Solti Conducting Apprentice News Today

Female conductors are vanishingly rare at the highest echelons of classical music, but Lina Gonzalez-Granados (CFA’20) is getting there fast.

It’s the stuff of classical music legend. A venerable maestro falls ill at the last second, leaving his young assistant to cover for a concert.

With Riccardo Muti forced to withdraw from this weekend’s series of concerts, Lina González-Granados became the first Latina to conduct the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Solti Foundation US announces 2021 Career Assistance Awards 12/05/2021 The American Solti Foundation announced the young American conductors who have been selected as 2021 recipients of The Sir Georg Solti Career Assistance Award. They are, Assistance Award (in alphabetical order) are conductors: Nathaniel Efthimiou, founding Music Director of Orchestra Contempo, Assistant Conductor, Boston Civic Symphony, Assistant Director of Music at Boston’s historic Park Street Church and acting Assi...

Solti Foundation U.S. Board Chair Penny Van Horn and Elizabeth Buccheri, Artistic and Awards Committee Chair, today announced remotely from their respective homes the young American conductors who have been selected as 2021 recipients of The Sir Georg Solti Career Assistance Award. "The 2020-21 season has been a time of joy and sadness. Our Foundation has lost a shining light, Lady Valerie Solti, who passed away earlier this season. Her committment to her late husbands legacy and joy in helping...