Franz Welser-Möst, a very special kind of a conductor

Recently, I came across a very impressive documentary film on Youtube about the Austrian star conductor Franz Welser-Möst. who became chief conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra in 2002, and who is now also appointed chief music director (Generalmusikdirektor) of the Vienna Opera. The main reason why this documentation is very impressive, is because Welser-Möst is a really special kind of character that is extremely rare among top-level conductors. His very unpretentious and natural working approach which definitely comes from his very humble and natural personality, is extremely exceptional in the top-level conducting league where there are usually more egoful and more or less eccentric maestros. Welser-Möst is totally different in this aspect, yet still his musical work is on a very high musical and professional level. The documentation itself is in English, Franz Welser-Möst talks in German though with subtitles.

But, see yourself:

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