The Curtis Institute of Music is thrilled to announce that it will expand the scope of the school's conducting program, creating a training program designed to provide the most promising young ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Conducting an ensemble takes more than a few waves of a baton and a fancy suit — it takes ...

For the first time, Yannick Nézet-Séguin will lead the Vienna Philharmonic’s most-watched event of the year: its annual ...

POCATELLO — An ensemble of East Idaho conductors and band directors spent last week developing their conducting and leadership skills through an informational workshop. Led by Conductor and Artistic ...

Baek Yoon-hak, 50, a professor at Yeungnam University’s College of Music and conductor of the Seoul Festa Philharmonic Orchestra, is widely known as “the dancing conductor.” The nickname stems from ...

Despite notions of progress in classical music, the conductor’s podium remains largely a man’s world. According to the latest data, as of 2020, only eight of the world’s top 100 conductors were women.

NEW YORKNEW YORK — “Now I will conduct a short excerpt from Ravel’s ‘Bolero,’” the Metropolitan Opera’s future music director announces proudly. It’s Yannick Nezet-Seguin, but he’s not the figure ...

Whatever you do, don’t call the conductors “finalists” or their concerts “try-outs.” Southwest Florida Symphony’s search for a new music director is a much less formal process than the last time it ...

Ian Passmore is one of four finalists, out of 53 applicants, for music director of the Oak Ridge Civic Music Association. Each finalist will conduct a concert with the Oak Ridge Symphony Orchestra & ...

When Sebastian Lang-Lessing, the music director of the San Antonio Symphony, conducts a concert, it's not just a performance. It's a workout. He throws his entire body into the music: striking the air ...

Director Todd Field has gone through great pains, including on a podcast for The Times, to explain his great effort to get the world of classical music right in “Tár.” A wealth of knowing chatter, ...

NEW YORK (AP) — “Now I will conduct a short excerpt from Ravel’s ‘Bolero,’” the Metropolitan Opera’s future music director announces proudly. It’s Yannick Nezet-Seguin, but he’s not the figure ...