Conductors Quotes

36 quotes by 34 authors

Technique is communication: the two words are synonymous in conductors. — Leonard Bernstein
Drummers are conductors - we set the pace for the music - so if you're not relaxed and feeling right, the whole thing goes out… — Steven Adler
Conducting, I tried it once off the cuff, and quickly realized there were subtle aspects that I was missing. There is a lot more to… — Carter Burwell
I have a big problem with conductors who gesture a lot. — James Levine
Conductors must give unmistakable and suggestive signals to the orchestra, not choreography to the audience. — George Szell
The (photographic) negative is the equivalent of the composers score and the print is the equivalent of the conductors performance. — Ansel Adams
The great leaders are like the best conductors - they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the players.. — Blaine Lee Pardoe
Today we can establish Sharia law because our nation will acquire well-being only with Islam and Sharia. The Muslim Brothers and the Freedom and Justice… — Mohammed Morsi
You know why conductors live so long? Because we perspire so much. — John Barbirolli
On the other hand, when I give it closer thought, I realize I'm not enough of a dictator to conduct an orchestra because it requires… — Eberhard Weber
Composers are not all good conductors. — Anton Seidl
This year - a factory of semiconductors. Next year - a factory of whole conductors! — Todor Zhivkov
I was different from most young conductors today. — Kurt Masur
Young conductors who are confident enough, they very often have success. — Kurt Masur
The very first time I was on a car in Atlanta, I saw the conductor - all conductors are white - ask a Negro woman… — Ray Stannard Baker
The great actors are the luminous ones. They are the great conductors of the stage. — Ethel Barrymore
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
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

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