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Just in: Mother of 3 wins conducting competition

Just in: Mother of 3 wins conducting competition

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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