Few of the performers are household names, although they include the violinist Salvatore Accardo and the conductor Colin Davis.

(Besides Adolf, the family included Fritz, the conductor, and Herman, the cellist.)

Other recipients of the award include the film director Billy Wilder and the conductor Loren Maazel.

His "support group" includes the conductor, Daniel Bonneville, who says he can sympathize.

His teachers included the composer Henry Cowell and the conductor Pierre Monteux.

Orchestral auditions are typically held in front of a panel that includes the conductor, the Concertmaster, and a number of Principal players from the orchestra.

In the late part of his career, his students included the film composer James Newton Howard and the conductor Charles Barber.

Topics he did plan to have discussed before the week was through included the conductor as football coach.

His students included the conductor and composer Anthony Bernard and the composer Eric Fogg.

The couple's grandsons include the conductor Steuart Bedford and the composer David Bedford.