Marin Alsop, the music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and chief conductor of the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, has canceled her conducting schedule for July because of a wrist injury, Baltimore Symphony officials said Wednesday. Ms. Alsop, 56, apparently sprained her right wrist in an accident Monday night in her hotel in São Paulo.
“She just slipped in her bathroom in her hotel,†Simon Millward, Ms. Alsop’s publicist, said in a telephone interview from London. “She’s had an MRI and all is fine. She’s flying back to the States and will see a specialist. At the moment, the indications are she’s sprained it and she needs to rest for the month. It’s just being sensible and cautious.â€
Ms. Alsop was to conduct the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra on July 4 through 7. She was also to conduct July 8-14 at the Campos de Jordão Festival in São Paulo. Her next appearance with the Baltimore Symphony is schedled for Sept. 20.
In 2007 she became the first woman to be named the music director of a major American orchestra, following her appointment in 2005.
