conductor

C837
concept

A conductor is an individual who directs the performance of an orchestra, choir, or other musical ensemble by guiding tempo, dynamics, and expression to unify the musicians’ interpretation of a piece.

All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
conductor canonical 623
bandleader 549
orchestral conductor 130

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: conductor
Generated description
A conductor is an individual who directs the performance of an orchestra, choir, or other musical ensemble by guiding tempo, dynamics, and expression to unify the musicians’ interpretation of a piece.

Instances (1,267)

Instance Via concept surface
Tom Malone bandleader
George Clinton bandleader
Roy Hargrove bandleader
Stan Kenton bandleader
Andre Kostelanetz
Ken Darby
David Amram
Alexander Hilsberg
Herbert von Karajan orchestral conductor
Kenny Burrell bandleader
Manos Hadjidakis
Louis Langrée
Jesús López-Cobos
Paavo Järvi
Germaine Franco
Maxim Vengerov
Itzhak Perlman
Bitter
surface form: John Bitter
Eugene Goossens
Mulgrew Miller bandleader
Ayers
surface form: Roy Ayers
bandleader
Émile Waldteufel
Ron Goodwin
Howard Blake
John Scott
Gianandrea Noseda
Coppola family
surface form: Carmine Coppola
Billy Eckstine bandleader
Dudley Simpson
Jay Blackton
Ilya Musin orchestral conductor
David Campbell
Aspi Balsara bandleader
Miles Davis bandleader
W. C. Handy bandleader
Schippers
surface form: Thomas Schippers
Captain Beefheart bandleader
Theodore Thomas orchestral conductor
Frederick Stock orchestral conductor
Rafael Kubelík
Nicola Rescigno orchestral conductor
Jean Martinon
Pete Fountain bandleader
Lionel Hampton bandleader
Max Roach bandleader
Billy May bandleader
Graham Parker bandleader
Coleman Hawkins bandleader
Walter Scharf
Peter Matz