NEW YORKNEW YORK — Oksana Lyniv, Speranza Scappucci, Marin Alsop and Xian Zhang filled their lockers in the guest conductors’ dressing room off the Metropolitan Opera’s orchestra pit. Just four women ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — For the first time, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra has a woman as its assistant conductor. Hannah Schendel is making history in the role. She started the position in ...

Once director Maggie Contreras got the go-ahead to make a documentary film about the only competition in the world for female orchestra conductors, she talked to all 14 finalists to see whose stories ...

SEATTLE — Xian Zhang was hired Thursday as music director of the Seattle Symphony, becoming the first woman conductor to head a major West Coast orchestra and filling a post that had been vacant since ...

When conductor Paniz Faryoussefi mounts the podium and reaches for her baton, she represents more than just the hope of a thrilling orchestral performance. The eyes turned toward her in Tehran’s ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (AP) — Oksana Lyniv, Speranza ...

Read full article: ‘All will be forgiven’: Tearful mother of missing 17-year-old from Inkster sends heartfelt message NEW YORK – Oksana Lyniv, Speranza Scappucci, Marin Alsop and Xian Zhang filled ...