TODAY’s Harry Smith speaks with Los Angeles Philharmonic conductor Mirga Grazinyte Tyla about what it’s like to be a young female in such a traditionally male role.

Alondra de la Parra, orchestra conductor

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Conductor with baton

Have you ever texted a complete stranger by accident? Maybe you thought you remembered your friend’s number after getting a new phone and sent them a message without realizing you replaced that 4 with a 1? Maybe you met a new person, put them in your contacts, but didn’t notice that you entered in their phone number totally incorrectly? It’s a pretty easy mistake, and it’s happened to a lot of us.