#conductor

Great cataclysmic things can go by and neither the orchestra nor the conductor are under the delusion that whether they make this or that gesture is going to be the deciding factor in how it comes out. ↗

— James Levine

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I find little in the works of Beethoven, Berlioz, Wagner and others when they are led by a conductor who functions like a windmill. ↗

— Franz Liszt

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I have three siblings. My sister makes music. My older brother is a classical conductor, and my younger brother is a mixing engineer. ↗

— Lisa Loeb

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Conductors must give unmistakable and suggestive signals to the orchestra - not choreography to the audience. ↗

— George Szell

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The awful thing about a conductor becoming geriatric is that you seem to become more desirable, not less. ↗

— Neville Marriner

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And if you are strong enough, then you can grow as a conductor more and more. ↗

— Kurt Masur

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And at the same time, I had my very first concert at the age of 16. I hadn't heard a symphony orchestra before, and I was so deeply impressed I said I have to be a conductor. ↗

— Kurt Masur

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I always imagined that to bring an orchestra to play together is not enough for a conductor. ↗

— Kurt Masur

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In South America, I heard the 8th Symphony of Beethoven. And the young conductor thought, Beethoven must be heroic. But this is piece which shouldn't be heroic. And this was such a misunderstanding, such a deep misunderstanding. ↗

— Kurt Masur

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Young conductors who are confident enough, they very often have success. ↗

— Kurt Masur

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