For all their apparent authority on the podium, orchestral conductors have always labored under a question mark. As an implicit answer to these questions, small "conductorless" orchestras have been ...

Like a ringmaster leads a circus, conductors direct classical music concerts, presenting various acts or compositions while serving as an intermediary between the audience and the performers. But the ...

One. Two. Three. Four. What’s the tempo again? Los Angeles’ Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra must face the issue of synchronization without direction, because they have no conductor. The orchestra will ...

The love-hate relationship between orchestras and the conductors who lead them was brilliantly evoked by Federico Fellini. In the Italian director's film "Prova d'orchestra," a feisty orchestra rebels ...