The baton was never meant for her—until she took it anyway.
When a woman steps onto the conductor's podium, she is always one of the first: the first to lead a world-class orchestra, the first to conduct the closing night of London's Proms, the first to win the German Conductor Prize. It seems as though the world of orchestral conducting might finally be ready to change its attitudes toward female conductors.
Direction
Directors let conductors speak, never speaking over them
Production
Access to elite rehearsal rooms usually forbidden to cameras
Editing
Seamless cuts between six distinct careers spanning decades
Director
Günter Atteln
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
When this documentary filmed, no woman had yet led Vienna Philharmonic's New Year's Concert—that barrier fell in 2020 with Marin Alsop.
Barbara Hannigan conducted and sang simultaneously in performances—a rare double-threat that male conductors almost never attempt.
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