Long Beach Press-Telegram , October 17, 1993. Retrieved September 28, 2008. 
  5. ^ JoAnn Falletta signs six-year extension with BPO , Buffalo Business First. May 30, 2015. Retrieved February 16, 2011. 
  6. ^ Ulster Orchestra Appoints New Principal Conductor. ( Memento of March 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (press release).
  7. ↑ Alf McCreary: JoAnn Falletta becomes Ulster Orchestra's first female conductor . In: Belfast Telegraph , May 9, 2011. Retrieved June 5, 2011. 
  8. ↑ Ulster Orchestra Announce Rafael Payare as Chief Conductor from 2014-15. ( Memento of January 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (Press release).
  9. ↑ Rafael Payare appointed chief conductor in Ulster . In: Gramophone , January 15, 2014. Retrieved January 18, 2014. 
  10. ^ JoAnn Falletta elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . In: The Virginia Gazette , April 25, 2016. Retrieved August 16, 2016. 
  11. ↑ Edward Yadzinski: JoAnn Falletta Brings New Perspective to the Philharmonic . In: Living Prime Time , August 1999. Retrieved February 2, 2010. 
  12. ↑ At its core, music is all about people and touching those people . In: The Belfast Telegraph , October 6, 2011. Archived from the original on April 20, 2013. Retrieved June 7, 2012. 
personal data
SURNAME Falletta, JoAnn
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American classical music musician and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn , New York City