ABOUT THIS EPISODE
On today’s episode of Orchestrating Change, we continue the conversation with JoAnn Falletta, who is serving as our guest conductor for MasterWorks II: Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto.
Multiple Grammy Award–winning conductor JoAnn Falletta, a dear friend of our late Maestro Gerhardt Zimmermann, is celebrated worldwide for her artistry as a conductor, recording artist, audience builder, and champion of American composers. She currently serves as Music Director of the Buffalo Philharmonic and as the Connie and Marc Jacobson Music Director Laureate of the Virginia Symphony, Principal Guest Conductor of the Brevard Music Center, and Conductor Laureate of the Hawaii Symphony. Named one of the “Fifty Great Conductors” by Gramophone Magazine, Falletta has also held major leadership roles with the Ulster Orchestra, the Phoenix Symphony, the Long Beach Symphony Orchestra, the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, the Denver Chamber Orchestra, and The Women’s Philharmonic.
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