Antonia Brico
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Antonia Louisa Brico (Rotterdam, June 26, 1902 – August 3, 1989) was a conductor and pianist.
Early life and education
Born Antonia Louisa Brico to a Dutch Catholic unmarried mother in Rotterdam, Netherlands, Brico was renamed Wilhelmina Wolthuis by her foster parents. In 1908, she and her foster parents immigrated to the United States and settled in California. She was already an accomplished pianist and had experience in conducting when she left Oakland Technical High School in 1919. Brico served as an assistant to the San Francisco Opera's director. Following her graduation in 1923, she studied piano under a number of teachers, most notably under Zygmunt Stojowski.
Brico studied at the Berlin State Academy of Music in 1927 and graduated from its master class in conducting in 1929, the first American to do so. She was also a student of Karl Muck, conductor of the Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra, during which she studied for a further three years after graduation.
Career
Brico began her career with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in February 1930, earning accolades both in critics and the general public. Appearances as guest conductor of the Musicians' Symphony Orchestra in Detroit, Washington, D.C., and other venues soon followed. She was appointed conductor of the newly founded Women's Symphony Orchestra in 1934, which was the Brico Symphony Orchestra's first appearance of men in January 1939 (following the admission of men).
Brico appeared in July 1938 as the first woman to conduct the New York Philharmonic, and in 1939, she conducted the Federal Orchestra in concerts at the 1939 New York World's Fair. Brico was invited by Jean Sibelius to conduct the Helsinki Symphony Orchestra on a lengthy European tour in which she appeared both as a pianist and conductor.
In 1942, Brico first settled in Denver, Colorado. Here she founded a Bach Society and the Women's String Ensemble. She also accompanied the Denver Businessmen's Orchestra, which later became the Brico Symphony Orchestra, in 1968, and in 1948 she became conductor of the Denver Community Symphony (later the Denver Philharmonic). She was conductor of the Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra from 1958 to 1963. Judy Collins, Donald Loach, James Erb, and Karlos Moser were all taught piano or conducting to such students as Judy Collins, Donald Loach, James Erb, and Karlos Moser. Brico began to appear as guest conductors with orchestras around the world, including the Japan Women's Symphony.
Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman, a documentary film about Brico's life, was released in 1974 by Jill Godmilow, with support from Brico's former student Judy Collins. Brico openly talked about her career-long struggle with gender bias, which discouraged her from doing more often. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, and its presence was partly responsible for invitations for Brico to perform the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra in sold-out concerts recorded by Columbia Records in 1975 and 1977.
