JoAnn Falletta | |
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Alma mater | Mannes College of Music and The Juilliard School
MA, Orchestral Conducting, Queens College MM, DMA, Orchestral Conducting, Juilliard School of Music |
Occupation(s) | Symphony Conductor, Music Director |
Known for | First woman to be appointed music director of a major American orchestra, first American and first woman to be appointed the Ulster Orchestra's principal conductor
First woman to conduct the orchestra of the National Theatre Mannheim Music director of Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Appointed by President George W. Bush to the National Council on the Arts |
JoAnn Falletta (born February 27, 1954, in Queens, New York) is an American conductor.