#conductor

I have three siblings. My sister makes music. My older brother is a classical conductor, and my younger brother is a mixing engineer. ↗

— Lisa Loeb

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

— George Szell

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I was different from most young conductors today. ↗

— Kurt Masur

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And if you are strong enough, then you can grow as a conductor more and more. ↗

— Kurt Masur

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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 I was so deeply impressed I said I have to be a conductor. ↗

— Kurt Masur

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

— Kurt Masur

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In South America, I heard the 8th Symphony of Beethoven. And the young conductor thought, Beethoven must be heroic. But this is piece which shouldn't be heroic. And this was such a misunderstanding, such a deep misunderstanding. ↗

— Kurt Masur

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Young conductors who are confident enough, they very often have success. ↗

— Kurt Masur

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A conductor should guide rather than command. ↗

— Riccardo Muti

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They were the largest semiconductor maker in the world up until about 1980. I'm not sure that that can be re-gained again, but their progress in the last few years has been very impressive. ↗

— Jack Kilby

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