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Conductor Quotes

Because I have sixty years of being a professional composer, conductor, musician, whatever, and you develop a lot of friendships and you get involved with a lot of sort of long-term commitments and obligations Picture Quote #1

Haute couture is like an orchestra, for which only Balenciaga is the conductor. The rest of us are just musicians, following the directions he gives us Picture Quote #1

I mean, the great secret is that an orchestra can actually play without a conductor at all. Of course, a great conductor will have a concept and will help them play together and unify them Picture Quote #1

Then, just at the peak of complacency, when it was assumed that the climate of the world had changed forever, when the conductor of the philharmonic played Vivaldi's Four Seasons and left out an entire movement, and when to children of a young age stories of winter were told as if they were fairy tales, New York was hit by a cataclysmic freeze, and, once again, people huddled together to talk fearfully of the millennium Picture Quote #1

I like to create the music I hear in my interior. As a conductor, you have the ability to squeeze the sounds and interpretation you asked for from 50 to 80 people Picture Quote #1

Sympathy wanting, all is wanting; its personal magnetism is the conductor of the sacred spark that lights our atoms, puts us m human communion, and gives us to company, conversation, and ourselves Picture Quote #1

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The symphony orchestra had played poorly, so the conductor was in a bad mood. That night he beat his wife - because the music hadn't been beautiful enough Picture Quote #1

If we turn to the divine conductor and follow the wise and loving baton that is his will, his word, then the music of our life will be a symphony Picture Quote #1

I don’t feel that the conductor has real power. The orchestra has the power, and every member of it knows instantaneously if you’re just beating time Picture Quote #1

So, first you have to be able to play with a metronome. Then you take your freedom. If you play in an orchestra, you got to watch the conductor, he is like a metronome, but it is more difficult because he can change rhythms Picture Quote #1

Is it not the business of the conductor to convey to the public in its dramatic form the central idea of a composition; and how can he convey that idea successfully if he does not enter heart and soul into the life of the music and the tale it unfolds? Picture Quote #1

Being a conductor is kind of a hybrid profession because most fundamentally, it is being someone who is a coach, a trainer, an editor, a director Picture Quote #1

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Great cataclysmic things can go by and neither the orchestra nor the conductor are under the delusion that whether they make this or that gesture is going to be the deciding factor in how it comes out Picture Quote #1

The principal task of a conductor is not to put himself in evidence but to disappear behind his functions as much as possible. We are pilots, not servants Picture Quote #1

The awful thing about a conductor becoming geriatric is that you seem to become more desirable, not less Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

And if you are strong enough, then you can grow as a conductor more and more Picture Quote #1

I always imagined that to bring an orchestra to play together is not enough for a conductor Picture Quote #1

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You know as I started as a shy young conductor, I always wanted to cooperate. To build up the musicians. To help them to be better than without a conductor. And sometimes young talented musicians have to be encouraged Picture Quote #1

The conductor is the artistic leader and sometimes cultural arbiter of his or her community. It is their leadership that is looked to and should anything go wrong, they are the persons taking most of the heat Picture Quote #1

I have three siblings. My sister makes music. My older brother is a classical conductor, and my younger brother is a mixing engineer Picture Quote #1

The great myth is the manager as orchestra conductor. It’s this idea of standing on a pedestal and you wave your baton and accounting comes in, and you wave it somewhere else and marketing chimes in with accounting, and they all sound very glorious. But management is more like orchestra conducting during rehearsals, when everything is going wrong Picture Quote #1

I’m a little less hungry as an actor than I used to be. When you’re a director, you’re the conductor of the orchestra, and when you’re an actor, you’re playing the violin. There’s a thrill to each of them, but as the conductor, you get the fuller sound Picture Quote #1

The conductor is a peculiar person. He turns his back on his friends in the audience, shakes a stick at his players in the orchestra, and then wonders why nobody loves him Picture Quote #1

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The brain is a little saline pool that acts as a conductor, and it runs on electricity Picture Quote #1

A work of art may be understood as a conductor from the artist’s mind to the viewer’s. But it may never reach the viewer, or it may never leave the artist’s mind Picture Quote #1

There’s nothing quite like a real... train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute Picture Quote #1

As a conductor I find the hardest tasks are to listen to the instinct of a musician and to hear the music behind the notes Picture Quote #1

The success of our operas rests most of the time in the hands of the conductor. This person is as necessary as a tenor or a prima donna Picture Quote #1

The conductor of an orchestra doesn’t make a sound. He depends, for his power, on his ability to make other people powerful Picture Quote #1

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Because I have sixty years of being a professional composer, conductor, musician, whatever, and you develop a lot of friendships and you get involved with a lot of sort of long-term commitments and obligations. (Conductor Quotes) Haute couture is like an orchestra, for which only Balenciaga is the conductor. The rest of us are just musicians, following the directions he gives us. (Conductor Quotes) I mean, the great secret is that an orchestra can actually play without a conductor at all. Of course, a great conductor will have a concept and will help them play together and unify them. (Conductor Quotes) Then, just at the peak of complacency, when it was assumed that the climate of the world had changed forever, when the conductor of the philharmonic played Vivaldi's Four Seasons and left out an entire movement, and when to children of a young age stories of winter were told as if they were fairy tales, New York was hit by a cataclysmic freeze, and, once again, people huddled together to talk fearfully of the millennium (Conductor Quotes) I like to create the music I hear in my interior. As a conductor, you have the ability to squeeze the sounds and interpretation you asked for from 50 to 80 people (Conductor Quotes) Sympathy wanting, all is wanting; its personal magnetism is the conductor of the sacred spark that lights our atoms, puts us m human communion, and gives us to company, conversation, and ourselves (Conductor Quotes) The symphony orchestra had played poorly, so the conductor was in a bad mood. That night he beat his wife - because the music hadn't been beautiful enough (Conductor Quotes) If we turn to the divine conductor and follow the wise and loving baton that is his will, his word, then the music of our life will be a symphony (Conductor Quotes) I don’t feel that the conductor has real power. The orchestra has the power, and every member of it knows instantaneously if you’re just beating time (Conductor Quotes) So, first you have to be able to play with a metronome. Then you take your freedom. If you play in an orchestra, you got to watch the conductor, he is like a metronome, but it is more difficult because he can change rhythms (Conductor Quotes) Is it not the business of the conductor to convey to the public in its dramatic form the central idea of a composition; and how can he convey that idea successfully if he does not enter heart and soul into the life of the music and the tale it unfolds? (Conductor Quotes) Being a conductor is kind of a hybrid profession because most fundamentally, it is being someone who is a coach, a trainer, an editor, a director (Conductor Quotes) Great cataclysmic things can go by and neither the orchestra nor the conductor are under the delusion that whether they make this or that gesture is going to be the deciding factor in how it comes out (Conductor Quotes) The principal task of a conductor is not to put himself in evidence but to disappear behind his functions as much as possible. We are pilots, not servants (Conductor Quotes) The awful thing about a conductor becoming geriatric is that you seem to become more desirable, not less (Conductor Quotes) 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 (Conductor Quotes) And if you are strong enough, then you can grow as a conductor more and more (Conductor Quotes) I always imagined that to bring an orchestra to play together is not enough for a conductor (Conductor Quotes) You know as I started as a shy young conductor, I always wanted to cooperate. To build up the musicians. To help them to be better than without a conductor. And sometimes young talented musicians have to be encouraged (Conductor Quotes) The conductor is the artistic leader and sometimes cultural arbiter of his or her community. It is their leadership that is looked to and should anything go wrong, they are the persons taking most of the heat (Conductor Quotes) I have three siblings. My sister makes music. My older brother is a classical conductor, and my younger brother is a mixing engineer (Conductor Quotes) The great myth is the manager as orchestra conductor. It’s this idea of standing on a pedestal and you wave your baton and accounting comes in, and you wave it somewhere else and marketing chimes in with accounting, and they all sound very glorious. But management is more like orchestra conducting during rehearsals, when everything is going wrong (Conductor Quotes) I’m a little less hungry as an actor than I used to be. When you’re a director, you’re the conductor of the orchestra, and when you’re an actor, you’re playing the violin. There’s a thrill to each of them, but as the conductor, you get the fuller sound (Conductor Quotes) The conductor is a peculiar person. He turns his back on his friends in the audience, shakes a stick at his players in the orchestra, and then wonders why nobody loves him (Conductor Quotes) The brain is a little saline pool that acts as a conductor, and it runs on electricity (Conductor Quotes) A work of art may be understood as a conductor from the artist’s mind to the viewer’s. But it may never reach the viewer, or it may never leave the artist’s mind (Conductor Quotes) There’s nothing quite like a real... train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute (Conductor Quotes) As a conductor I find the hardest tasks are to listen to the instinct of a musician and to hear the music behind the notes (Conductor Quotes) The success of our operas rests most of the time in the hands of the conductor. This person is as necessary as a tenor or a prima donna (Conductor Quotes) The conductor of an orchestra doesn’t make a sound. He depends, for his power, on his ability to make other people powerful (Conductor Quotes)

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