To wave a little stick and hope the orchestra actually pays attention to what s/he is doing. To teach them phrasing, to help keep them together. To see what the orchestra overlooks.
how many concert orchestras are there playing a Western style of classical music
Another term for conductor is Maestro.
It means new "classical" music, that is to say concert music, symphonies, operas, etc., that is written by living composers.
The Trans-Siberian Orchestra plays neo-classical music.
Apart from conducting an orchestra or a choir at a concert, the conductor helps them to rehearse the music several times before the concert to help everyone to understand the music and how to play - and sing it - it as well as possible, so that it sounds great for the audience at the concert.
a conductor conducts a train ,while a music director directs a concert or musical.
Perhaps you are referring to Alexandra Sasha Kozlov. She is an American-born concert pianist, who has also trained as a conductor. Ms. Kozlov's work as a pianist has won her both domestic and international acclaim in the classical music world.
A Rokoko music or galante! An early classical music. If you want you can listen to his cello concert c minor on youtube.But that concert its probably not even wrote by him. Thi concert is spurious by Henri Casadesus. And its original is highly doubt.
The conductor can be introduced as the coordinator in an orchestra. He/she generally instructs the performers how the piece should be played at the concert performance. A conductor should have a vivid knowledge about the composers and music, as well as the instruments.
It's the "Tryouts Theme" from the movie Rudy, composed by Jerry Goldsmith.
That might be Peter Schickele who created the character of P.D.Q. Bach.
Maestro is the usual reference to the Conductor of the orchestra. Maestro roughly means "Master" ... the orchestral conductor is the master of the orchestra leading them through the pieces they play.