Vladimir Ashkenazy is not your average orchestra conductor. First of all, do not expect him to arrive on stage in the traditional formal coat and black tie. The coat may be there, but I think tight collars and he don’t get along, as he prefers a white turtleneck, on stage and elsewhere as well! His style of conducting is equally individual. As opposed to the stiff ramrod school of conducting, Ashkenazy gets his entire body into the act, conveying nuances of the score in front of him with… Continue