Sentence examples for work as conductor from inspiring English sources

The Russian pianist Mikhail Pletnev has been most widely known over the last decade for his work as conductor of the acclaimed Russian National Orchestra, which he founded in 1990.

"For the first 10 years, it was, you know, 'You give me half a bag of spaghetti and I'll give you a bucket of sand,' " said Francis Shaw, a composer best known for his work as conductor and orchestrator on the 1986 film "A Room With a View".

Last week, the multi-talented Thomas Adès was appointed artistic partner with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, a newly created post that allows him to showcase and premiere his own music, and expand on his work as conductor, chamber musician and lieder accompanist.

Lest listeners of a Mahlerian cast find the evening too short, preconcert lectures abound: David Pickett, the festival adviser, addresses separate Mahler topics tonight at 7 and tomorrow at 6, and Edward R. Reilly, another authority on the composer, discusses his work as conductor, tomorrow at 5. Tonight and tomorrow night at 8 30, Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington, (202) 467-4600.

Returning to Cambridge in the intervals of his studies in Germany, Stanford had resumed his work as conductor of CUMS.

Some offer their services as porters in the nearby Ikoyi business district; others work as conductors aboard the city's distinctive yellow minibus taxis.

Fischer-Dieskau ended his long career, during which he also worked as conductor and writer, with a farewell concert in Munich in 1992.

The Metropolitan Opera and the Juilliard School have agreed to pool their resources in a program for young opera singers, as well as pianists who hope to work as vocal accompanists or opera conductors, the two institutions announced Wednesday.

I recall some quite ineffective concerts he presented with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra during the 1980s, when his work both as conductor and pianist, leading Mozart concertos from the keyboard, was mannered, listless and overly plush.

As such, he has has often been compared to the hugely influential, recently deceased Frenchman Pierre Boulez, 10 years his senior: both worked as conductors, educators and essayists; musical philosopher kings.

Sullivan was by then thought to be a dull conductor of other composers' music, and although Stanford's work as a conductor was not without its critics, he was appointed in Sullivan's place.