Conductors came into their own when the orchestra got too big to lead itself ... cup whilst the Red Arrows flew over the Millenium Stadium in Cardiff, drowning out the music.

That includes director-orchestra interactions and cues. Conductors with piano backgrounds often have different sensibilities and hear things differently. “I am still an active performer as a ...

“I smell a little bit of the Starbucks over there,” said Fabio Luisi, music director of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, as we sat on a bench in the West Village shopping center. It was a brisk ...