Conductor Quote by Hilary Hahn

A conductor has to know how to translate music into a communicative force that makes the listener want to hear what he has to…

— Isaac Stern

[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

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

Being a conductor is kind of a hybrid profession because most fundamentally, it is being someone who is a coach, a trainer, an editor,…

— Michael Tilson Thomas

I like to create the music I hear in my interior. As a conductor, you have the ability to squeeze the sounds and interpretation…

— Eberhard Weber

When I am with composers, I say I am a conductor. When I am with conductors, I say I am a composer.

— Leonard Bernstein

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

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

It's a dream to be its conductor. Sometimes I think, 'My God, I can't believe it.' It's a dream which came true.

— Andris Nelsons

The whole duty of a conductor is comprised in his ability to indicate the right tempo.

— Richard Wagner

I prefer it when the conductor follows me. It is more difficult to work with a conductor who does not listen - even if…

— Anna Netrebko

As a conductor I find the hardest tasks are to listen to the instinct of a musician and to hear the music behind the…

— Edward Gardner