A symphony orchestra can include more than one hundred musicians, yet a single conductor shapes the entire performance. Standing at the center of the stage with a back turned to the audience, this ...

Ron Davis Álvarez stood on a train platform in Stockholm, stunned by what he saw. The Venezuelan orchestra conductor was visiting Sweden as part of a university exchange program. He’d expected his ...

Truth can be repulsive,” Bruno Walter, a conductor whose life had taught him that fact all too well, once said. “But Mozart has the power to speak truth with beauty.” If there was one composer that ...

Bernard Haitink, one of the world’s most distinguished musical conductors who was acclaimed for his riveting and meticulous interpretations of the classical repertoire and led orchestras and opera ...

Anna Handler has been appointed as assistant conductor of The Boston Symphony Orchestra for a two-year term commencing in September 2024. BSO Music Director Andris Nelsons appointed Handler to the ...

Peter Oundjian was a principal guest conductor for the Colorado Symphony from 2003 to 2006 and has been a frequent collaborator with the orchestra since then, so it’s no wonder he’s been asked through ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by The four-year extension will keep him at the podium through at least the end of the 2029-30 season. By Javier C. Hernández The conductor Yannick Nézet ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook At top American ensembles, young assistant conductors are a far more varied group than the reigning music directors. How can the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - Antonio Pappano appears at an event celebrating his 22 years as Music Director at the Royal Opera House, in London on May ...