By studying the biographies and activities of world and Croatian conductors, I presented their role and contribution to shaping the cultural life of the community. Is the conductor just a person who stands and waves in front of an orchestra or a choir at a concert? What happens behind the scenes and how much are we aware of the complexity of the conductor’s vocation? How does the conductor affect the culture? Should we fear for the future of culture and music? It helps communities create and maintain an identity. One often finds an anchor in communion connected by music; singing in choirs, playing in an orchestra, socializing at rehearsals and concerts. Through music we build our attitudes, grow, create, share, live. It is the conductor who connects and enables all this; by founding choirs and orchestras, institutions, cultural events, etc. The conductor conveys a love of music by teaching the younger generations. With it’s example of breadth of knowledge and a wide range of competencies and skills, it encourages young people to work on personal development. A conductor is a vocation that is not talked about much today. It is necessary to use modern ways of communication in order to promote the work of the conductor and to keep him relevant; through social networks, publishing recordings of concerts, through television shows, etc.