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Thursday, 20 April 2006

Topic: CONDUCTOR
The big smile speaks volumes: Herbert Blomstedt is a happy man. After all, he is conductor laureate of no fewer than six orchestras, including such esteemed ensembles as the Gewandhaus Orchestra of Leipzig, the Dresden State Orchestra and the San Francisco Symphony.
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Tuesday, 18 April 2006

For Rostropovich, conducting is link to friends' past
Now Playing: International Herald Tribune, Tue, 18 Apr 2006 3:26 PM PDT
Topic: CONDUCTOR
In recent years, this titan of the cello has expanded his work as a conductor, drawing deeply on his close relationships with composers, including three of the major figures of the 20th century: Shostakovich, Prokofiev and Britten.
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Wednesday, 12 April 2006

Topic: CONDUCTOR
Leonard Slatkin will step in for an ailing Richard Hickox for Pittsburgh Symphony concerts on April 21, 22, and 23, the orchestra announced.
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Saturday, 8 April 2006

Topic: CONDUCTOR
The Boston Symphony Orchestra should create a title for
Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos
Favorite Guest Conductor might do.
The eminent Spanish maestro was back last night
to celebrate Mozart's 250th birthday
with an all-Mozart program that featured violinist
Gil Shaham as soloist in the Fifth Violin Concerto.
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Friday, 7 April 2006

Topic: CONDUCTOR
Conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim is to
launch a campaign against Muzak - the
background music which for many has become the
inescapable soundtrack to daily life.
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Thursday, 6 April 2006

Topic: CONDUCTOR
Walter Weller knows a thing or two about Brahms. As concertmaster and later conductor of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, he was at the head of a tradition of playing his music that dates back well over a century to the composer himself and the first performances of the symphonies.
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"This will be fine."
Topic: CONDUCTOR
Such is the vote of confidence from Leonard Slatkin to his National Symphony Orchestra - heard so frequently in years past that the abbreviated version, TWBF, became his nickname.
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Tuesday, 4 April 2006

Topic: CONDUCTOR
Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart makes a special appearance for two performances honoring his mentor Erich Kunzel's 40- year association with the Cincinnati Pops.
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Topic: CONDUCTOR
Pinchas Zukerman is unexpectedly cutting short his controversial sabbatical to return for the final concerts of the National Arts Centre Orchestra's 2005-2006 season. In a letter mailed to subscribers yesterday, the 57-year-old maestro said he was ending his break more than a month sooner than originally planned, "to lead our wonderful NAC Orchestra" in performances May 11-12 and 17-18.
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Sunday, 2 April 2006

Topic: CONDUCTOR
When Keith Lockhart auditioned for the job of assistant conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in 1990, he never dreamed that pops would be the direction his career would take.
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Friday, 31 March 2006

Topic: CONDUCTOR
The ring of plausible candidates for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra's music directorship is getting crowded. After Thursday nights DSO concert at Orchestra Hall, one could hardly do less than acknowledge the 36-year-old Dutch conductor Lawrence Renes as a very appealing nominee for the job
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Topic: CONDUCTOR
Conductor James Levine will open the Boston Symphony Orchestra's 2006-07 season on Sept. 29, after a shoulder injury kept him off the schedule for much of the current season, which ends in May.
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Topic: CONDUCTOR
Conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch, the former music director of the Philadelphia Orchestra, has retired permanently from the podium because of ill health, according to reports in the Italian media.
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Wednesday, 29 March 2006

Now Playing: St. Louis Symphony: Making musical history
Topic: CONDUCTOR
David Robertson is the conductor of the hour, and his concerts - particularly those that take place out of town - are closely watched by critics and industry mavens alike.
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Monday, 20 March 2006

Topic: CONDUCTOR
WORLD-famous pianist and conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy will be in Glasgow next month to accept a doctorate.
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