One of my central maxims is how a major part of what a conductor tries to do is get a large group… — Michael Tilson Thomas Copy Share Image
[A conductor's] happiness does not come from only his own story and his joy of the music. The joy is about enabling… — Itay Talgam Copy Share Image
“He was making music - Howells, Finzi, Holst - so you could see the sounds in the serried air. Serried. Then just… — Craig Raine Copy Share Image
A conductor can do wild things which can feel forced, but if you're directing from within the orchestra, you can't do that,… — Joshua Bell Copy Share Image
A certain fire pretends to be alive; it awakens. Working its way along the hand as a conductor, it reaches the support… — Paul Klee Copy Share Image
We should think of the church as an orchestra in which the different churches play on different instruments while a Divine Conductor… — William Ralph Inge Copy Share Image
Conductors' careers are made for the most part with 'Romantic' music. 'Classic' music eliminates the conductor; we do not remember him in… — Igor Stravinsky Copy Share Image
In America, they have this nauseating habit of calling the conductor 'maestro'. I always slightly gag when the cor anglais player goes,… — Charles Hazlewood Copy Share Image
Perhaps the chief requirement of [the conductor] is that he be humble before the composer; that he never interpose himself between the… — Leonard Bernstein Copy Share Image
“understand that to be truly successful I need to be like a conductor of people, many of whom (if not all) can… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
I have had much pleasure in working with Orphei Drängar during my time as chief conductor of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, and… — Neeme Jarvi Copy Share Image
Normally classical music is set up so you have professionals on a stage and a bunch of audience - it's us versus… — David Lang Copy Share Image
Have you seen a symphony orchestra? There is a person at the back carrying a triangle. Now and again the conductor will… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
“The Prince stood beside the timpanist to count his rests for him and see that he came in in the right place.… — Hector Berlioz Copy Share Image
One day the stars will be as familiar to each man as the landmarks, the curves, and the hills on the road… — Beryl Markham Copy Share Image
I am the pianist of the duo, although Aleksey does pretty good... you know we've written more and more stuff where he… — Richard Hyung-ki Joo Copy Share Image
A good conductor ought to be a good chauffeur; the qualities that make the one also make the other. They are concentration,… — Sergei Rachmaninoff Copy Share Image
I was starting a group of musicians and we had a group of young composers in Finland back in the '70s, and… — Esa-Pekka Salonen Copy Share Image
It may be that you are not yourself luminous, but that you are a conductor of light. Some people without possessing genius… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Only when every one of us and every nation learns the secret of love for all mankind will the world become a… — Artur Rodzinski Copy Share Image
Hover boards, unfortunately, currently violate the laws of physics. Supermagnets exist, but they have to be cooled to near absolute zero, and… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
The very first time I was on a car in Atlanta, I saw the conductor - all conductors are white - ask… — Ray Stannard Baker Copy Share Image
On the other hand, when I give it closer thought, I realize I'm not enough of a dictator to conduct an orchestra… — Eberhard Weber Copy Share Image
I don't like to hurry. I'm not a conductor of the fast, fiery romantic type. I prefer Bruckner, with the sincerity of… — Jeffrey Tate Copy Share Image
There is no reason why a joke should not be appreciated more than once. Imagine how little good music there would be… — A. P. Herbert Copy Share Image
My parents met in music school, and my father was a music professor and conductor. Growing up, we always had classical and… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
“(From Boulez, an authorized biography by Joan Peyser) At the chapel door he [a priest associated with a school Boulez attended] asked… — Pierre Boulez Copy Share Image
I admire Tom Ades: he's a brilliant conductor, and he gets just the right hard, brilliant sound from the City of Birmingham… — Charles Hazlewood Copy Share Image
Lately, my mind is like an orchestra. If you don't have the conductor, you don't know what to do. One guy is… — Goran Ivanisevic Copy Share Image
The conductor must breathe life into the score. It is you and you alone who must expose it to the understanding, reveal… — Charles Munch Copy Share Image
The conductor is the artistic leader and sometimes cultural arbiter of his or her community. It is their leadership that is looked… — Leonard Slatkin Copy Share Image
A good example of how it must have been is today's world of conducting, which is still utterly dominated by men, and… — Lara St. John Copy Share Image
“There was that sound again--snap, then a footfall. She tried to whirl around as a dark form--Dear God--sprang with a splash from… — Kaye George Copy Share Image
I deny that either singers or conductors can "create" or work creatively - this, as I have always said, is a conception… — Giuseppe Verdi Copy Share Image
Journalists were never intended to be the cheerleaders of a society, the conductors of applause, the sycophants. Tragically, that is their assigned… — Chet Huntley Copy Share Image
Playing music well is difficult, yet the world has an abundance of fine performers. Explaining a little about music is easier, yet… — Justin Davidson Copy Share Image
I didn't have traditional stage fright. If there was 500 people in the audience or three people in the audience, it didn't… — Damien Chazelle Copy Share Image
So, first you have to be able to play with a metronome. Then you take your freedom. If you play in an… — Ruggiero Ricci Copy Share Image
I'm a little less hungry as an actor than I used to be. When you're a director, you're the conductor of the… — Josh Radnor Copy Share Image
If we turn to the divine Conductor and follow the wise and loving baton that is His will, His Word, then the… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
![“[A conductor's] happiness does not come from only his own story and his joy of the music. The joy is about enabling other people's stories to be heard at the same time.” quote by Itay Talgam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/464/itay-talgam-50488_conductor_a-conductor-s-happiness-does-not-come-fr_830463.png)
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