The transfigured voices of Otto Klemperer
Otto Klemperer is often associated with the great classical-romantic repertoire (and the impressive compilation album published to commemorate the fiftieth ...
Tag: Orchestra conductors
Joana Mallwitz, conductor: “Authority is achieved through mutual respect”
With Joana Mallwitz (Hildesheim, 38 years old) it is no longer news that a woman is the conductor of a ...
Raúl Aquiles Delgado, from Venezuelan exile to triumph in music: “Mexico is the ideal setting for the orchestral and symphonic genre”
Exile brought him to Mexico, a country that has opened the doors of its best orchestras and concert halls to ...
Facing a big orchestra and Shostakovich at the age of 28: the genius of Klaus Mäkelä
“I have never seen any conductor achieve something like this from an orchestra or in this way.” Jørn Pedersen confesses ...
The almost unfathomable legacy of Claudio Abbado
As if he were emulating the narrator of Moby Dick, Claudio Abbado began his relationship with the orchestras he directed ...
A year with many conductors on the big screen: from fascination to caricature
On the Internet you can read many more classical music jokes about conductors than about violas. So says the British ...
