MAESTRA (Tribeca 2023) – Review by Valerie Kalfrin
The feature directing debut by producer Maggie Contreras (Gilbert), Maestra follows five female conductors from around the world as they prepare for and compete in La Maestra, the world’s only competition for female conductors. Held at the Philharmonie de Paris, the contest whittles fourteen competitors from 202 applicants from fifty countries, reducing them further to six semifinalists, then three finalists and a winner.
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