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𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗢 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗔 𝗚𝗜𝗨𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗜 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 Carlo Maria Giulini possessed one of the most unmistakable conducting personalities of the twentieth century. His authority did not depend upon theatrical aggression, autocratic display or…

𝗕𝗥𝗨𝗡𝗢 𝗪𝗔𝗟𝗧𝗘𝗥 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 Bruno Walter occupies a unique position in the history of conducting. He belonged directly to the final world of late Romanticism, worked closely with Gustav Mahler and…

𝗞𝗔𝗥𝗟 𝗕𝗢̈𝗛𝗠 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 Karl Böhm’s reputation rests above all upon Mozart, Richard Strauss, Wagner, Schubert and Bruckner. He was neither a cultivator of orchestral glamour in the Karajan manner nor…

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𝗖𝗛𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗖𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗔𝗕𝗜𝗖𝗛: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗛𝗘𝗜𝗠 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗧𝗔𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗢𝗥𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔 𝗧𝗢 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗻: 𝟮𝟴 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟳𝟯𝟭, 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗺, 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗗𝗶𝗲𝗱: 𝟮𝟬 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭𝟳𝟵𝟴, 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗳𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝗺 𝗠𝗮𝗶𝗻, 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗰𝗵 was one of the central…

𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘆 𝗳𝗮𝘃𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝗡𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFihwDIaKug&t=354s 𝗟𝘂𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗴 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 — 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗡𝗼. 𝟵 𝗶𝗻 𝗗 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗿, 𝗢𝗽. 𝟭𝟮𝟱 “𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹” 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗼 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 conducting the 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗮 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 Recorded in 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱…

Historical photograph in Berlin, around 1929/1930, showing 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗼 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗼 𝗧𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗶, 𝗘𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗞𝗹𝗲𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿, 𝗢𝘁𝘁𝗼 𝗞𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗿, and 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝘂𝗿𝘁𝘄𝗮̈𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗿. This is probably one of the most impressive images in the entire history of orchestral conducting:…

𝗞𝗟𝗔𝗨𝗦 𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗡𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗗𝗧 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗦𝗘𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗗 𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗗 𝗕𝗬 𝗠𝗔𝗛𝗟𝗘𝗥 Klaus Tennstedt belongs to that rare category of conductors whose art cannot be explained only by technique, career posts, discography, or repertoire. He was…

𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗙𝗔𝗡 𝗦𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗚 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗥𝗗 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥 𝗢𝗙 𝗔 𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗞𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗗𝗬𝗡𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗬 𝗜. 𝗔 𝗡𝗔𝗠𝗘 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗘𝗗 𝗕𝗬 𝗛𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗳𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 was born in 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻 in 𝟭𝟵𝟲𝟰, into one of the most extraordinary conducting families…

𝗠𝗜𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗘𝗟 𝗦𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗚 — 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗢 𝗧𝗢 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗢𝗗𝗜𝗨𝗠: 𝗔 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗗𝗢𝗪 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗟𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗔 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗗𝗬𝗡𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗬 𝗜. 𝗔 𝗡𝗔𝗠𝗘 𝗕𝗢𝗥𝗡 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗢 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 was born in 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻…

𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗳𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 — 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 He is one of the sons of Kurt Sanderling and belongs to the same remarkable conducting family as Thomas Sanderling and Michael Sanderling. Stefan Sanderling was born in East Berlin…

𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗢𝗡𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗢 𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗔𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗔 — 𝗔 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗧 𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗥 𝗕𝗘𝗧𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗡 𝗔𝗕𝗕𝗔𝗗𝗢’𝗦 𝗟𝗘𝗚𝗔𝗖𝗬, 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗔, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗢𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗡 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗢𝗥𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔 Antonello Manacorda belongs to that fascinating generation of conductors whose authority did not begin with the baton, but with…

𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗔𝗛𝗨 𝗜𝗡𝗕𝗔𝗟 — 𝗔 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗜𝗡 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲-𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗲 Eliahu Inbal belongs to that rare generation of conductors whose careers were shaped by the great European symphonic tradition,…

𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗹 𝗕𝗼̈𝗵𝗺, 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘀 — 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗼 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYf-4Mnlkgo (VIDEO , 98 minutes ) 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗹 𝗕𝗼̈𝗵𝗺: 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝘆, 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗼𝗳…

𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗛 𝗞𝗟𝗘𝗜𝗕𝗘𝗥’𝗦 𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 “𝗘𝗥𝗢𝗜𝗖𝗔” 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗛 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗦𝗢𝗡 𝗡𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗼𝘅 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝗹𝗲𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗰𝘆 One of the most fascinating paradoxes in the history of conducting is that 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗼𝘀 𝗞𝗹𝗲𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿,…

𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗢𝗦 𝗞𝗟𝗘𝗜𝗕𝗘𝗥 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗗𝗢𝗪 𝗢𝗙 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗙𝗔𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗘𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗞𝗹𝗲𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿, 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝘀𝘆𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 Few relationships in the history of conducting have been more fascinating, more frequently invoked, and more difficult…

𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝘅𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗮̈𝗰𝗵𝘀𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗮𝘁𝘀𝗸𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲 𝗗𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗲𝗻 (𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝘀) - Part 1 Few orchestras in the world possess a history as long, continuous and inseparably connected…

𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗶 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘀 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗔 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗧 𝗖𝗛𝗥𝗢𝗡𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗚𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗦𝗨𝗕𝗦𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗣𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡-𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥 𝗘𝗥𝗔 𝟭𝟴𝟰𝟮–𝟭𝟴𝟰𝟳 — 𝗢𝗧𝗧𝗢 𝗡𝗜𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗔𝗜 Founder and…

𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗧 𝗩𝗢𝗡 𝗞𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗝𝗔𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗥 𝗣𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗞𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱, 𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿, 𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟲–𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟵 𝗔 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗙𝘂𝗿𝘁𝘄𝗮̈𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗿 When 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗷𝗮𝗻 became chief conductor of the 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗸𝗲𝗿…

𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗵 𝗘𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗧𝗼 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗵 𝗘𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗵 — born on 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟬, 𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟬, in 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘂, then Germany and today Wrocław, Poland — belongs to that rare category of musicians whose life…

On February 28 and March 1, 1963, soprano 𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗻𝘁𝘆𝗻𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲 made her debut with the 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗴𝗼 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 in 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗼𝘇’s Les nuits d’été and 𝗙𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮’s El amor brujo with 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘇 𝗥𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿 conducting. On March…

On October 18, 1991, new music director 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗯𝗼𝗶𝗺 shared the podium with two of his predecessors, 𝗥𝗮𝗳𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗞𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶́𝗸 and 𝗦𝗶𝗿 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘁𝗶, to bring the 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗴𝗼 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮’s centennial celebration to a grand…

As a last-minute replacement for 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗲̂𝘁𝗿𝗲 in July 1963, 𝗦𝗲𝗶𝗷𝗶 𝗢𝘇𝗮𝘄𝗮 was called upon to lead the Orchestra in two concerts at the Ravinia Festival. The 27-year-old conductor made his debut with the…

Two years after winning the prestigious 1958 Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, 𝗩𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗻 made his first appearances with the 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗴𝗼 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 on April 7 and 8, 1960, performing Brahms’ Second Piano Concerto with…