JoAnn Falletta

JoAnn Falletta
Alma materMannes 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 forFirst 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.