Bolt, as an excellent conductor, has already shown his outstanding talent very early. As early as 19 15, he was the youngest conductor in the Liverpool Philharmonic Association at the age of 26. Later, in his amazing life, he enjoyed many artistic honors. For example, he was awarded the title of "Honorary Doctor of Music" by Edenborough University, and he was awarded a gold medal by the British Philharmonic Society. /kloc-0 was knighted by the British royal family in February, 1937, and became one of the few artists who enjoyed this honor.
After entering the 1960s, Bolt returned to the Royal Conservatory of Music as a professor. This time it's from 1962 to 1966. Later, he gradually withdrew from the music industry for health reasons. 1979 withdrew from the music industry.
Bolt is a student of conductor Nikisch, so he has been studying Nikisch's conducting art for many years, and he has a very unique view in this respect. In his view, Nikisch is a rare master in the history of conducting art. From a professional point of view, he is the conductor with the best baton technique and the simplest movement. He can be said to be a master with wonderful methods and magical charm in the training of bands and the handling of music. In this regard, Bolt has written about this many times. Because Nikisch was a conductor in the last century, he left few high-quality records for future generations (due to the imperfection of early recording technology). Therefore, Bolt's systematic exposition of Nikisch's conducting art is not only of historical significance, but also of practical significance.
Although Bolt is an English conductor, he studies music in Germany. His composer Max Leger is a typical German composer, and his conductor Nikisch is Hungarian, who is the pioneer of romantic conducting art. In this way, Bolt has received multi-style education from the beginning and absorbed this multi-style feature into himself, which is why he is good at conducting not only domestic composers' works, but also Russian composers. However, as an authentic British conductor, Bolt has a strong national character. Although he conducted a large number of composers of different nationalities in his life, he is still good at the works of British composers. When he was the permanent conductor of major symphony orchestras in Britain and the guest conductor of foreign orchestras, he always put the task of introducing and promoting the works of domestic composers in an important position. Many authoritative critics believe that his great support and help to English composers is his most outstanding contribution in his life. At the beginning of this century, some of the most famous English composers had good relations with him, among which elgar, Vaughan Williams and holst also became close friends with him in life. It is worth mentioning that holst's wonderful and complicated orchestral suite Planet was premiered by Bolt in 19 18.
In a sense, Bolt is also an objective conductor. He attaches great importance to grades. Before conducting a work, he always studied the score repeatedly and advocated loyalty to the original. He doesn't approve of the practice of freely exerting his imagination when he still has a little knowledge of the works. He believes that this practice "can certainly make the spirit of a few listeners feel happy, but it will not bring profound and energetic performances to the audience with sound thinking." He once said: "Maybe I express the meaning of the music score so accurately that I risk being said to be boring by others, but I will never decorate the music score with unnatural and excessive treatment, because this will lead to the basic idea of the work not being revealed." Bolt said so and did the same. Before preparing to rehearse a work, he always reads the score several times at a faster speed, especially remembering the musical features of the work, the balance of each part, the tonal structure and the climax of emotion and strength. For more complicated works and paragraphs, especially modernist works, he will first play the important and difficult points carefully on the piano several times to deepen his understanding and memory of the works. He is too serious.
Bolt is not only an excellent conductor, but also an excellent educator. He served as a conductor professor in royal academy of music twice in his life, and trained many talented young conductors. In years of teaching practice, he summed up a set of complete and valuable teaching experience. In order to cultivate the professional quality of young conductors, he once put forward nine standards that a conductor should have: 1. You should master the playing methods of four or five musical instruments. 2. You should have some band playing experience, preferably having played various instruments in a band. You should join the chorus. 4. You should be familiar with the orchestration method and composition method, and be familiar with the works from the perspectives of the structure of the works and the handling of phrases. We should clearly understand the styles and characteristics of various music schools. 6. You should not only have the ability of a leader, but also have the spirit of diligence and high patience, as well as the ability of a psychologist and a strong body, and always maintain a good mood and self-cultivation. 7. Command skills, especially baton skills, should be mastered perfectly. 8. You should be familiar with music history and various music documents. 9. You should be proficient in all kinds of sister arts.