Conductor Quote by Itzhak Perlman

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

The conductor of an orchestra doesn’t make a sound. He depends, for his power, on his ability to make other people powerful.

— Benjamin Zander

The conductor of an orchestra doesnt make a sound. He depends, for his power, on his ability to make other people powerful.

— Suman Rai

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

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

— Kurt Masur

We are aware that the conductor is not really making the music, it is making him -- if he is relaxed, open and attuned,…

— Peter Brook

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

You have a great result if the orchestra trusts the conductor, and the conductor trusts the orchestra.

— Andris Nelsons

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

A conductor can't be too arrogant with an orchestra and try to impose himself too much.

— Anthony Hopkins

“The conductor of the orchestra doesn’t make a sound. His power comes from awakening possibility in others. —Benjamin Zander, conductor and coauthor of The…

— Malcolm Harkins

So, first you have to be able to play with a metronome. Then you take your freedom. If you play in an orchestra, you…

— Ruggiero Ricci