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Antonia Louisa Brico (June 26, 1902 – August 3, 1989) [1] was a Dutch-born conductor and pianist. [2] [3] Early life and education. Born Antonia Louisa Brico to a Dutch Catholic unmarried mother [4] [5] in Rotterdam, Netherlands, Brico was renamed Wilhelmina Wolthuis by her foster parents.
Apr 23, 2024 · Antonia Brico (born June 26, 1902, Rotterdam, Netherlands—died August 3, 1989, Denver, Colorado, U.S.) was a Dutch-born American conductor and pianist, the first woman to gain wide recognition and acceptance as a leader of world-class symphony orchestras.
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Antonia Brico (1902–89) was the first woman to gain wide acceptance and recognition in the field of symphony conducting. Despite being told that women could not and should not be symphony conductors, she completed the rigorous conducting course at the University of Berlin and conducted many major orchestras in the 1930s and 1940s, including ...
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Aug 5, 1989 · Antonia Brico, a conductor who led her own orchestras in New York in the 1930's and who devoted her life to fighting prejudice against women in the orchestral world, died on Thursday after a...
Sep 29, 2016 · September 29, 2016. Listen Now. Share: Conductor Antonia Brico in 1948 founded the orchestra known today as the Denver Philharmonic. Antonia Brico was a unique figure in classical music. In...
Brico, Antonia (1902–1989) Dutch-born American conductor, pianist, and musical pioneer who was the first woman to conduct the Berlin Philharmonic and the New York Philharmonic, as well as many major European and American orchestras, and founded the New York Women's Symphony.
Aug 8, 2021 · Antonia Brico, a conductor who led her own orchestras in the 1930s and who devoted her life to fighting prejudice against women in the orchestral world, has died after a long illness. She died...
