The Spanish conductor Noemí Pasquina has been pronounced winner of the Bucharest International Conducting Competition, directed by John Axelrod.
Pasquina, a grduate of the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, is married with three small children.
She also plays cello and sings blues.
Second in the competition was a British contender, Dominic Grier.
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