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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.
The following is a partial and sortable list of female classical conductors. Classical conductors work with orchestras, opera companies, ballet companies and choral groups. [1] [2] This list exists in the historical context of a lack of female classical conductors in the music profession. [3] [4] [5]
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 ...
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.
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.
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.
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]
Sir John Eliot Gardiner (born 20 April 1943) [1] is an English conductor, particularly known for his performances of the works of Johann Sebastian Bach, especially the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage of 2000, performing Bach's church cantatas in liturgical order in churches all over Europe, and New York City, with the Monteverdi Choir, and recording them at the locations.