Become Quote by Simon Rattle

And at the same time, I had my very first concert at the age of 16. I hadn't heard a symphony orchestra before, and…

— Kurt Masur

My parents once caught me conducting Beethoven's 'Fifth Symphony.'

— Walker Hayes

In truth, I became a conductor because deep down I wanted to conduct Brahmss four symphonies and Richard Strausss tone poems.

— Zubin Mehta

In truth, I became a conductor because deep down I wanted to conduct Brahms's four symphonies and Richard Strauss's tone poems.

— Zubin Mehta

Perhaps, once I am gone, the one thing I might be remembered for is having sung a great deal of Mahler with a great…

— Maureen Forrester

That was my first love growing up - classical orchestral music, especially Impressionism.

— Butch Trucks

I went to study some orchestration stuff because I got so inspired working with all the orchestras.

— Dido Armstrong

If anything, when I was young, I wanted to be an orchestra.

— Brian Stokes Mitchell

[On being asked how it felt to be the first female conductor of the Boston Symphony:] I've been a woman for a little more…

— Nadia Boulanger

I was always the kid on scholarship, I was a soloist with my company, I'd been working with the symphony since I was 14.

— Summer Glau

I grew up playing in youth orchestras, so they were my most treasured memories, so to be in front of an orchestra playing my…

— Laura Mvula

To play with a symphony today is just fabulous.

— Glen Campbell