Conducting Basics by Yuri Simonov
By Sasha Mäkilä on Friday 20 July 2007, 11:39 - Permalink
Amongs many other good things, we received on the Yuri Simonov master class a memo of some very basic things you should/should not do while conducting. He wrote it originally in Russian, so this new translation (thanks Nima!) hopefully is a little bit more accurate on some points than the one we got on the master class.
It would be wonderful to get some comments on the memo - both from the master class participants, who can point any inaccuracies in the text, and from anyone else interested in conducting. This list actually does not concern so much the actual process of conducting (which is a highly complicated matter!), but is more about acting in a professional manner while on the podium. Feel free to comment!