Building Quote by Gustavo Dudamel

The most important thing for the conductor is that he or she listens. Her listening will make things sound a certain way. If the…

— Laurence Equilbey

I mean, the great secret is that an orchestra can actually play without a conductor at all. Of course, a great conductor will have…

— Joshua Bell

I always imagined that to bring an orchestra to play together is not enough for a conductor.

— Kurt Masur

It's so important which musicians we choose for being in the orchestra.

— Andris Nelsons

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

Shared leadership... is less like a an orchestra, where the conductor is always in charge, and more like a jazz band, where leadership is…

— Phillip C. Schlechty

The conductor is the artistic leader and sometimes cultural arbiter of his or her community. It is their leadership that is looked to and…

— Leonard Slatkin

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

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

[As a conductor] there has to be, between me and the orchestra, an unshakable bond of trust, born out of mutual respect, through which…

— Charles Hazlewood

I am still very proud of that concert. In America, the (musicians') connection with the conductor is as with management - it becomes political.…

— Neeme Jarvi

You know as I started as a shy young conductor, I always wanted to cooperate. To build up the musicians. To help them to…

— Kurt Masur