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    Perfect team-players: why orchestras reflect the best of us, and how they should reflect us back

    Jun 01, 2022 3 minutes

    When I was a young conductor stricken with impostor syndrome, my greatest fear was conducting anything by Mozart. As a child, his music had been a lifesaver; he was my confidant, my best friend. And for many years I avoided conducting this most treasured music out of fear that I’d ruin it for myself, and him.

    In my early 30s, I made my conducting debut at Carnegie Hall in New York with the Orchestra of St Luke’s and finally mustered the courage to take to the podium and conduct Mozart’s Symphony No 40. I

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