Sentence examples for activities as conductor from inspiring English sources

But whereas Boulez's activities as conductor and dirigeur of French musical culture kept him before the public eye, Stockhausen retreated from view.

Boulez's ever-increasing activities as a conductor from the 1960s onwards coincided with a distinct falling off in his activities as a composer.

But through his activities as a conductor and musical educator, his influence on musical life on both sides of the Atlantic has been incalculable, and arguably greater than that of any other musician of the last half century.

After activities as pianist, conductor, and music theory teacher, he moved in 1968 to Cologne, where he studied composition and electronic music until 1973, also studying sonology at Utrecht University from 1971-72.

But he seems to have thought that Hitler was some kind of agent of spiritual regeneration, and that the spreading Nazi conquests of 1939 to 1941 were all to the benefit of the nations overcome: this even though the annexation of Austria in 1938 had put an end to his activity as a conductor and to any hopes he had of hearing his music again, other than in neutral Switzerland.

Mr. Knussen has had a notably poor record of meeting commission deadlines, in part because of his increasing activities as a valued conductor of contemporary music.

Mendelssohn also became active as a conductor.

In the mid-1970s Ashkenazy became active as a conductor.

Stucky was active as a conductor, writer, lecturer and teacher.

He was active as a conductor of symphonies as well as of opera.

He also worked as a guest conductor or as conductor in residence for several orchestras and music festivals.