Gustavo Dudamel

I think it's a very important collaboration between the conductor and the orchestra - especially when the conductor is one more member of the orchestra in the way that you are leading, but also respecting, feeling and building the same way for all the players to understand the music.

Venezuelan Musician

John Philip Sousa

Is it not the business of the conductor to convey to the public in its dramatic form the central idea of a composition; and how can he convey that idea successfully if he does not enter heart and soul into the life of the music and the tale it unfolds?

American Musician

Sharon Salzberg

It is so powerful when we can leave behind our ordinary identities, no longer think of ourselves primarily as a conductor, or writer, or salesclerk, and go to a supportive environment to deeply immerse in meditation practice.

American Author

Kurt Masur

You know as I started as a shy young conductor, I always wanted to cooperate. To build up the musicians. To help them to be better than without a conductor. And sometimes young talented musicians have to be encouraged.

German Musician

Gunther Schuller

Because I have sixty years of being a professional composer, conductor, musician, whatever, and you develop a lot of friendships and you get involved with a lot of sort of long-term commitments and obligations.

American Composer

Nell Carter

There's nothing worse than working with an orchestra who looks down on working with a conductor who doesn't want to conduct for you. You need to be with an orchestra that can follow you and respect you.

American Actress

Sarah Brightman

I look at composers and conductors, anybody involved in music or writing or art in general; they got more done as they got older. If I can, I'll be one of those people because what I do is my passion.

English Musician

Lara St. John

A good example of how it must have been is today's world of conducting, which is still utterly dominated by men, and the prejudice the few female conductors have to battle even today is astounding.

Canadian Musician

Joshua Bell

I mean, the great secret is that an orchestra can actually play without a conductor at all. Of course, a great conductor will have a concept and will help them play together and unify them.

Mstislav Rostropovich

I played with the best conductors of the world.

Russian Musician

Indicates a leading figure who guides musicians during a performance.

Leadership Role

Unlike band members, the conductor doesn't play an instrument but directs.

Not a Performer

Conductors are highly respected in classical and orchestral music communities.

Cultural Respect

A conductor in science refers to its ability to pass energy along.

Physical Properties

Metals like copper and aluminum are common conductors in electronics.

Material Examples

A conductor is the opposite of an insulator which resists energy flow.

Insulator Opposite

Refers to a crew member who manages passengers and tickets on transport.

Public Transport

A conductor often interacts with passengers, providing help and information.

Customer Interaction

 there's whales out in the ocean you hear people talking on the communication that's because at launch conductor it's going through the checklists and you realize you're on the forefront of our technology endeavors we're the spear that is going out and exploring the rest of the universe

This Is What It's Like...

 within an inch of their lives. But I'm happy to say now that the world has moved on, music has moved on with it. We now have a more democratic view and way of making music -- a two-way street. I, as the conductor, have to come to the rehearsal with a cast-iron sense

Charles Hazlewood:...

 which we can spin a musical narrative that we all believe in now in the old days conducting music making was less about trust and more frankly about coercion up tune around about the second world war conductors were invariably dictators these tyrannical figures who

Trusting the ensemble -...

 tuition scholarship I was able to play the staples of the orchestral and chamber music repertoire with world-renowned conductors and musicians just about every week I even had the opportunity to travel the world and play in the best concert halls throughout to

Why I say: Play On,...

 My picture appears on the front of the CD -- But the conductor doesn't make a sound. He depends, for his power, on his ability to make other people powerful. And that changed everything for me. It was totally life-changing. People in my orchestra said,

The transformative power...

 There she told the “I was a conductor on the Underground Railroad, and I can say what many others cannot. I never ran my train off the track, and I never lost a passenger.” As her fame grew, various friends and allies helped her in the fight

The breathtaking courage...

 is what we recognize as that sudden spark. This process doesn't happen with just any objects. Otherwise you'd be getting zapped all the time. Conductors like metals and salt water tend to have loosely bound outer electrons,

The science of static...

 and by so doing, to help to create a beautiful harmony that's much greater than the sum of its parts. Yes, every choir does need a conductor, but I think a choir releases you from a child's simple sense of either-ors.

What Ping-Pong Taught Me...

 in his hometown, Barquisimeto. There, he grew as a violinist and as a conductor. He became the conductor of Venezuela's junior orchestras, and today conducts the world's greatest orchestras.

José Antonio Abreu: The...

 thank you everyone I've got econ the music stand here because I make in my previous life I was a conductor I want to tell you about why I why I'm a