The three young winners were all foreigners, and each conducted in a distinctive styleThe Athlete, The Professor. The Sailor. They were the prize trophies of the most elaborate conductor-hunt ever staged, and when they closed the second Dimitri Mitropoulos International Music Competition at Carnegie Hall last week, the vigor and variety of their art made the contest's logarithmic complexity seem thoroughly worthwhile.
Elephant Ears. The winners arrived in New York last month with 55 other conductors who had survived auditions held throughout the world. Only seven were American, but all were tempted by the competition's rich prizes: for the three...
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