For Hawai?i Public Radio’s 2018 Spring Fund Drive, listeners were invited to submit the names of their favorite conductors of classical music. The results were compiled and our classical music hosts, Gene Schiller, Judy Anderson, Ian Capps Craig De Silva, Howard Dicus, Louise King Lanzilotti, and John Kalani Zak, wrote and produced brief vignettes on the life and music of the Top Ten. We’ve listed them here in the order they were revealed on HPR-2 during the ten-day drive.
10. Keith Lockhart
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9. George Szell
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MaestrosSzell_mixdown.mp3
Maestro_Szell2_mixdown.mp3
8. Eugene Ormandy
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Maestros-Ormandy_mixdown.mp3
Maestros_Ormandy2_mixdown.mp3
7. Arturo Toscanini
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Maestros_Toscanini_mixdown.mp3
MaestrosToscanini2_mixdown.mp3
6. Gustavo Dudamel
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Maestros-Dudamel_mixdown.mp3
Maestro_Dudamel2_mixdown.mp3
5. Leopold Stokowski
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Maestros-Stokowski_mixdown.mp3
MaestrosStokowski2_mixdown.mp3
4. Georg Solti
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Maestros-Solti_mixdown.mp3
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3. Seiji Ozawa
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Maestro_Ozawa_mixdown.mp3
Maestros_Ozawa2_mixdown.mp3
2. Leonard Bernstein
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Maestros_Bernstein1_mixdown.mp3
Maestros_Bernstein2_mixdown.mp3
1. JoAnn Falletta
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Maestros_Falletta1_mixdown.mp3
Maestros_Falletta2_mixdown.mp3