1.   It has no permanent music director, but Anton Nanut is the leading Slovenian conductor and has made most of the recordings.

2.   During her career, she worked with such leading conductors as Wilhelm Furtwaengler, Herbert von Karajan, Erich Kleiber, Karl Boehm, James Levine and Giuseppe Sinopoli.

3.   During her career, she worked with such leading conductors as Wilhelm Furtwaengler, Herbert von Karajan, Erich Kleiber, Karl Boem, James Levine and Giuseppe Sinopoli.

4.   He fired leading conductor Yevgeny Svetlanov from a government orchestra for spending too much time conducting overseas.

5.   So began a glittering international career in which he has performed with leading conductors and orchestras all over the world.

6.   Stader rarely appeared in operas, instead concentrating on concerts, and was sought out by leading conductors including Bruno Walter and Herbert von Karajan.

7.   The late Leonard Bernstein was among leading conductors who valued the Philharmonic as possibly the finest orchestra in the world.