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News that Jonathan Nott - who has transformed the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra in the 15 years he's been its principal conductor - is to start a new job with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande in Geneva in 2017 (his contract ends in Bamberg next year), brings with it the coincidence of a planned new hall for the Swiss orchestra, replacing the Suisse Romande's current home, the Victoria Hall.
The wonder material graphene – a lightweight conductor 200 times stronger than steel – was discovered by scientists in Manchester, and yet the thousand-plus registered patents harnessing it in China, America and South Korea are matched by only a few dozen in Britain.
Long-distance buses in Ethiopia mostly leave at five or six o'clock in the morning (which confusingly is 11 or 12 o'clock Ethiopian time) and for the price of a ticket, government-run buses throw in an elaborate pre-departure ritual including a procession around the bus, led by the conductor.
Born a slave in Maryland, she fled the brutality of the fields in 1849 before finding finding fame as a "conductor " on the Underground Railroad, helping her family - and hundreds of other slaves - to freedom in the North.
The Routemaster II will also bring the return of the conductor , to oversee the use of the much-vaunted open platform.
On-train staff could do more and we need to have a debate about what the future role of a conductor should be, with a change of emphasis from operational to commercial.
I'd be quite happy to hand over responsibility for opening and closing doors to the driver if it can be done safely, allowing the conductor to get on with passenger assistance.
On July 10 renowned conductor Sir Edward Downes and his wife Lady Joan died together in the Zurich clinic which has helped more than 115 people from the UK to commit suicide since it was founded in 1998.
I don't know if it was conductor Thomas Blunt's sensual speeds or not, but I found myself hearing just how much Verdi gently parodies Wagner in his music.
And of course there is music: the Terezín Orchestra plays, under the baton of its founder and conductor , Karel Ancerl.
It was the first concert hall of its kind, with the orchestra and the conductor in the centre of the room, and since then many other places have been built and conceived after this model of the Berlin Philharmonic.
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The word "conductor" functions primarily as a noun . It can refer to a person who leads a musical ensemble, a material that transmits electricity or heat, or a person who guides passengers on public transport. Ludwig AI confirms its correct usage in various contexts.
Expression frequency: Very common
