{{Short description|American conductor}} '''Anne Manson''' (born 1961, Cambridge, Massachusetts) is an American conductor.
==Biography== Manson studied viola and piano in her youth. She attended Harvard University from 1979 to 1983,<ref name="Fezga">{{cite news | author=Bora Fezga | title=Anne Manson: For music concentrator, happy coincidence led to a career-opening experience | url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2008/6/1/anne-manson-anne-h-manson-83/ | work=The Harvard Crimson | date=2008-06-01 | accessdate=2024-08-02}}</ref> with an initial intention to focus on a pre-medical curriculum.<ref name="Fezga"/><ref name="Juilliard2007">{{cite news | author=Edward Klorman | title=Conductor On the Trail of Musical Excitement | url=https://journal.juilliard.edu/journal/conductor-trail-musical-excitement | work=The Juilliard Journal | date=October 2007 | accessdate=2024-08-02}}</ref> She graduated from Harvard and Radcliffe College with a focus on music.<ref name="Gurewitsch">{{cite news | author=Matthew Gurewitsch | title=Another Assault on the Male Conducting Bastion | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/25/arts/music-another-assault-on-the-male-conducting-bastion.html | work=The New York Times | date=2004-01-25 | accessdate=2024-08-02}}</ref> She subsequently won a Marshall Scholarship, which she used for music studies at the Royal College of Music (RCM).<ref name="Tommasini2006">{{cite news | author=Anthony Tommasini | title=A Rising Star to Shine Briefly in New York | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/15/arts/music/15mans.html | work=The New York Times | date=2006-11-15 | accessdate=2024-08-02}}</ref> At the RCM, she studied conducting with Norman Del Mar.
In the UK, Manson founded and served as director of Mecklenburgh Opera from 1988 to 1996.<ref name="Tommasini2006"/> In Europe, Manson became an assistant conductor to Claudio Abbado at the Vienna State Opera. In 1994, Manson conducted the Vienna Philharmonic at the Salzburg Festival in a performance of ''Boris Godunov'', the first female conductor to conduct at the Salzburg Festival.<ref name="Juilliard2007"/>
In North America, Manson was music director of the Kansas City Symphony from 1999 to 2003,<ref name="Gurewitsch"/> the first female music director of the Kansas City Symphony. In 2008, Manson became music director of the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra,<ref>{{cite news | author= | title=Manitoba Chamber Orchestra names Anne Manson music director | url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/manitoba-chamber-orchestra-names-anne-manson-music-director-1.705482 | work=CBC News | date=2008-11-03 | accessdate=2024-08-02}}</ref> the first female music director in the orchestra's history. Manson has conducted several commercial recordings, including works of Philip Glass.<ref>{{cite news | author=Anthony Tommasini | title=Nipping Down to Hell With Philip Glass | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/01/arts/music/01glass.html | work=The New York Times | date=2010-07-29 | accessdate=2024-08-02}}</ref>
Manson and her husband have two sons.<ref name="Tommasini2006"/>
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==External links== * [https://themco.ca/about/anne-manson Manitoba Chamber Orchestra page on Anne Manson] * [http://operabase.com/a/Anne_Manson/1436 Performance schedule], Operabase
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