|  | The conductor Lisa Xanthopoulou has enchanted music lovers. As a woman in a male-dominated profession, she has encountered many difficulties and has been able to succeed only with a great deal of work......Music lovers gave them a standing ovation. |
|  | |  | ...Actually, conducting is a matter of co-ordination and of service – the conductor serves the orchestra. He is not the powerful tyrant so often portrayed. But the myth persists. And it transforms itself: if someone today were to trample on an orchestra like Furtwängler, I believe few would choose him as a principal conductor. The attitude of the orchestra has changed. |
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