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Article: Alondra de la Parra: behind the baton.(Mexican American Symphony Orchestra)(Interview)
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- Latino Leaders
- Article date:
- June 1, 2005
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For the first time New York City history, a Mexican woman conducted a professional orchestra concert. Alondra de la Parra, the 24-year-old founder and artistic director of the Mexican American Symphony Orchestra debuted her company in the 2004 Mexico Now festival at New York's Town Hall. Though still pursuing a degree in piano performance at the Manhattan School of Music, she is already a guest conductor with the New Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra. Her grandmother, Yolanda Vargas Dulche, was a very successful and wealthy television writer, but for Alondra, success is a result of talent and tenacity.
"I never had a doubt. My dream was to be a musician, but it wasn't ...