Nezhat Amiri, Iran’s only female orchestral conductor and her fight to conduct.

Article is from 8 years ago. Sadly I can’t find anything more recent.

Hoping she’s conducted other performances since then.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/20/the-conductor-smashing-iranian-taboos-over-women-and-music

#NezhatAmiri #Iran #classicalMusic #femaleconductor #genderpolitics #Tehran #MarinAlsop #ParvizMansouri #MortezaHannaneh #orchestra #IranianMusic #PersianClassicalMusic

I have a new obsession with Barbara Hannigan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ireZYjEkpac

#femaleconductor #soprano #ligeti #barbarahannigan