Alondra de la Parra - Press
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Folha de Sao Paulo Osesp marca uma epoca com qualidade em ciclo de Mahler
By Sidney Molina, November 28, 2011
"A jovem mexicana, que se preparou durante dois anos, arriscou andamentos pausados, valorizou contastes e extraiu fortissimos que ha muito nao ouviamos na Sala Sao Paulo. Diante de tantos rigores, havia algo emocionante na pura presenca - corajosa e respeitosa - dela a frente da orquestra"
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Live concert. ADLP/Osesp/Mahler Symphony No. 2
I. Allegro Maestoso Click to listen
II. Andante Moderato Click to listen
III. In ruhiger fliessender Bewegung Click to listen
IV. Sehr feierlich,aber schlicht Click to listen
V. In Tempo des Scherzo, kraftig-Langsam
San Francisco Classical Voice Music Review: Alondra de la Parra: A Swan for a Song
By Steve Osborn, November 2011
"Here de la Parra showed off her elegant, swanlike arm motions, and the orchestra responded in kind.."
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Times Argus Music Review: Stowe music festival delivers joyful performances
By Jim Lowe, August2011
"The up-and-coming young conductor delivered the work´s passion and drama as well as its contrasting lyrical beautiful and absolute joy. The dark and gorgeous slow movement, Marcia funebre:
Adagio assai, taut as a drum, achieved the
work´s gorgeous tension."
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Chicago Tribune Glass ceiling not a barrier to rising young conductor Alondra de la Parra
By John von Rhein, June 2011
"Alondra de la Parra, an exceptionally talented female conductor who was raised in Mexico"
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Listen MagazineThe Bold Moves of Alondra de la Parra
by Ben Finane, December 2010
"The Mexican-born New York maestra Alondra de la Parra shares her big ideas"
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Dallas Morning News Young Mexican conductor Alondra de la Parra returns to lead DSO
By Scott Cantrell, November 2010
"Three years ago, a virtually unknown orchestra and conductor gave a Meyerson Symphony Center concert hailed in these pages as "the classical- music sleeper of the year." [...] there was a special talent on the podium, and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra booked the young Mexican to lead a Latin-American festival concert two years later. Another year on, she's making her DSO subscription-series debut."
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Dallas Morning News - REVIEW Dallas Symphony Orchestra's Mostly Mexican program thrives on rhythm, complexity
By Scott Cantrell, November 2010
"The guest conductor is the 30-year-old Mexican Alondra de la Parra, one of the brightest young conducting talents to show up in recent years."
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REVIEW
How An Evening Of Latin Music Revealed Two Cultures
Uncomfortably Intertwined
By Wayne Lee Gay, November 2010
"In this beautifully commanding performance by Parra and the orchestra, this became music that belongs to and reaches all of us."
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REVIEW
Mexico´s Sizzling, Sensual Soul
by Jason Victor Serinus, July 2010
"Mi Alma Mexicana abounds in revelations. That its all-Mexican classic repertoire, which ranges from sedate, 120-year-old, European-influenced salon music to uncommonly savage modern fare, arrives with such wide-eyed freshness and power owes as much to the abundant gifts of 29-year-old conductor Alondra de la Parra "
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San Francisco Symphony Celebrates Mexico's Bicentennial
What to Want to Be When You Grow Up
by Emily Hilligoss, July 2010
"On the list of occupations to which little girls aspire, it´s safe to guess that "orchestra conductor" doesn´t rate nearly as highly as "fairy princess" . . . but nonconformity never inhibited the career of Alondra de la Parra. This 29-year-old dynamo already holds the distinction of being the first Mexican woman to conduct in New York City, which must have been very exciting for Gothamites. . . . Take note, fairy princesses in training: When de la Parra waves her wand, real magic happens."
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Q&A with Alondra de la Parra:
Do drink the water
The Volume
by Olivia Giovetti, May 2010
"...the fire in her eyes flows through her hands and into the music."
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New York Times - REVIEWCelebrating Mexico with works of its own
by Vivien Schweitzer, May 2010
"Gustavo Campa´s Melodia, which Ms. de la Parra conducted in what she said was the first performance outside Mexico, sounded Schubertian. A lyrical dialogue unfolded between orchestra and solo violin, whose melodic lines were expressively performed here by Daniel Andai."
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REVIEW
Alma Matters
by Mia Clarke, May 2010
"She did a stunning job. From upbeat works such as Carlos Chavez´s El Tropico to more introspective works by Ricardo Castro and the flat-out drama of Federico Ibarra´s Sinfonia No. 2, no two pieces are alike. While the range of works is extraordinarily diverse, de la Parra´s strong, passionate direction imbues each with characteristic soulfulness. She coaxes bright, nuanced tones out of her orchestra with compelling expressiveness."
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WQXR
Mexico at 200: The Birth of Nationalism
May 2010
"For the first show of Mexico at 200, Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas conductor and New York native, Alondra de la Parra examines Mexican music from the late 1700s through early 1900s, and traces how Euro-centric Mexican composers began to exoticize their sound through local new-world character."
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WNYC Soundcheck
May 2010
"Today, she runs her own orchestra, the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas, and leads a busy guest conducting career. The 29-year-old maestra joins us to discuss her latest project involving neglected Mexican composers from the past 200 years – and about making her way in a famously male-dominated profession."
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REVIEW
De la Parra ignites fervor
by Briant Manning, March 2010
"On Monday night at Orchestra Hall, she made an impressive area debut with the Chicago Sinfonietta, an organization that appreciates social action behind the music."
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REVIEWYoung Mexican conductor makes terrific Chicago debut with Sinfonietta
by Lawrence A. Johnson, March 2010
"The 29-year-old Mexican conductor has had ample—at times, over the top—advance publicity wherever she has appeared, but, as she showed Monday night at Symphony Center, de la Parra is the real thing."
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INSIDE ARTSMusical Multitasker
by Alicia Anstead, Nov/Dec 2009
"When Mexican conductor Alondra de la Parra needed an orchestra, she founded one - and did the administrative and artistic legwork. She was 23. Six years later, she has lifted her baton for more than 20 world premieres and has become an industry darling with her skills and sky-is-the-limit attitude"
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New York Times
A Baton for the Youth of the Americas by Matthew Gurewitsch, Jun 2008
"We're there to be team players. Our job has been done at its best when every single person in the orchestra has been moved and inspired to do their best. Conducting is about the human connection. The music is the first priority. It's not about you."
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The Daily BeastYoung Rockstars of the conducting world
One of the only young females to make waves in the conducting world..."
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San Francisco Classical Voice - Review
Sunstruck at Festival del Sole
by Georgia Rowe, July 2009
"...Sunday in Yountville, de la Parra bowed with traditional festival fare and made a strong first impression. Petite and graceful, the conductor is an energetic podium presence, and she elicited performances of assurance from her young musicians."
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San Francisco Classical VoiceThe Remarkable Accomplishments of Alondra de la Parra
by Jason Victor Serinus, July 2009
"Not yet 29, conductor Alondra de la Parra made history as the first woman from Mexico to conduct in New York City. In her short career, she has presented more than 20 world premieres by such composers as Clarice Assad, Enrico Chapela, Paul Brantley, Paul Desenne, and Eugenio Toussaint."
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El Nuevo Herald - Review
Alondra de la Parra, A star of the podium
by Daniel Fernandez, January 2009
"De la Parra gave a smooth, effective and impeccable performance."
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Symphony Magazine
On the Rise - Six Young Artists to Watch
by Jayson Greene, Jan-Feb 2008
"Conductor Alondra De la Parra doesn't seem to put much stock in the 'glass ceiling'..."
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The Journal News - Review
Philharmonic guided by new Latina talent By Tim McNulty, Jul 2008
"Tonight in Valhalla, the Westchester Philharmonic celebrates the nation's heritage, while making a little history of its own. Guest conductor Alondra de la Parra will be the first Latina to lead the orchestra."
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New York Times - Review
Latin American Pomp and Syncopation by Vivien Schweitzer, Apr 2008
"With incisive gestures, Ms. de la Parra elicited a vibrantly nuanced performance whose bristling conclusion had the audience, which included many Spanish speakers and children, on their feet."
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Men's Vogue
Sonic Youth - Alondra de la Parra, a 27-year-old Latina maestra, gives classical music a new groove by Damian Fowler, Nov 2007
"Watching Alondra de la Parra's face when she's conducting is to see music transfigured into a myriad of expressions."
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Arts Journal, On the Record - Review
Joyful Community Engagement at the Houston Symphony by Henry Fogel, Sep 2008
"It's hard to describe in words the electricity, the energy, that was in the hall throughout this concert."
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Incident Light - Review
San Antonio Symphony with de la Parra, Gorra: A conductor of rare insight, musicality by Mike Greenberg, Oct 25 2008
"Her blood and bone and breath are music. She is all music, from top to bottom and from inside out."
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Dallas Morning News - Review
Youthful Philharmonic Orchestra easily impresses by Scott Cantrell, Nov 2007
"Ms. de la Parra is something else again, a truly musical musician."
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Boca Raton News
Acclaimed Conductors Replace Ailing Teodor Currentzis March 2008
"At only 27 years of age, de la Parra is considered one of today’s most exciting conducting talents and one of a handful of women appearing in front of the world’s major orchestras."
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Arts Journal, On the Record - Review
Connecting to the Community: Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas by Henry Fogel, Sep 2007
"For me, all I can say is that it was positively thrilling to sit in that audience, see the connection that existed between stage and audience, and once again have my belief that the symphonic music we love has a much broader appeal than some of the American press might have us believe."
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