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Jane Glover14 May 2009
Jane Glover courtesy of Jim Steere
The first female conductor

Jane Glover became Britain’s first woman to be appointed as conductor of a professional orchestra, when she took over the helm of the London Mozart Players in 1984. This week she celebrates her 60th birthday. She tells Jenni about how she was inspired to take up the baton by Benjamin Britten; her enduring love for Mozart; and why there still aren’t enough women conductors in the world.


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