Attention Quote by Isaac Stern

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

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

A good conductor ought to be a good chauffeur; the qualities that make the one also make the other. They are concentration, an incessant…

— Sergei Rachmaninoff

The great conductor is always a despot by temperament and intractable in his ways. ... The artist is obliged to keep his laughter and…

— Nadia Boulanger

The conductor has the advantage of not seeing the audience.

— Andre Kostelanetz

There are two types of conductors. One is the good conductor who can do passionate music but also listen to the singers and do…

— Anna Netrebko

Is it not the business of the conductor to convey to the public in its dramatic form the central idea of a composition; and…

— John Philip Sousa

A great conductor is an alchemical force: someone who can absorb the historical weight of a famous melody, the expectations of an audience, and…

— Sue Perkins

Normally classical music is set up so you have professionals on a stage and a bunch of audience - it's us versus them. You…

— David Lang

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

Many, many years ago, I was one of the few conductors who talked to the audience and now a lot of classical conductors have…

— Marvin Hamlisch

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