Marin Alsop
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Marin Alsop is an acclaimed American conductor known for breaking gender barriers in classical music, including becoming the first woman to lead a major American orchestra.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Marin Alsop canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1845447 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marin Alsop Context triple: [Curtis Institute of Music, hasNotableAlumni, Marin Alsop]
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A.
Kurt Masur
Kurt Masur was a renowned German conductor best known for his long tenure with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and his influential leadership of the New York Philharmonic.
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B.
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Yannick Nézet-Séguin is a renowned Canadian conductor celebrated for his dynamic leadership of major orchestras and opera companies, including the Metropolitan Opera and the Philadelphia Orchestra.
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C.
James Levine
James Levine was an American conductor and pianist best known for his long and influential tenure as music director of the Metropolitan Opera and his leadership of several major orchestras.
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D.
Lorin Maazel
Lorin Maazel was a renowned 20th- and early 21st-century conductor and violinist, known for leading major orchestras such as the Cleveland Orchestra, the Vienna State Opera, and the New York Philharmonic.
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E.
Alan Gilbert
Alan Gilbert is an acclaimed American conductor known for his leadership of major orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic and prominent European ensembles.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marin Alsop Target entity description: Marin Alsop is an acclaimed American conductor known for breaking gender barriers in classical music, including becoming the first woman to lead a major American orchestra.
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A.
Kurt Masur
Kurt Masur was a renowned German conductor best known for his long tenure with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and his influential leadership of the New York Philharmonic.
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B.
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Yannick Nézet-Séguin is a renowned Canadian conductor celebrated for his dynamic leadership of major orchestras and opera companies, including the Metropolitan Opera and the Philadelphia Orchestra.
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C.
James Levine
James Levine was an American conductor and pianist best known for his long and influential tenure as music director of the Metropolitan Opera and his leadership of several major orchestras.
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D.
Lorin Maazel
Lorin Maazel was a renowned 20th- and early 21st-century conductor and violinist, known for leading major orchestras such as the Cleveland Orchestra, the Vienna State Opera, and the New York Philharmonic.
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E.
Alan Gilbert
Alan Gilbert is an acclaimed American conductor known for his leadership of major orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic and prominent European ensembles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
conductor
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human ⓘ music director ⓘ university teacher ⓘ violinist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Ernst von Siemens Music Prize
ⓘ
surface form:
Ernst von Siemens Music Prize (as part of an ensemble/recording)
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (with orchestra) ⓘ
surface form:
Grammy Award for Best Classical Instrumental Solo (as conductor)
MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal ⓘ
surface form:
Royal Philharmonic Society Conductor Award
|
| conducted |
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
ⓘ
Chicago Symphony Orchestra ⓘ London Philharmonic Orchestra ⓘ New York Philharmonic ⓘ Municipal Symphony Orchestra of São Paulo ⓘ
surface form:
São Paulo Symphony Orchestra
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1956-10-16 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Juilliard School
ⓘ
Yale University ⓘ |
| familyName | Alsop ⓘ |
| founded | Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music Orchestra (as music director and leader of the festival) ⓘ |
| genre | classical music ⓘ |
| givenName | Marin ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced | women conductors ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.marinalsop.com/ ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being the first woman to lead a major American orchestra
ⓘ
breaking gender barriers in classical music ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| movement | gender equality in classical music ⓘ |
| name | Marin Alsop self-link ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
first woman to be appointed music director of a major American orchestra
ⓘ
first woman to conduct the Last Night of the Proms ⓘ |
| notableWork |
recordings of works by John Adams
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recordings of works by Leonard Bernstein ⓘ recordings of works by Samuel Barber ⓘ |
| occupation |
conductor
ⓘ
violinist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | New York City ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
artist-in-residence at the University of Maryland
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chief conductor of the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra ⓘ chief conductor of the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra ⓘ director of graduate conducting at the Peabody Institute ⓘ music director laureate of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra ⓘ music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra ⓘ principal conductor of the Ravinia Festival ⓘ |
| residence |
Baltimore
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Vienna ⓘ |
| studiedUnder | Leonard Bernstein ⓘ |
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Subject: Marin Alsop Description of subject: Marin Alsop is an acclaimed American conductor known for breaking gender barriers in classical music, including becoming the first woman to lead a major American orchestra.
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