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Antonia Louisa Brico (June 26, 1902 – August 3, 1989) [1] was a Dutch-born conductor and pianist. [2] [3] Early life and education. Born Antonia Louisa Brico to a Dutch Catholic unmarried mother [4] [5] in Rotterdam, Netherlands, Brico was renamed Wilhelmina Wolthuis by her foster parents.
Jun 22, 2024 · Antonia Brico (born June 26, 1902, Rotterdam, Netherlands—died August 3, 1989, Denver, Colorado, U.S.) was a Dutch-born American conductor and pianist, the first woman to gain wide recognition and acceptance as a leader of world-class symphony orchestras.
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Aug 5, 1989 · Antonia Brico, a conductor who led her own orchestras in New York in the 1930's and who devoted her life to fighting prejudice against women in the orchestral world, died on Thursday after a long...
May 3, 2022 · Full 1974 film made with Judy Collins about the 1st internationally known woman symphony conductor, Antonia Brico. Acclaimed documentary of the 70's feminist movement. Nominated for...
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Antonia Brico (1902–1989) was the first woman to conduct the Berlin Philharmonic and the New York Philharmonic, as well as many major European and American orchestras. She also founded the New York Women's Symphony and faced many challenges and prejudices in a male-dominated field.
Antonia Brico (1902–89) was the first woman to gain wide acceptance and recognition in the field of symphony conducting. Despite being told that women could not and should not be symphony conductors, she completed the rigorous conducting course at the University of Berlin and conducted many major orchestras in the 1930s and 1940s, including ...
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Sep 29, 2016 · Antonia Brico was the first woman to conduct the New York Philharmonic and the founder of the Denver Philharmonic. Learn about her life, legacy and the new stage named after her at the Denver venue.
