A symphony orchestra can include more than one hundred musicians, yet a single conductor shapes the entire performance. Standing at the center of the stage with a back turned to the audience, this ...

Performances in N.Y.C. At a challenging time for American orchestras, the question of what a community wants from a music director has become more urgent. JoAnn Falletta, the longtime conductor of the ...

Gustavo Dudamel dirigiendo a la Orquesta Juvenil Simón Bolívar en Oslo, en 2010. Miguel O. Strauss/Flickr, CC BY-NC In films such as these, you can sense the halo of mystery that surrounds the figure ...

Several challenges may have been anticipated for the Brown University Orchestra when conductor Brandon Keith Brown was relieved of his orchestra duties just one week before the first orchestra concert ...

Klaus Mäkelä has a lot on his plate — or more accurately, podium. With leading roles conducting orchestras in Oslo, Paris and Amsterdam, he's been called the fastest-rising maestro of his generation.