There is something endearingly old-fashioned about the way Mr. Slatkin has emerged as America's most successful and ubiquitous conductor under the age of 50.

And he was a successful American conductor at a time when American conductors were not looked at so seriously.

Her son from, Laszló Imre, became a successful conductor.

It does seem a paradox for a successful conductor to be the person proposing a split between the concert hall and new music.

You don't go to successful conductors and say, 'Can I tell you how to do your job?'

His own son, Mats Liljefors, is a successful conductor and violinist.

But Mr. Previn, who was a successful conductor and composer in his 40's, traveled frequently.

His son, Joseph Hawthorne, was a successful orchestral conductor.

The rehearsal mantra among successful conductors is "Don't waste time," especially in America, where unions allow only so much of it.

In later years he would become the successful conductor of one of Australia's most popular big bands as well as being a prolific film and television composer.