Renee Montagne talks with music commentator Miles Hoffman about orchestra conductors and how you know a good one when you have one. In this New Year, many major symphony orchestras across the country ...

He was the son of famed conductor Otto Klemperer. OK, so you've never heard that name before since most conductors live in relative obscurity. The son, though, was able to break out from under his ...

Classical music is rooted in Western Europe. But these days, some of the world's most innovative orchestra conductors come from Latin America. The best known is Venezuela's Gustavo Dudamel. But as ...