After he had spent the first three years in New York as associate conductor, at Toscanini's invitation, of the NBC Orchestra, he made numerous guest appearances throughout the United States and Latin America.

It was recorded in her presence on October 21, 1958, at Decca's Pythian Temple, with Dick Jacob, Coral-Brunswick's new head of Artists and Repertoire, serving as both producer and conductor of the 18-piece orchestra, which included members of the New York Symphony Orchestra, NBC Television's house orchestra and Abraham " Boomie " Richman, formerly of Benny Goodman's band.

This French supported production with John Eliot Gardiner, conductor, and his Orchestra was directed by Jean Louis Martinoty.

The leading figure of the double bass in the early 20th century was Serge Koussevitzky, best known as conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, who popularized the double bass in modern times as a solo instrument.

Kaye's ability with an orchestra was brought up by Dimitri Mitropoulos, who was then the conductor of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra.

* Mehli Mehta, Father of Zubin, violinist and founding conductor of the Bombay Symphony Orchestra.

* 1899 – Carlos Chávez, Mexican composer, conductor, theorist, educator, and journalist, founded the Mexican Symphonic Orchestra ( d. 1978 )

* 1948 – Pinchas Zukerman, Israeli violinist and conductor ( National Arts Centre Orchestra )

* 1941 – Riccardo Muti, Italian conductor ( Chicago Symphony Orchestra )

* 1893 – Eugene Aynsley Goossens, English conductor and composer ( Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra ) ( d. 1962 )

During that year, legendary conductor Arturo Toscanini made his first of ten TV appearances conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra, and Texaco Star Theater, starring comedian Milton Berle, became television's first gigantic hit show.

** Renowned Italian conductor Arturo Toscanini makes his television debut, conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra in an all-Wagner program.

* December 25 – At the age of 70, legendary conductor Arturo Toscanini conducts the NBC Symphony Orchestra on radio for the first time, beginning his successful 17-year tenure with that orchestra.

* December 6 – With the NBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Arturo Toscanini performs what he claims is his favorite Beethoven symphony, Eroica, for the last time.

* Concierto para Bandoneón – Tres Tangos with the Orchestra of St. Luke's, Lalo Schifrin ( conductor ), Princeton University ( 1987 )

" In addition, Moore collaborated with the conductor Sir Georg Solti to create a 1991 television series, Orchestra !, which was designed to introduce audiences to the symphony orchestra.

* Brass band – Stephen Roberts, associate conductor of the English Symphony Orchestra, transcribed the entire suite for brass band.

In September 2011, Emerson began working with the renowned conductor Terje Mikkelsen, along with the Keith Emerson Band featuring Marc Bonilla and The Munich Radio Orchestra on new orchestral renditions of ELP classics and their new compositions.

In 1990 Menuhin was the first conductor for the Asian Youth Orchestra which toured around Asia, including Japan, Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong with Julian Lloyd Webber and a group of young talented musicians from all over Asia.

During his boyhood Strauss attended orchestra rehearsals of the Munich Court Orchestra, and he also received private instruction in music theory and orchestration from an assistant conductor there.

He happened to meet Leopold Stokowski, conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra since 1912, at Chasen's restaurant in Hollywood, and talked about his plans for the short.

Roy E. Disney, the nephew of Walt, co-produced Fantasia 2000 which entered production in 1990 and features seven new segments performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra with conductor James Levine.

The music was performed by the Vitaphone Orchestra, led by conductor David Mendoza.

However, the original version as written by Dvořák has been championed by conductor Denis Vaughan, who performed it for the first time on 17 May 2005 with the London Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall, London.

* EMI Classics: Elisabeth Söderström, Robert Tear, Thomas Allen ; CBSO Chorus ; Boys of Christ Church Cathedral Oxford ; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra ; Sir Simon Rattle, conductor

* 1908 – Kurt Eichhorn, German conductor ( d. 1994 )

* 1908 – Percy Faith, Canadian composer, conductor, and bandleader ( d. 1976 )

* 1908 – Johnny Green, American songwriter, arranger and conductor ( d. 1989 )

* 1844 – Paul Taffanel, French flute player and conductor ( d. 1908 )

** Gustav Ernesaks, Estonian composer and a choir conductor ( b. 1908 )

** Walter Slaughter, English composer and conductor ( d. 1908 )

* July 16 – Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor ( b. 1908 )

By 1898 he was principal conductor at La Scala, where he remained until 1908, returning as Music Director, 1921 – 1929.

In 1908 Paul Lincke became principal conductor and composer for the Metropol Theater, whose pompous spectacular revues were the capital ’ s biggest attraction.

Great and influential conductors of the middle 20th century like Leopold Stokowski ( 1882 – 1977 ), Otto Klemperer ( 1885 – 1973 ), Herbert von Karajan ( 1908 – 1989 ) and Leonard Bernstein ( 1918 – 1990 ) – incidentally, the first American conductor to attain greatness and international fame – had widely varied techniques.

Toscanini served as the Met's principal conductor ( but with no official title ) from 1908 to 1915, leading the company in performances of Verdi, Wagner and others that set standards for the company for decades to come.

He was also conductor of the Liverpool Orchestral Society with which he premiered Delius's Brigg Fair on 18 January 1908.

Karel Ančerl ( 11 April 1908 – 3 July 1973 ), was a Czech conductor, known for his performances of contemporary music and for his interpretations of music by Czech composers.

Kurt Peter Eichhorn ( August 4, 1908 – June 29, 1994 ), was a German conductor.

In April 1912, Boulanger made her debut as a conductor, leading the Société des Matinées Musicales orchestra in her 1908 cantata La Sirène, two of her songs and then Pugno's Concertstück for piano and orchestra with the composer as soloist.

Oscar Hammerstein I ( left ) with conductor Cleofonte Campanini in New York 1908.

* Karel Ančerl ( 1908 – 1973 ), conductor of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and Toronto Symphony Orchestra

* Percy Faith ( 1908 – 1976 ), Canadian-born bandleader, orchestrator, composer and conductor

His first symphony of 1905 is from this time, and it is with this work that Casella made his debut as a conductor when he led the symphony's premiere in Monte Carlo in 1908.

Gustav Ernesaks ( 12 December 1908 in Peningi, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire – 24 January 1993 in Tallinn, Estonia ) was an Estonian composer and a choir conductor.

* Herbert von Karajan ( 1908 – 1989 ), Austrian conductor, great-grandson of Theodor von Karajan

Nicholas Goldschmidt, ( born December 6, 1908, Tavikovice, Moravia ( Czechoslovakia ); died February 8, 2004, Toronto ) was a Canadian conductor, administrator, teacher, performer, music festival entrepreneur and artistic director.

From 1908 he was principal conductor of the New Symphony Orchestra ( known as the Royal Albert Hall Orchestra between about 1915 and 1928 ), with which he began to make records in 1909.

* Albert Dietrich ( 1829 – 1908 ), German composer and conductor

He studied at the Paris Conservatoire and made his debut as a conductor in 1908 at the Théâtre des Arts.