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You know, in some ways conducting is counter-intuitive. It's like winter driving in Finland - if you skid, the natural reaction is to fight…

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

Let me say that I've never thought to conduct because the conductor has to think to the music before the orchestra. And the orchestra…

— Andrea Bocelli

Through conducting, you express through your arms, through your face and even the body, what you want to tell, so the musicians of the…

— Andris Nelsons

Lately, my mind is like an orchestra. If you don't have the conductor, you don't know what to do. One guy is playing jazz,…

— Goran Ivanisevic

A conductor can do wild things which can feel forced, but if you're directing from within the orchestra, you can't do that, things have…

— Joshua Bell

Conducting is about communication. You don't play any notes, but you communicate with the musicians.

— Andris Nelsons

The art of conducting consists in knowing when to stop conducting to let the orchestra play.

— Herbert von Karajan

The conductor must make it possible to eliminate himself in the music. If the orchestra feels him doing that, then everything will go well.

— Giuseppe Sinopoli

Conducting has more to do with singing and breathing than with piano-playing.

— Anonymous

If the rhythm or beat of the music changes with a live orchestra, you have to think on your feet. If you feel like…

— Misty Copeland

I think it's a very important collaboration between the conductor and the orchestra - especially when the conductor is one more member of the…

— Gustavo Dudamel

Its just that, when the orchestra look at me, I want them to see a completely involved person who reflects what we rehearsed, and…

— James Levine