A '''conductor''' is a person who leads an [[orchestra]]. Originally the person responsible for keeping time in an orchestra was not an older instrumentalist, usually a [[percussion|percussionist]], who could no longer play his instrument at a high level. As music got more complicated, conductors became responsible for more things. Conductors usually direct the music in terms of dynamics and volume balance between instruments or between passages.
Famous conductors, past and present, include [[Daniel Barenboim]], [[Paul Phillips]], [[Antonio Baptista]], [[Riccardo Chailly]], [[Seiji Ozawa]], [[Arturo Toscanini]], [[Bruno Walter]], [[George Szell]], [[Giuseppe Sinopoli]], [[Sir Gerog Georg Solti]], [[Sir Neville Mariner]], and [[Sir Charles Mackerras]].
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