With every flick of her baton, conductor Susanna Mälkki chips at classical`s glass ceiling
(LA Times Anaheim Ducks)

When it comes to making music, gender should be irrelevant. And yet, in nearly every article about Finnish conductor Susanna Mälkki, her gender is discussed - or at least noted. Last week in a glowing review of her Jan. 11 appearance with the New York Philharmonic, New York Times critic Anthony...