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2. Conducting - Wikipedia

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   Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance, such as an orchestral or choral concert. It has been defined as "the art of directing the simultaneous performance of several players or singers by the use of gesture." [ 1] The primary duties of the conductor are to interpret the score in a way that reflects the specific indications in ...

3. Michael Tilson Thomas - Wikipedia

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   Michael Tilson Thomas (born December 21, 1944) is an American conductor, pianist and composer. He is Artistic Director Laureate of the New World Symphony, an American orchestral academy in Miami Beach, Florida, Music Director Laureate of the San Francisco Symphony, and Conductor Laureate of the London Symphony Orchestra.

4. List of principal conductors by orchestra - Wikipedia

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   The term 'music director' is more common in the US and Canada, whereas 'principal conductor' or 'chief conductor' is more prevalent elsewhere. For orchestras which have both a music director and a principal conductor, such as the Royal Northern Sinfonia and Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi , the person with the title of music ...

5. Marin Alsop - Wikipedia

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   Marin Alsop ( / ˈmærɪn ˈɔːlsəp /; [ 1][ 2] born October 16, 1956) is an American conductor, the first woman to win the Koussevitzky Prize for conducting and the first conductor to be awarded a MacArthur Fellowship. She is music director laureate of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and chief conductor of the Vienna Radio Symphony ...

6. Music director - Wikipedia

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   A music director, musical director or director of music is the person responsible for the musical aspects of a performance, production, or organization. [1] This would include the artistic director and usually chief conductor of an orchestra or concert band, [2] the director of music of a film, the director of music at a radio station, the person in charge of musical activities or the head of ...

7. Leopold Stokowski - Wikipedia

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   Leopold Anthony Stokowski (18 April 1882 – 13 September 1977) was a British-born American conductor. [ 1] One of the leading conductors of the early and mid-20th century, he is best known for his long association with the Philadelphia Orchestra. He was especially noted for his free-hand conducting style that spurned the traditional baton and ...