conductors

2025 International Conductors Guild Conference

The 50th International Conductors Guild Conference is set to take place in London from 2-5 January 2025.

Insiders Anonymous: The conductor of amateur orchestras

It’s easy for conductors starting their careers to regard amateur orchestras as a step en route to the inevitable glory of the Berlin Philharmonic. Some people probably don’t even consider conducting amateurs a possibility. But I cut my teeth with this early on and I started to realise that I enjoyed it more than conducting professionals.