The conductor typically stands on a raised podium with a large music stand for the full score, which contains the musical notation for all the instruments and/or voices. Since the mid-19th century, ...

Use the tabs below to find out about each section of the orchestra, watch video clips, and read interviews with musicians. Who's that waving their hands at the front? A conductor does a lot more ...

They displayed a banner that proclaimed the solo "instrument" was a "Baldway". In Winterthur, Switzerland, conductor Reto Parolari rigged his typewriter so that one person can play all the parts ...

Sir Roger Norrington: It’s an extraordinary thing how an experienced and charismatic conductor can completely transform the sound of an orchestra. Simone Young: There’s a very precise science ...