Japanese crossword «Chief conductor»

Good pic and fun to do. Though the baton is long enough to be a sword - I feel sorry for the musicians in the front row ;-)

lovely! I was just listening to Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, which was apparently so difficult even for the composer to play that, though normally a nondrinker, he felt compelled to have some creme de menthe to calm his nerves before attempting it. It worked, too.