DREAMING
OF CARNEGIE HALL
Nisan Ak
Queens College
Master of Music Performance
in Orchestral Conducting,
2016
HER STORY
Born in Turkey, Nisan Ak came
to Queens College’s Aaron
Copland School of Music for a
conducting workshop in 2014
and stayed for a master’s
degree. “I want to combine
traditional and modern music
in a way that the audience, the
players and I, as the conductor,
will love it.”
GOAL
To be a role model for women
conductors in this male-dominated
fi eld.
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