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Women to the fore at Proms as 15 take the conductor's baton for 2025 season
The Guardian
|April 24, 2025
The Last Night of the Proms is to feature the first all-female lineup of conductor and soloists, the BBC has announced, as it revealed an eight-week season featuring 86 concerts across London, Bradford, Belfast and Gateshead.
There will be a record 15 female conductors at the podium across the season, including Elim Chan for the Last Night, which will also feature trumpeter Alison Balsom and soprano Louise Alder. The evening will feature two world premieres, by 34-year-old French composer Camille Pepin, and Rachel Portman, who was the first woman to win an Oscar for best original score, both making their Proms debuts.
This story is from the April 24, 2025 edition of The Guardian.
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