“Weimar is a city of music, primarily classical music. Since 1872, the F. Liszt Conservatory has been here. Juri Lebedev — associate professor of the Weimar Conservatory, conductor, composer, head of the Thuringian Youth Orchestra, conductor of the Erfurt Opera House. We talked to him «what it means to be a conductor in general, what it means to be a conductor in Russia and Germany, as well as where he would stay if he had to choose between the two countries.»