La Maestra: portrait of Mexican conductor Alondra de la Parra, Music Documentary

Alondra de la Parra has taken the worlds concert halls by storm. She has conducted more than 100 orchestras in 20 countries, shattering the glass ceiling in a maledominated 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. De la Parraa roots are in Mexico but her orchestras and her audiences are all over the world. 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 de la Parra 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 perfor br, br,