Conductors Archive

For me, conductor Carlos Kleiber was the all-time greatest conductor ever! While it likely is not possible to explain why, I will try to do so: Kleiber came from a musical family. His father, Erich …

Austrian conductor Carlos Kleiber (1930–2004) only released nine studio recordings over the course of his fifty-career.He was famous for his elusiveness, often canceling concerts on short notice and appearing in only 96 orchestral concerts as …

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla was born into a family of musicians. Her father, a choral conductor, and her mother, a pianist, encouraged her instinctive desire to perform. “I spent my childhood in music-making,” she told the BBC …

Vanessa Benelli Mosell began her comprehensive musical studies at the age of three. At seven years old she was admitted at the International Piano Academy in Imola, giving her orchestral debut as soloist at the …

Claude Debussy composed his “Nocturnes” between 1897 and 1899; the first two movements received their premiere in Paris on December 9, 1900. The first complete performance followed nearly a year later, on October 27, 1901. …