Approach Quote by Oscar Levant

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

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

— Anthony Hopkins

The conductor is a peculiar person. He turns his back on his friends in the audience, shakes a stick at his players in the…

— Victor Borge

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

On the other hand, when I give it closer thought, I realize I'm not enough of a dictator to conduct an orchestra because it…

— Eberhard Weber

Show me an orchestra that likes its conductor and I'll show you a lousy conductor.

— Goddard Lieberson

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

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

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

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

— Nadia Boulanger

You have to change your mind with every orchestra because every orchestra has a different character.

— Kurt Masur