是否有觀察過，在一場音樂會中，全場只有一個人背對觀眾，拿著指揮棒，帶領整個樂隊跟著自己的呼吸節奏，而完成完美演出-就是指揮家的工作～今天邀請到旅法的指揮家廖元宏，至節目中分享自己於海外的演出及比賽經驗。在奧地利學習期間元宏申請貸款留學，後來也順利得到教育部的公費留學獎學金，成為台灣第一位以指揮家申請獎學金成功案例，今天節目當中將會分享申請海外獎學金的小撇步喔！以及旅居海外的音樂之旅會發生什麼有趣的故事呢？
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主題：What a conductor actually do? (指揮家的工作)
如果你看過交響樂演出，你一定對指揮家不陌生，究竟這個總是背對觀眾，手舞足蹈陶醉在音樂裡的人扮演什麼樣的角色呢？讓我們一起了解吧！
The conductor is one of classical music’s most recognizable figures – but what exactly are they doing up there?
In a more mundane way, we might think of conductors as the musical equivalent of sports team managers.
Convey an interpretation, the conductor is there to bring a musical score to life, communicating their own highly refined sense of the work through an individual language of gestures, which might sculpt the musical line, emphasize certain musical elements while controlling others.
A Conductor is a vital visual connection, the bridge between our eyes and the sense of what is happening in the music.
- conductor (n.) 指揮家
- recognizable (adj.) 有識別度的；標誌性的
- mundane (adj) 世俗的；平凡的
- equivalent of (phr.) 等同於⋯
- interpretation (n.) 闡釋；詮釋
- gesture (n.) 手勢
- sculpt (v.) 刻畫