Conductors

Ádám Fischer (born 1949, Budapest) is a Hungarian conductor. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ádám Fischer"

Andrew Thomas Kuster is a conductor, musical scholar, and performer. He received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in the Literature and Performance of Choral Music from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He earned a Bachelor of Music from St. Olaf College and a Master of Music from Mankato State University, MN. He works as a text reviewer for the Text Creation Partnership and Early English Books Online at the University of Michigan. Recently, he organized and conducted performances and recordings of music by Stravinsky, Messiaen, and Heinrich Schütz. He has worked closely with University of Michigan faculty composers in performances and recordings of their new works. His conducting responsibilities included the University of Colorado Women's Chorus, the Boulder Chorale (CO), and the associate conductor of the University Musical Society Choral Union in Ann Arbor (MI). He published a scholarly performing edition of Geistliche Chor-Music by Heinrich Schütz (ISBN 1411642430) His articles about Webern, Rachmaninoff, and Britten have appeared in the Choral Journal, and A-R Editions has published his critical edition of Amy Beach's The Sea-Fairies (ISBN 0895794357). In 2001, the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) awarded him the Julius Herford Prize for Distinguished Doctoral Research in Choral Music for his writing about Igor Stravinsky's twelve-tone choral works. He is a member of the ACDA Research and Publications Committee. Currently, he lives in Ann Arbor, MI with his wife, the composer Kristin P. Kuster. ...more on Wikipedia about "Andrew Kuster"

Anthony Inglis is one of the United Kingdom's most popular conductors. ...more on Wikipedia about "Anthony Inglis"

Antonia Brico ( 26 June, 1902 — 3 August, 1989), conductor and pianist, was born in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. ...more on Wikipedia about "Antonia Brico"

Maestro António Fortunato de Figueiredo ( August 20 1903- 1981) was a famous Goan conductor and violinist. António was born in Nacordá, near Loutolim, in the Portuguese colony of Goa, in Portuguese India, the son of Gabriel de Figueiredo and Ermelinda Parras e Figueiredo. ...more on Wikipedia about "António Fortunato de Figueiredo"

Arthur Fiedler ( December 17, 1894 – July 10, 1979) was the long-time conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra, a symphony orchestra that specialized in popular music. With a combination of musicianship and showmanship, he made the Pops the best-known orchestra in the country. Some criticized him for watering down music, particularly when adapting popular songs or edited portions of the classical repertoire, but Fiedler deliberately kept performances informal, light and often self-mocking to attact more listeners. ...more on Wikipedia about "Arthur Fiedler"

Arthur Nikisch (or Nikitsch) ( October 12, 1855 – January 23, 1922) was a Hungarian conductor who performed mainly in Germany. He was considered an outstanding interpreter of the music of Bruckner and Tchaikovsky. ...more on Wikipedia about "Arthur Nikisch"

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Bruno Walter ( September 15, 1876 - February 17, 1962) was a German-born conductor and composer. He was born in Berlin, but moved to several countries between 1933 and 1939, finally settling in the United States in 1939. His original name was Bruno Walter Schlesinger, but he dropped his surname in 1911. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bruno Walter"

Carmen Dragon ( July 28, 1914 – 1984) was a conductor, composer, and arranger. ...more on Wikipedia about "Carmen Dragon"

Carter Nice is a U.S. orchestra conductor and music director. ...more on Wikipedia about "Carter Nice"

Sir Alan Charles Maclaurin Mackerras, AC, CH, CBE (born November 17, 1925) is an Australian conductor. ...more on Wikipedia about "Charles Mackerras"

Clemens Krauss (born in Vienna, March 31, 1893 – buried at Mexico City, May 16, 1954) was an Austrian conductor famed for his interpretations of the music of Richard Strauss, Johannes Brahms and other German composers. ...more on Wikipedia about "Clemens Krauss"

Sir Colin Rex Davis (born September 25, 1927) is a noted British conductor. ...more on Wikipedia about "Colin Davis"

Daniel Harding (born 31 August, 1975 in Oxford) is a young British conductor, who has leapt to prominence under Simon Rattle and has been music director of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. He conducted Così fan tutte at the Aix Festival in 2005 and is appearing again in 2006. He is conducting the orchestra of La Scala, Milan in 2006. In 2004, he was also appointed principal guest conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra. ...more on Wikipedia about "Daniel Harding"

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David Geringas (born 1946 in Vilnius, Lithuania) is a world-renowned cellist and conductor. ...more on Wikipedia about "David Geringas"

David Lockington is currently the music director of the Grand Rapids Symphony, a regional orchestra located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA. Lockington assumed this position in January 1999. During his tenure in Grand Rapids, Lockington has also served as the music director for the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra (1996-2000) and the Long Island Philharmonic (1995-2000). ...more on Wikipedia about "David Lockington"

David Robertson is the Music Director of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and is the Principal Guest Conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Immediately prior to his tenure with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Robertson was the first individual to serve simultaneously as Music Director of the Orchestre National de Lyon and Artistic Director of Lyon's Auditorium. A protégé of Pierre Boulez, Robertson also served as Music Director of the Ensemble Intercontemporain in Paris from 1992-2000. ...more on Wikipedia about "David Robertson"

David Robertson is an American conductor and currently serves as Music Director of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and as Principal Guest Conductor of London’s BBC Symphony Orchestra. ...more on Wikipedia about "David Robertson (conductor)"

David Zinman (born New York, 10 July, 1936) is an American conductor. ...more on Wikipedia about "David Zinman"

Dimitris Mitropoulos ( Greek: Δημήτρης Μητρόπουλος) ( March 1, 1896 – November 2, 1960) was a Greek conductor, pianist, and composer who spent most of his career in the United States. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dimitris Mitropoulos"

Eduardo Mata ( September 5, 1942– January 4, 1995) was a noted Mexican conductor and composer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Eduardo Mata"

Efrem Zimbalist ( April 9, 1889- February 22, 1985) was one of the world's most prominent concert violinists, as well as a composer, teacher and conductor. ...more on Wikipedia about "Efrem Zimbalist"

Erich Kleiber ( August 5, 1890 – January 27, 1956) was an Austrian-born conductor. ...more on Wikipedia about "Erich Kleiber"

Ernest (Henry) Schelling ( Belvedere, New Jersey, July 26, 1876; New York City, December 8, 1939) was an American pianist, composer, and conductor. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ernest Schelling"

Errol Girdlestone (born 1945) is a British conductor. He is Music Director of Syrinx Concerts Orchestra and Choir, Vence and now lives near Nice, France. He is also the conductor of the Ensemble Cordial which performs at the Musique-Cordiale Festival in the Var, France. He studied music at Oxford University. Though he also studied conducting in Warsaw, he bagan his professional career as a singer in several London ensembles, including the Monteverdi Choir and the Hilliard Ensemble, of which he was a founder member. He was director of the singers at the English National Opera before becoming conductor of the Cape Town Opera. On returning to Europe, he has conducted works for festival and orchestras and worked with choirs including the Orchestre de Paris. With the Syrinx ensemble he has conducted several oratorios (Bach, Handel, Haydn, Berlioz and Brahms) while, with the Ensemble Cordial, he has directed Frank Martin's a capella Mass and J.S. Bach's Mass in B Minor. ...more on Wikipedia about "Errol Girdlestone" Simply http://www.shortopedia.com! Conductors

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