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.
Some offer their services as porters in the nearby Ikoyi business district; others work as conductors aboard the city's distinctive yellow minibus taxis.
In 1975 77 he was chorus master of the Glyndebourne Festival Opera, after which he worked as resident conductor (1977 89) at the San Francisco Opera.
He has also worked as a conductor with orchestras and opera companies, and in June 2004 made his debut with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center.
(Midgette) 'THE MUSIC OF IGNACE STRASFOGEL' (Thursday) He studied with the formidable modernist Franz Schreker in Weimar Berlin and later worked as a conductor and coach at the Met.
After spending a few years as a professional violinist, Jansons worked as a conductor in Leningrad, where he took over his father's old job and spent a while "getting out from under his shadow".
Glen Holmes, 42, of Los Angeles, who has worked as a conductor for the Union Pacific railroad for the last three years, initially failed the railroad's color-vision test but then passed the field test.
After graduating in 1928, Mr. Taussig worked as a conductor and coach in a number of theaters, from Finland through Germany and even to Istanbul, but Vienna remained home base.
"That's why it's so weird," said Alex Ruiz, 30, who has worked as a conductor for three years and who walked out of the complex yesterday morning after a shift.
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.
