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Don't forget that when Marin Alsop was hired, the musicians in the orchestra publicly complained of the choice (on record because they were not given more say). A private letter, however, was leaked: "90 percent of the BSO musicians oppose [Alsop's] appointment," because "she either does not hear problems or--because her technical limitations prevent her from fixing them--that she ignores them." They came around after they met her and she explained her vision for the orchestra.
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Marin has mentioned in interviews how careful she needs to be when conducting. Garden variety motions are interpreted completely differently when she does them. Strong motions seem overly emphatic, border-line angry. Gentle motions make her seem weak. She's not talking about her critics here, either. She's talking about the music she elicits from male and female musicians.
