Technique is communication: the two words are synonymous in conductors. — Leonard Bernstein Copy Share Image
Young conductors who are confident enough, they very often have success. — Kurt Masur Copy Share Image
“All great conductors are different. The mediocre ones are more or less the same.” — John Mauceri Copy Share Image
The great leaders are like the best conductors - they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the players.. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Conductors make too much fuss about conductors! Humility and hard work are virtues. We're nothing without our musicians. — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
Carbon nanotubes are amazing because they're really good electrical conductors, yet they are only a few atoms in diameter. You can make… — Paul McEuen Copy Share Image
They gave me four weeks, and I asked if the first week could be just music with the two main conductors. So,… — Rue McClanahan Copy Share Image
It is becoming increasingly difficult to obtain the services of first-class conductors. They are sick and tired of dealing with singers, as… — Rudolf Bing Copy Share Image
“The great leaders are like hte best conductors; they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the players.” — Blaine Lee Copy Share Image
When I am with composers, I say I am a conductor. When I am with conductors, I say I am a composer. — Leonard Bernstein Copy Share Image
Drummers are conductors - we set the pace for the music - so if you're not relaxed and feeling right, the whole… — Steven Adler Copy Share Image
“We are the conductors of the beauty of the orchestra of our inner lives. Keep a Händel on it and don't hold… — Tom Althouse 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
Conductors must give unmistakable and suggestive signals to the orchestra, not choreography to the audience. — George Szell Copy Share Image
Directors have a tendency to use their hands like orchestra conductors. They don't realize that the actor is looking at their faces,… — Alan J. Pakula Copy Share Image
When I was young, Tchaikovsky was ruined for me by conductors who made it slick and treacly. Hearing Valery Gergiev conduct Tchaikovsky… — Charles Hazlewood Copy Share Image
Go to the young conductors who are not making it, and you will hear how we shouldn't push ourselves or sell ourselves,… — Zubin Mehta Copy Share Image
I look at composers and conductors, anybody involved in music or writing or art in general; they got more done as they… — Sarah Brightman Copy Share Image
The composers could no longer direct all performances in person, and so the responsibility of interpreting their works in the spirit in… — Anton Seidl Copy Share Image
I can count on one hand the number of conductors-composers-arrangers that I enjoy working with, and at the top of that list… — Brian Stokes Mitchell Copy Share Image
Many, many years ago, I was one of the few conductors who talked to the audience and now a lot of classical… — Marvin Hamlisch Copy Share Image
There are two types of conductors. One is the good conductor who can do passionate music but also listen to the singers… — Anna Netrebko Copy Share Image
