La Maestra - portrait of Mexican conductor Alondra de la Parra | Music Documentary

2022年07月11日

アロンドラ・デ・ラ・パーラ（Alondra de la Parra, 1980年- ）は、メキシコの指揮者です。彼女はフィルハーモニック・オーケストラ・オブ・ジ・アメリカスの創設者および芸術監督を務めています。彼女はニューヨーク生まれ、2歳の時メキシコへ移住。7歳でピアノ、13歳でチェロを習い、指揮者を目指しました。2児の母でもあり、客演で世界中のオーケストラを指揮しています。彼女のドキュメンタリーでは、彼女の明るく生き生きとした生活をありのままに紹介しています。彼女のことを好きにならずにはいられないでしょう。(English) Alondra de la Parra (1980- ) is a Mexican conductor. She is the founder and artistic director of the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas. She was born in New York City and moved to Mexico when she was two years old; she took piano lessons at age seven and cello lessons at age 13 and aspired to become a conductor; she is the mother of two children and has conducted orchestras around the world as a guest conductor. Her documentary presents her bright and lively life as it is. You won't be able to help but fall in love with her.

La Maestra - portrait of Mexican conductor Alondra de la Parra | Music Documentary

Alondra de la Parra has taken the world's concert halls by storm.

She has conducted over 100 orchestras in 20 countries, shattering the glass ceiling in a male-dominated profession.

Born in 1980 in New York, Alondra de la Parra decided early on that she wanted to become a conductor.

Her great dream has taken her on a long journey - and it is far from over yet.

Alondra's roots are in Mexico - but her orchestras and audiences are worldwide.

She is a trailblazer who has made history by being appointed the first-ever music director and female conductor of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra in 2017.

Alondra began playing the piano at age seven and the cello at 13.

After studying in England and the United States - with Kurt Masur and Kenneth Kiesler among her mentors, she founded the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas (POA) in 2004 at age 23.

To date, she has conducted more than a hundred orchestras in twenty different countries.

Her spellbinding and vibrant performances have gained her widespread attention.

Part of her unusual approach to classical music is the unique way she infuses her cultural heritage into the world of classical music:

"I've always advocated that Mexican and Latin American music belongs in the core repertoire of every philharmonic orchestra."

Aside from her musical prowess, the documentary portrait from 2018 traces the multiple facets of Alondra's life.

She offers insight into the beginnings of her career, background, and family in Mexico.

And She accompanies Brisbane as she works with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra.

Also, she conducts the Bamberg Symphony and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.

Alondra allowed us access to her private archive.

The film presents unpublished footage from the conductor's life, including videos shot at a workshop with legendary German conductor Kurt Masur in New York.