Conductor Quotes

145 quotes by 115 authors

Musical practice is too young an art in America to warrant a search for men with a conductor's gift. — Anton Seidl
The composers could no longer direct all performances in person, and so the responsibility of interpreting their works in the spirit in which they had… — Anton Seidl
The conductor's gift does not always go hand in hand with that of composition; indeed, the union is found much more seldom than is popularly… — Anton Seidl
I was afraid to board a streetcar because of the conductor; I was afraid to enter the Kabuki Theater for fear of the usherettes standing… — Osamu Dazai
A music director cannot and should not be chosen on the basis of a first date. It is not so difficult to make a good… — Leonard Slatkin
The conductor is the artistic leader and sometimes cultural arbiter of his or her community. It is their leadership that is looked to and should… — Leonard Slatkin
The life of any musician really doesn't fall into a normal schedule at all. Every week there are different rehearsals, different days and nights of… — Leonard Slatkin
We are aware that the conductor is not really making the music, it is making him -- if he is relaxed, open and attuned, then… — Peter Brook
I guess, as a conductor, one goes in and out of fashion. Your career starts with a bang, everyone thinks you're wonderful, and then with… — Jeffrey Tate
From time to time, the Vienna Philharmonic could play without a conductor because they are so good. — Bernard Arnault
I had a year at 3 when I wanted to be a conductor in the opera. — Nina Arianda
Ohm (a distinguished mathematician, be it noted) brought into order a host of puzzling facts connecting electromotive force and electric current in conductors, which all… — Oliver Heaviside
Perhaps, once I am gone, the one thing I might be remembered for is having sung a great deal of Mahler with a great many… — Maureen Forrester
Many, many years ago, I was one of the few conductors who talked to the audience and now a lot of classical conductors have figured… — Marvin Hamlisch
My parents met in music school and my father was a music professor and conductor. Growing up, we always had classical and contemporary music playing.… — Sara Zarr
Conductor, when you receive a fare, Punch in the presence of the passenjare. A blue trip slip for an eight-cent fare, A buff trip slip… — Mark Twain
Pablo Casals is a great musician in all he does: a cellist without equal, and extraordinary conductor and composer with something to say. I have… — Albert Schweitzer
A certain fire pretends to be alive; it awakens. Working its way along the hand as a conductor, it reaches the support and engulfs it;… — Paul Klee
A conductor has to know how to translate music into a communicative force that makes the listener want to hear what he has to say. — Isaac Stern
A great conductor possesses that certain charisma and talent that demand the ears and the attention of an audience. I can't tell you how that… — Isaac Stern

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