Lawrence Loh has been named the new musical director and conductor of the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra and will make his first appearance in Parkersburg on Sunday at 3 p.m. at Blennerhassett School, which serves as the second home for the symphony orchestra. (Photo provided) PARKERSBURG – The new music …

Robots can do a lot of things: they can sing at funerals, swim, guide you through airports, and even dance to a Guinness World Record. Now a robot called YuMi made his debut as a conductor in Italy, leading an orchestra and famous Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli in three pieces …

Andrew S. Hughes Stilian Kirov started his career as a pianist, not as a conductor. But one day, during a rehearsal break with an orchestra in his native Bulgaria which had hired him as guest soloist, he left his piano and approached the conductor’s podium. “(I) hit the stick,” he …