conductor, music director, director

the person who leads a musical group

• bandleader — the leader of a dance band
• bandmaster — the conductor of a band
• drum major — the leader of a marching band or drum corps
• drum majorette — a female drum major
• Bernstein, Leonard Bernstein — United States conductor and composer (1918-1990)
• Britten, Benjamin Britten, Edward Benjamin Britten, Lord Britten of Aldeburgh — major English composer of the 20th century; noted for his operas (1913-1976)
• Fiedler, Arthur Fiedler — popular United States conductor (1894-1979)
• Hindemith, Paul Hindemith — German neoclassical composer and conductor who believed that music should have a social purpose (1895-1963)
• Koussevitzky, Serge Koussevitzky, Sergei Aleksandrovich Koussevitzky — United States conductor (born in Russia) who was noted for performing the works of contemporary composers (1874-1951)
• Lambert, Constant Lambert, Leonard Constant Lambert — English composer and conductor (1905-1951)
• Mahler, Gustav Mahler — Austrian composer and conductor (1860-1911)
• Ormandy, Eugene Ormandy — United States conductor (born in Hungary) (1899-1985)
• Ozawa, Seiji Ozawa — United States conductor (born in Japan in 1935)
• Stokowski, Leopold Stokowski, Leopold Antoni Stanislaw Stokowski — United States conductor (born in Britain) (1882-1977)
• Szell, George Szell — United States conductor (born in Hungary) (1897-1970)
• Toscanini, Arturo Toscanini — Italian conductor of many orchestras worldwide (1867-1957)
• Walter, Bruno Walter — German conductor (1876-1962)
• Weber, Carl Maria von Weber, Baron Karl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber — German conductor and composer of Romantic operas (1786-1826)
• Wood, Sir Henry Wood, Sir Henry Joseph Wood — English conductor (1869-1944)

• musician — artist who composes or conducts music as a profession