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Fresno Philharmonic Selects Rei Hotoda As First Female Music Director

The Fresno Philharmonic has announced that conductor Rei Hotoda will be the orchestra’s next music director. Hotoda is the first woman and the first Asian-American to hold the position, and is just the eighth music director in the orchestra’s history. Hotoda is currently the Associate Conductor of the Utah Symphony Orchestra, and has held assistant conductor roles at orchestras in Dallas and Winnipeg. She says she is excited about the opportunity to lead the Philharmonic as its next conductor. “I feel so strongly about this orchestra and about this community that we can grow together and we can have big goals in life, and that’s only because I was inspired by this orchestra and this organization that this is possible,” says Hotoda. Hotoda’s selection brings to a close a 24-month search process with dozens of applicants from across the country. The orchestra’s selection committee eventually narrowed that list down to just six finalists, and each appeared as a guest conductor with the
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