The Superfluous Conductor A Zeneakadémia saját szervezésű programja

What is a viola doing in the orchestra if it rarely gets a melody and it does not play the bass either? Why is a conductor needed when sometimes the orchestra gets along fine without him? What is the role of the score in classical music when many music cultures (folk music, jazz, Gregorian, etc.) managed and still manage without it? What do opera directors do and would they be missed by the singers and audience if they were not there? The Liszt Academy series for young people seeks answers to these and many other questions. For the second time Dávid Dinya, doctoral student at the Liszt Academy, and the Divisi Chamber Orchestra guide young people through the mysteries of the work of conductors. We learn about the sort of problems that arise in an orchestral rehearsal, what the baton is used for, how an orchestra becomes a single instrument, why a conductor must have an insight into psychology, and why a symphony orchestra cannot be operated along purely democratic lines. And at the end of the day the conclusion, naturally, is that the conductor is far from superfluous in classical music.