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The conductor typically stands on a raised podium with a large music stand for the full score, which contains the musical notation for all the instruments or voices. Since the mid-19th century, most conductors have not played an instrument when conducting, although in earlier periods of classical music history, leading an ensemble while playing ...
Maestro concertatore: the keyboard continuo player, who prepares singers and leads rehearsals. [ 2 ] Maestro direttore : the leader of the first violins of the orchestra (see concertmaster ), who may also have administrative duties such as hiring and paying musicians.
This is a non-exhaustive list of principal conductors by orchestra, principally for orchestras with pages on Wikipedia, classified by country and by city. The term 'principal conductor' is used here as an umbrella term to encompass such titles as: Principal conductor; Music director; Chief conductor
In 2014, Young became assistant conductor of the Atlanta Symphony and music director of the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra. [7] He served in these Atlanta posts until 2018. He is also the Resident Conductor of the National Youth Orchestra (USA) at Carnegie Hall, and Director of Ensembles at the Peabody Conservatory.
Arturo Toscanini (/ ɑːr ˈ t ʊər oʊ ˌ t ɒ s k ə ˈ n iː n i /; Italian: [arˈtuːro toskaˈniːni]; March 25, 1867 – January 16, 1957) was an Italian conductor.He was one of the most acclaimed and influential musicians of the late 19th and early 20th century, renowned for his intensity, his perfectionism, his ear for orchestral detail and sonority, and his eidetic memory. [1]
Leopold Anthony Stokowski (18 April 1882 – 13 September 1977) was a British-born American conductor. [1] One of the leading conductors of the early and mid-20th century, he is best known for his long association with the Philadelphia Orchestra.
Victor Alberto Sabata, 1950. Victor Alberto de Sabata (10 April 1892 – 11 December 1967) was an Italian conductor and composer.He is widely recognized as one of the most distinguished operatic conductors of the twentieth century, [1] especially for his Verdi, Puccini and Wagner.
João Carlos Martins. João Carlos Gandra da Silva Martins (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈɐ̃w ˈkaʁluz maɾˈtʃĩs]); born June 25, 1940) is a Brazilian classical pianist [1] and conductor, who has performed with leading orchestras in the United States, Europe and Brazil.