Born in Vienna in 1912, ERICH LEINSDORF studied piano, cello, and composition at the State Academy of Music and at the age of twenty-two became assistant to Dr. Bruno Walter and later lo Toscanini at ...

PRAGUE — Libor Pešek, a Czech classical music conductor best known for leading the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic for a decade, has died. He was 89. Pešek died on Sunday, said Jan Hasenöhrl, the ...

Jonathon Heyward, known as the “Converse Conductor,” became the youngest and the first Black music conductor and director for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in its 107-year existence. Now, the ...

Broadway music director, conductor, arranger, and songwriter Donald Pippin has passed away at 95. Pippin's work included his notable collaborations with Jerry Herman, including Mame and La Cage aux ...

Since Wieland and Wolfgang Wagner began redraping Grandfather Richard’s operas in modern scenic dress seven years ago, première audiences at the Bayreuth Festival have usually focused more on the ...

On the podium, all his movements are clipped and economical. Every muscle is under rigid control. But the moment the music stops, Conductor Igor Markevitch cuts loose. For quick relief from artistic ...

The singers are coached by assistant conductors, especially in new works or with singers new to their roles. All memorizing is aided and accompanied by auxiliaries and assistant conductors, and yet ...

Anthony Rivera is the conductor and music director of the Santa Clara University Orchestra and Wind Ensemble. Prior to joining the faculty at SCU, Rivera completed graduate studies at the University ...

Tonight, the Tony Awards – Broadway's highest honors – will be handed out at Radio City Music Hall, after the first full season following the COVID shutdown. But not everyone who works on Broadway is ...

Jonathan Yates is the new musical director/conductor for the Norwalk Symphony Orchestra.Contributed Photo Jonathan Yates is the new musical director/conductor for the Norwalk Symphony ...