An orchestra composed of 30 Afghan women, ages 14 to 20, is defying stereotypes and reviving the country's musical tradition. All-Female Orchestra From Afghanistan Is A Force For Change It's perhaps ...

This season, the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin experimented with programming works by female composers at every performance. Results were mixed. By Jeffrey Arlo Brown Reporting from Berlin In ...

SEATTLE — Xian Zhang was hired Thursday as music director of the Seattle Symphony, becoming the first woman conductor to head a major West Coast orchestra and filling a post that had been vacant since ...