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

Filmmaker Maggie Contreras was in her car, listening to NPR‘s “All Things Considered,” when she heard a report that piqued her interest. “The world of orchestra conducting is still dominated by men.

FILE - Conductor Franz Welser-Most leads the Cleveland Orchestra as The Cleveland Orchestra Opening Night Gala at Carnegie Hall's 116th season Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2006, at Carnegie Hall in New York.

The Arizona Symphony Orchestra will perform its spring concert at 7:30 p.m. on March 7. The concert will feature three conductors: Rogers Institute fellows Keitaro Harada and Jackson Warren, and the ...

Marin Alsop, 67, has been appointed as the principal guest conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra in the upcoming season. Alsop, the first woman to lead a top-level American orchestra, served as the ...

Praised by critics for “polished performances," Stilian Kirov will conduct The Syracuse Orchestra Masterworks concert “Brahms ...

Maurice Cohn will conduct The Syracuse Orchestra for two performances of “Inspired by Jazz” Jan. 10 and 11 at St. Paul’s ...

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 ...

RAPID CITY, S.D. — On Friday, Rapid City fourth grade students settled in at the Monument Fine Arts Theater to hear ...

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 ...

Gustavo Dudamel has been lured back onto the stage for his second encore. It’s Oct. 9, opening night of the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s 2022–23 season. As the crowd spots the conductor, the volume ...