Conductors Archive

In my view Carlos Kleiber was the greatest orchestral and Operatic conductor of the past 100 years. Have a look at his rehearsal methods in the video below. Yes, his instructions are in German, but …

Today’s post is special for many of you. for some, it will be too long, because it features the entire Operetta, “Die Fledermaus” by Johann Strauss II. The conductor is the greatest conductor of the …

Written in 1815 when Schubert was 18, the Third Symphony is notably concise, and shorter than the composer’s first two symphonies. But it also foreshadows ideas that would expand the scale of the symphony in …

The third movement of the Symphony #5 by Gustav Mahler has the power to transport me to another place. In this third movement of the symphony, Mahler tells the conductor three times and in two …

Violinist and conductor, Joshua Bell, was born in Bloomington, Indiana. His mother, Shirley, was a therapist. His father, Alan P. Bell, was a psychologist, Professor Emeritus of Indiana University, in Bloomington. His father is of …