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Orchestras which choose not to have principal conductors, such as the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, are omitted from this list. Likewise, principal conductors for opera companies are omitted, unless the orchestra of that opera company performs orchestral concerts under ...
The Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance has been awarded since 1959. There have been several minor changes to the name of the award over this time: From 1959 to 1964 it was awarded as Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
Carlos Kleiber (3 July 1930 – 13 July 2004) was a German-born Austrian conductor, who is widely regarded as among the greatest conductors of all time. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Early life
At the outbreak of war in Europe in 1939, Szell was returning via the U.S. from an Australian tour and ended up settling with his family in New York City. [3] From 1940 to 1945 he taught composition, orchestration, and music theory at the Mannes College of Music in Manhattan; his composition students at Mannes included George Rochberg and Ursula Mamlok. [12]
NEW YORK (AP) — Kirill Petrenko thought about the challenge of leading the Berlin Philharmonic, perhaps the world’s greatest orchestra. “A hundred musicians have 100 opinions and 100 expectations — 100 different expectations,” the conductor said.
Gustav Heinrich Ernst Martin Wilhelm Furtwängler (UK: / ˈ f ʊər t v ɛ ŋ ɡ l ər / FOORT-veng-glər, US: /-v ɛ ŋ l ər /-lər, German: [ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈfʊɐ̯tvɛŋlɐ] ⓘ; 25 January 1886 – 30 November 1954) was a German conductor and composer. He is regarded as one of the greatest symphonic and operatic conductors of the 20th ...
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.