Thursday 21 May, 15:00

The Art of Conducting

Zofia Kiniorska, assistant conductor of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, presents her experience directing ensembles and the practical and symbolic aspects of conducting within a professional orchestra.

She examines the coded gestures, score interpretation and the conductor–musician dialogue, illustrating subtleties of phrasing, dynamics and tempo with the help of an OSR musician. The session investigates how gestures shape collective interpretation and the choices that reveal a work’s character.

Place des Trois-Perdrix 5,
1204 Genève
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Photo Credit: M. Dougados

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