Conductor and clarinettist Dimitris Spouras: It's very crucial, playing and music making. Then I think it gives you another security because you believe: I have done it by myself and it worked, so I could say it to others. If you are not sure then ... And the musicians smell the fear and the 'not confidence'. They immediately smell it from how you walk on the podium. They know that: 'Ah not confident or confident'. They know. It's a magical thing.

Hear more about Dimitris path in becoming a conductor and what gives him sleepless nights.

https://www.antwerpencamerata.be/en/conductor-and-artists-in-residence/