The concertmaster traditionally plays a leadership role with any orchestra - guiding the violins, the orchestra's largest section, and is crucial to the overall ensemble's cohesiveness and esprit de corps - perhaps the most visible figure after the conductor. "More than any other musician, the concertmaster shapes the persona of an orchestra," said Alan Gilbert, the New York Philharmonic's music director. Around th…
SOURCE: Houston Chronicle at 06:18PM on April 8, 2015