Marin Alsop: I’d like to try out for LA Phil

The US conductor is presently chief conductor of the Vienna RSO, the Polish National Radio Symphony and the Ravinia Festival, as well as principal guest in Philadelphia.

Alsop, 67, also faces debuts with the Metropolitan Opera this season and the Berlin Philharmonic next.

But ambition still burns bright. She is being asked  here by SFCV about vacancies at major US orchestras:

On the subject of career moves, the Los Angeles Philharmonic is in need of a new music director. Would you be interested in that position?

I haven’t been to L.A. in a few years. I’d love to do a weekend [as a guest conductor] and see how it goes. You never say never, but I try to live my life being present in whatever I’m doing. I’m full up at the moment — and enjoying it tremendously.

I have no idea what the future will bring. But it’s great to wake up every day and be grateful for one’s profession.