conductor
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Wild Up, itself, is a uniquely egalitarian collective, a chamber orchestra of composers and soloists, although one that nonetheless requires traditional leadership of its visionary founder, conductor Christopher Rountree.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
It took one courteous question and one obliging conductor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Mandell described Beckett as a conductor rather than a director.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
“I always give credit to my predecessors,” the conductor, ever the diplomat, said of the present state of his ensemble.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
The conductor would remember her fondly as the schoolgirl who talked football.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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The first was something he shared with all conductors of major American orchestras in the early 2020s: coping with the Covid-19 pandemic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
The LA Philharmonic's creative director Esa-Pekka Salonen described Harding as "absolutely one of the most important conductors of our time".
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
They were busy elsewhere along with these conductors and directors:
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
Two conductors getting a good deal of attention lately make their debuts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026
The more complicated adventures undertaken by composers with notation, orchestras, opera singers, conductors, musicological analysis and the rest are still vital parts of music’s main body, but they are not in truth its central purpose.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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