Alondra de la Parra

Alondra de la Parra is a Mexican conductor born in New York City in 1980 and at the age of 2, she moved to Mexico City with her parents. Her approach to music began at the age of 7 with the piano, and later with the cello at 13. In relation to academics, Alondra studied composition at the Centro de Investigación y Estudios Musicales (CIEM) in Mexico, and later she entered the Manhattan School of Music in New York, where she obtained her BA in piano, and an MA in orchestral conducting.

Upon completing her studies, in 2004 she founded the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas in New York City with the purpose of making known the work of young composers and soloists from the continent. From this project, Alondra undertook various educational programs in public schools both in New York and in Mexico.

With her album "Mi Alma Mexicana'' (“My Mexican Soul”) released in 2010, she made her first debut with the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas to celebrate the Bicentennial of Mexico's Independence. In the same year, Alondra and the POA performed during Mexico’s Bicentennial celebrations, an event attended by hundreds thousands of Mexicans and broadcasted around the world to an estimated 200 million households.

Alondra has conducted various symphony orchestras in the United States, Mexico as well as in Brazil, Canada, Germany, Spain, Russia, Buenos Aires, Venezuela, Australia, among others.

She holds the distinction of being the first Mexican woman to conduct in New York City, and is an official Cultural Ambassador of Mexico.