Three robotic arms stand on the podium, each with a glowing baton in their hand-like apparatuses. The creature has been tasked with conducting the world-renowned Dresden Symphony Orchestra in a ...

The guest conducting scene is also drawing attention ... music and to the orchestras that have entrusted them with their ...

Beyond the Baton: A Conductor's Journey is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet ...

When Efrem Zimbalist, aged 12, was the youngest member of a Russian opera orchestra, he won two rubles one day at rehearsal by taking a baton and conducting a score from memory. After a rich ...

This March, for Women’s History Month, acclaimed conductor Marin Alsop is using a purple baton to draw attention and advocate ...