Conductor Quote by James Levine

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

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

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

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

I don't feel that the conductor has real power. The orchestra has the power, and every member of it knows instantaneously if you're just…

— Itzhak Perlman

Conductors must give unmistakable and suggestive signals to the orchestra, not choreography to the audience.

— George Szell

“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

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

All the conductor has to do is stand back and try not to get in the way. Mozart is doing all the work.

— Anonymous

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

— Suman Rai