Big problem Quote by James Levine

There's nothing more frustrating than seeing a conductor say, 'Play softer,' as they're waving their hands in huge gestures.

— Joshua Bell

Conductors make too much fuss about conductors! Humility and hard work are virtues. We're nothing without our musicians.

— Simon Rattle

The best conducting technique is that which achieves the maximum musical result with the minimum effort. The only general rule is to infuse all…

— Fritz Reiner

Conductors are performers.

— Michael Tilson Thomas

Great cataclysmic things can go by and neither the orchestra nor the conductor are under the delusion that whether they make this or that…

— James Levine

It is becoming increasingly difficult to obtain the services of first-class conductors. They are sick and tired of dealing with singers, as I am.

— Rudolf Bing

Conductors don't suffer, they are part of the performance.

— Michael Tippett

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

Increasingly I think of myself as some strange and solitary conductor, introduced to a group of very dynamic musicians who happen to be my…

— Colum McCann

I played with the best conductors of the world.

— Mstislav Rostropovich

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

Even when I work with computers, with high technology, I always try to put in the touch of the hand.

— Issey Miyake