Conducting
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Robert Smissen, principal viola of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, looks back in appreciation at three decades of work and friendship with the late conductor
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Letters: Iris Lemare was, in 1937, the first female conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra
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From the classical archive, 13 February 1976: Christopher Ford meets a young conductor on a fast-track to success
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Conductor for more than 60 films including Chariots of Fire and Howards End
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The French-Canadian conductor succeeds James Levine, who retires after 40 years, to become only the third music director at the New York company
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2 February 1908: On his first visit to London, The Observer reviews Claude Debussy conducting his works at the Queen’s Hall
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After the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra’s speed dating-style search for a new director, 29-year-old Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla prepares to immerse herself in British musical life
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From the archive, 25 September 1921: in an interview with the Observer, the celebrated conductor talks about finding new audiences for orchestral music
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His Royal Festival Hall concert on 17 January 2016 with the Simon Bolivar Orchestra marks 60 years to the day since Daniel Barenboim made his debut in London, playing at the same venue. The pianist and conductor has performed in the city many times since: here’s a few highlights.
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As the Berlin Philharmonic's musicians vote for which conductor should succeed Simon Rattle, pit your wits against Tom Service and find out how much you know about one of the world's most celebrated orchestras
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Leading figure of the early music revival as conductor of the Academy of Ancient Music, keyboard player and musicologist
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The conductor talks to Fiona Maddocks about his lifelong love of the Proms, performing with Mr Bean – and becoming a father again at 59
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Pioneer of the early music revival, virtuoso recorder player and authoritative conductor
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Distinguished conductor with an all-encompassing love of operatic and concert life
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The conductor and music director of orchestras in Europe and the United States died after complications following pneumonia
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Other lives: Conductor, composer and music educator with a worldwide reputation
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Composer, conductor, great personality of the musical world: Hilary Spurling on the wit and drive of the 'English Diaghilev'
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Each month, we challenge someone to face their fears. This time, a music journalist takes up the baton as a novice conductor
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Internationally respected conductor who made some of his finest recordings with the Philharmonia Orchestra
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World-famous musician, 71, surprises many with announcement he is to leave Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam
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He's putting the shock into the baroque – and he couldn't care less about all the outrage he's causing. Maverick conductor Christian Curnyn tells Tom Service why sex, swearing and Stratocasters are just what early opera needs
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Performance of Beethoven funeral march to empty theatre in Milan is broadcast on Italian TV a week after death of conductor
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Highly regarded conductor to take up new role at Bergen Philharmonic from 2015, and be replaced by Mark Wigglesworth
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Italian conductor, who has died aged 80 at home in Bologna, acclaimed by Daniel Barenboim and Sir Simon Rattle
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Sir Simon Rattle, chief conductor and artistic director of the Berlin Philharmonic, writes about his great predecessor and friend who has died at the age of 80
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The chief conductor of the Concertgebouw Orchestra on a man for whom music was everything
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Andrew Clements picks his highlights of Abbado's extensive and varied recording career. The conductor's death, aged 80, was announced on Monday morning
Topics
- Classical music
- Claudio Abbado
- Opera
- Europe
- Simon Rattle
- City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Netherlands
- Daniel Barenboim
- Women
- George Frideric Handel
- Lorin Maazel
- Italy
- Birmingham
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- Music
- Royal Shakespeare Company
- English National Opera (ENO)
- The Philharmonia Orchestra
- Gustavo Dudamel
Elim Chan on becoming a conductor: 'I wanted to make magic'