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stokowski rehearsal rage

This conductor’s rage will simultaneously terrify and inspire you

When pianists try to conduct

Here's what happens when pianists turn their hand to conducting

Conductor V4r

10 tips for becoming a great conductor

Marin Alsop and Catherine Bott

‘If someone says “I can’t get used to women conductors”, at least I know what I’m dealing with’: Marin Alsop

Marin Alsop

What conductors really mean

15 things your conductor says vs. what they REALLY mean

Santtu-Matias Rouvali

How do you conduct a symphony orchestra? We asked one young conductor to take us through the basics

Herbert Blomstedt

This is how Beethoven can change your life – we meet the legendary conductor Herbert Blomstedt

The Most Influential Musicians from the last 25 ye

These are the 7 most influential musicians from the last 25 years

Cinderella Conductor

A conductor stopped half way through a performance of Cinderella to do some karaoke

conductor real definition

These perfectly normal words have very different meanings for musicians

Bernstein Triangles

Watch Leonard Bernstein conduct a frustrating rehearsal with the triangle section

Bernstein, L

musician every day tips

10 extremely simple things musicians can do every day to make life a little easier

7 year old conducts orchestra

A 7-year-old with leukaemia was given his dream job - conducting a symphony orchestra

relaxed conductor bolero

This is absolutely how you should conduct Ravel’s Bolero

Lee Mills baton

Conductor drops his baton mid-Tchaikovsky - recovers like an absolute pro

riccardo muti chopin naples

This is what happens when one of the world’s greatest conductors stumbles across a public piano

Riccardo Muti

bernstein berates trumpet section

Leonard Bernstein arguing with his trumpet section shows what a perfectionist he was

Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla

Mirga Grazinyte Tyla: why CBSO’s new music director is so awesome