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He has been chief conductor of Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra since September 2023. Among the world's leading conductors, in a 2015 Bachtrack poll, he was ranked by music critics as one of the world's best living conductors. [2] Rattle is also the patron of Birmingham Schools' Symphony Orchestra, arranged during his tenure with CBSO in the ...
The term 'music director' is more common in the US and Canada, whereas 'principal conductor' or 'chief conductor' is more prevalent elsewhere. In German-speaking countries, the title of General Music Director ( Generalmusikdirektor / Generalmusikdirektorin ) is used for conductors who are the music director of multiple musical institutions in a ...
André Léon Marie Nicolas Rieu (Dutch: [ˈɑndreː riˈjøː], French: [ɑ̃dʁe ʁjø]; born 1 October 1949) is a Dutch violinist and conductor best known for creating the waltz-playing Johann Strauss Orchestra. Rieu and his orchestra have turned classical and waltz music into a worldwide concert touring act. [1] He resides in his native ...
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Pages in category "21st-century conductors (music)" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 470 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Dudamel was named one of Time magazine's most influential 100 people in 2010. [29] Dudamel is featured in the 2011 documentary Let the Children Play, a film which focuses on his work advocating for music as a way to enrich children's lives. [30] Gramophone named Dudamel its 2011 Gramophone Artist of the Year. Also in 2011, he was inducted into ...
In 1924 alone, more than 3 million people heard the Sousa band, more than any other American musical performer. John Philip Sousa and his band are shown at a performance in 1893. They returned to ...
Robert Keith McFerrin Jr. (born March 11, 1950) [1] is an American singer, songwriter, and conductor.His vocal techniques include singing fluidly but with quick and considerable jumps in pitch—for example, sustaining a melody while also rapidly alternating with arpeggios and harmonies—as well as scat singing, polyphonic overtone singing, and improvisational vocal percussion.