Who is the best conductor? A special competition on the art of conducting

A special look into a week-long Antonio Pedrotti International Conducting Competition, nerve-wracking competition in which about 130 young people from all over the world, take part and of which one is to be crowned best conductor by an international jury led by Maestro Gustav Kuhn.
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In "One Minute for Conductors" we see the preparations of five finalists, their love of music and the complex art of conducting. The beady-eyed jury follows every participant’s gesture and movement, who panics about blackouts, or a poorly rehearsed piece of music. Interviews are intercut with footage of the competition. The calm, soothing sounds of the classical compositions contrast more and more starkly with the rising tensions in the run-up to the final.

[@hetedeleambacht6608]

what a beautiful documentary. Enjoyed it a lot. Thank you.

[@SnuSnu91]

The japanese guy has a lot of positive energy. Wonderful person

[@cashwill7119]

I know I am kinda randomly asking but does anybody know a good site to watch new movies online?

[@christinestill5002]

I am not a musician but every good one I've watched, Solti, Barenboim, Bernstein etc. keeps the beat w/ at least one hand for most of the piece & gives other signs, "quieter", softer, more staccato etc with the other, his face etc.& I see musicians checking w/ the conductor often. Yes, this Japanese man seems very good (before I know the winner) (the one who smiled a lot).

[@frogmouth]

Hothouse competition . The chance to make mistakes doesn't seem to be there. It seems a good way of picking the most precocious talent not the way to grow sensitivity talent . Reminded me of cooking competitions.

[@srothbardt]

Listen to Bernstein talk about what Reiner wanted the conducting students he taught at Curtis to do. It’s in a video in which Lenny is interviewed after receiving an award at the Kennedy Center. There’s a good one with Copland being interviewed, also, probably around the same time.

[@cool0432]

I loved the whole video. I could related more to "Hikaru Ebihara" thought on music, I believe the point of the orchestra is to enjoy the interplay of Melody, Harmony and Rhythm. At the end of the day, its serious i know, but it should be an experience i.e. either happy or sad ( what the composer tried to covey in the piece) and most of all enjoy. Even if there was no one winner, I would say, all were fabulous.

[@richardrichard6841]

Ill be a conductor in the next life. I swear.

[@buzzinbenny]

I have no idea how I got here

[@pitinr.935]

1:13:40 cool warm up

[@ingjpoy]

35:00 so, were you rushing or were you dragging? ... alv :)

[@nethanproductions]

WHY DIDN'T THEY GIVE FIRST PRIZE AHHHHHH

[@victoriazhadko4645]

This is a tipical italian tradition)))

[@PikkaBite]

Trento!

[@rodneyboateng4835]

Damn...………. the Japanese dude is good. Am so impressed

[@pega17pl]

What is the level of participants? Still stdents? - Heinz

[@neilvaron]

its such a shame that conducting as an art is so misunderstood. Most of these, even the most talented, would have conducted exactly the same because all of there gestures had been ingrained and memorized in muscle memory. Whereas the experienced conductor spends every waking moment in front of the orchestra, listening and trying to find a gesture to motivate, enhance, and move everyone in the composers direction. Its not that one has to be the personality of the composer, you achieve the best results being yourself, but you are the vessel, if the right energy doesnt flow through you, you are pretty much done. This brings back moments of my youth. It is a tough profession, and pinning your hopes on 10 minutes of time is sheer folly and can be really deceptive and destructive. I am one of the lucky ones who ended up conducting his entire life in Germany for a living, and director of orchestral studies at a major international institute. My present students are assistants at the Philadelphia Orchestra, Dallas Symphony, Jacksonville, and Utah symphony. They no longer have to go through this stress.

[@laurencelevine3955]

I’ll answer the question: Arturo Toscanini.

[@user-be2jj7hy2r]

1:14:19 1:16:27

[@ingjpoy]

11:03 OMG ! .... Lang Lang is competing...

[@barney6888]

I am the greatest conductor.

[@tataki4664]

conductorschool

[@pega17pl]

Maestro Gustav Kuhn hat seinen schlechten Ruf wohl nicht zu Unrecht. - Heinz

[@TheMajortanner]

"Some are technically good but culturally not so good". Asians in the Western cultural sphere have been putting up with this attitude for a long time. Classical music has a long ways to go if it has any hope of surviving well into the future.

[@isaiahtricemusic]

1:00:35 on a few minutes just shows how goofy conducting has become...

[@ostrol1590]

? What do you mean. She's right, of course. It's a highly subjective field. Aren't all arts?

[@tzwola]

Don't you think that jury is discussing kind of amateur things? Conducting without a score... it has nothing to do with understanding a piece and making music. Tempo is an extremely subjective thing. There are many ways-based on knowledge-to choose the "right" tempo, but a statement "is was extremely fast" is highly unprofessional, isn't it? Funny thing to see how competitions might work. It seems that it's pointless to learn and present valuable interpretations since there's only a few people how can understand and appreciate it 😞😞 so disappointing 😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@marcfranke4254]

Der Kuhn.... 😨😤 sitzt der immer noch nicht hinter Gittern, der alte Gauner ?

[@kirksmith1534]

Seriously?

[@TheMusterion76]

"I don't like Wagner because his nazi conviction" ok

[@lyolevrich]

that’s was amazing!

[@andreysimeonov8356]

Poor guys, they still cannot realize that conducting as a performing art has for long ago been technically in a comatose death.