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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. 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 ...
Dudamel was born in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, the son of a trombonist and a voice teacher. [4] He studied music from an early age. In 1986 he became involved with El Sistema, the famous Venezuelan social action music programme, initially learning the violin. [5]
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.
Not since the late Leonard Bernstein has a conductor captured the imagination of the American public quite like Gustavo Dudamel. The Venezuelan-born phenom with the flashing baton and flying curls ...
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 ...
The internationally acclaimed maestro, with his trademark mop of salt-and-pepper hair, led the BSO from 1973 to 2002, longer than any other conductor in the orchestra’s history.
Maestro sostituto or maestro collaboratore: musicians who act as répétiteurs and assistant conductors during performances. Maestro concertatore : the keyboard continuo player, who prepares singers and leads rehearsals.
Maestro Guigui was the conductor of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra from 1974 to 1989. [1] He also conducted orchestras as a guest in South America. [2] Additionally, he was a guest conductor at the Juilliard School in New York City. [1] Guigui taught clarinet and conducting at Dartmouth College where he also conducted the Dartmouth Symphony.