He made an unplanned public debut as a conductor when he was sixteen.

He wished more than anything else to make his name as a composer of concert music and a conductor on the international circuit.

In 1842, he began making a name as a composer of comic operas and as a conductor.

He made cameo appearances in all three Godfather films as a conductor.

Soon after, Herrmann began to make a name for himself, in a small way, as a conductor.

Later he made successful concert tours as a conductor of his own works.

"It is asking a lot to make your Met debut as both a composer and a conductor," she said.

In 1985 he made his début as a conductor, in Minneapolis.

There he learned music as a teenager and made his debut as a professional conductor in 1942, when he was only 17 years old.

In 1985 Howard Shelley made his professional debut as a conductor.