An exploration of the orchestra conductor role history and artistic power behind shaping live symphonic music.

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The heartbeat of any orchestra is the conductor. The conductor sets the tone for the members and their music, and the Philadelphia Orchestra has a new assistant conductor, Naomi ...

Smart performed seven orchestral pieces with the students as guest artist and leader, all without a conductor. The repertoire ...

The Columbus Symphony Orchestra has selected four candidates to serve as finalists in the search for its next music director. Each of the candidates are vying to replace South Bend’s Josh Aerie, who ...

CLEVELAND — Rising Japanese-American conductor Taichi Fukumura has been tapped as The Cleveland Orchestra's next assistant conductor, the ensemble announced Wednesday. Fukumura, the music director of ...

Amid cancellations and turmoil, the National Symphony Orchestra is planning to stay. “I cannot make everybody happy,” its ...

Conductor Giancarlo Guerrero lives for music — pulling the best out of every player in an orchestra in the most dramatic way. Guerrero has traveled the world performing. Recently, he sat down with CBS ...

Ron Davis Álvarez stood on a train platform in Stockholm, stunned by what he saw. The Venezuelan orchestra conductor was visiting Sweden as part of a university exchange program. He’d expected his ...

The Cliburn international piano competition based in Fort Worth is teaming up with Rice University's Shepherd School of Music ...

The Philadelphia Orchestra and Music and Artistic Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin have unveiled the 2026–27 season—Nézet-Séguin ...

Diane Wittry will conclude her 33-year tenure leading the orchestra when she conducts her final concert in the fall of 2027.