Women conductors 2021: Who’s rising

There have been some serious shifts this week and several important recent additions since our last list came out in 2019.

Here goes:

1 Oksana Lyniv
Bologna and Bayreuth

2 Nathalie Stutzmann
Atlanta Symphony (pic)

3 Simone Young
Sydney Symphony

4 Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla
Moving on from Birmingham

5 Marin Alsop
Making waves in Vienna

6 Karina Canellakis
American in Holland, Berlin and London

7 Elim Chan
Antwerp Symphony, and Philadelphia jump-in

8 Marta Gardolinska
Opéra national de Lorraine

9 Joanna Mallwitz
Berlin Konzerthaus

10 Susanna Mälkki
Helsinki Symphony

11 Joana Carneiro
Orquesta Sinfonica Portuguesa

12 Anja Bihlmaier
Residentie orchestra in The Hague

13 Kristiina Poska
MD in Flanders

14 Speranza Scapucci
Opera Liège

15 Han-na Chang
Trondheim Symphony

16 Gemma New
principal guest at Dallas Symphony

17 Erina Yashima
Assistant at Philadelphia Orchestra

18 Dalia Stasevska
MD at Lahti, #2 at BBC Symphony Orchestra

19 Anna Skryleva
Magdeburg music director

20 Débora Waldman
First woman music director at a French symphony orchestra

Who have we missed?

ADDITIONS:

21  Eun Sun Kim at San Francisco Opera

22  Eva Ollikainer, Iceland Symphony

23 Alevtina Ioffe, Mikhailovsky Theatre in St. Petersburg

24 Mei-Ann Chen, Grosses-orchester, Graz

25 Jo-Ann Falletta, Buffalo Symphony

26  Xian Zhang. New Jersey Symphony Orchestra

27 Lina González-Granados, resident conductor Los Angeles Opera

28 Yi-Chen Lin, Kapellmeister at Deutsche Oper Berlin

29 Giedrė Šlekytė, principal guest at Buckner Orchestra Linz