As a concert pianist, chamber music is one of my favorite expressions of both verbal and nonverbal collaboration. It ...

Click here for more culture reporting at sfexaminer.com Twenty-three guest conductors will lead the San Francisco Symphony in ...

This creates specific gaps, so-called vacancies, in the crystal lattice of the conductor material ... Fässler sees great potential for the new material: "Our result currently represents a ...

It can be a glance or even a breath. It’s very mysterious. Don't ask anybody what makes a great conductor. I mean, it's chemistry. You can have a great conductor with a great orchestra ...

Even the conservative Vienna Philharmonic admired him. Concertmaster Reiner Küchl once said, “He is not only a great conductor with immense musical knowledge but also a brilliant pianist and composer.

Reconductoring with advanced conductors can put a huge dent in the transmission capacity shortage, but some say it’s too risky. Is it riskier than not using them? There’s a great deal of attention on ...

From the return of Marin Alsop, one of the great conductors of our time, to the appearance of three world-class vocalists from across the sonic spectrum – Laufey, Cynthia Erivo and Renée ...

As with the recent Paavo Järvi set, it’s nice to see a celebration of a conductor who’s very much alive ... but the pacing and sequencing of the album is great, making what should be a bit ...

Widely regarded as one of the greatest conductors of the 20 th century with a formidable reputation for austere, monumental performances and recordings of the great German repertoire, he was a ...

And useful for composers too: Carl Nielsen made this piano duet transcription of his Sinfonia Espansiva so that he could promote the symphony to conductors, publishers and colleagues. It worked – ...

“It takes a special kind of command to be a great conductor, the power to make close to a hundred musicians (each one, at heart, a diva or divo) hang on your tiniest gesture. So it is remarkable ...

LEGENDARY conductor Sir Andrew Davis has died, aged 80. The much-loved Brit - who held the honour of being chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra - passed away following a battle with ...