Conductors Archive

Beethoven composed his piano concerto #5 at about 1799 to 1800. The opening movement has an aggressive cast, its C minor outbursts prefiguring in some sense the more thunderous C minor emotions of the Fifth …

Tchaikovsky’s Symphony #6, The “Pathétique”, exhibits a moody darkness at almost every turn. The introduction is scored using the darkest of all orchestral colors, a bassoon in the low register accompanied by divided double basses. When …

Andre Previn was born in Berlin, Germany, on April 6, 1929; Previn was the youngest child of a wealthy family. His father, Jacob, was a respected attorney, as well as an accomplished amateur pianist. Music …

Ms. Canellakis is a conductor and a violinist. She played in orchestras for several years and was encouraged to explore conducting. Earlier today I watched a video of her leading a performance of the Beethoven …

It is my personal opinion that Carlos Kleiber was the best orchestral and Opera conductor during the past 100 years. I want to share with you the methods that Kleiber employed to get the musicians …