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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Claudio Abbado
Conductor
26-Jun-1933   Conductor of La Scala, 1968-86
Gerd Albrecht
Conductor
19-Jun-1935   Yomiuri Nippon Symphony, 1998-2007
Ernest Ansermet
Conductor
11-Nov-1883 20-Feb-1969 Founder, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Conductor
6-Jul-1937   Director, NHK Symphony Orchestra
John Barbirolli
Conductor
2-Dec-1899 29-Jul-1970 Conductor at The Hallé, 1943-70
Daniel Barenboim
Pianist
15-Nov-1942   Director, Berlin State Opera
Thomas Beecham
Conductor
29-Apr-1879 8-Mar-1961 Founder, London and Royal Philharmonics
Leonard Bernstein
Conductor
25-Aug-1918 14-Oct-1990 Conductor, New York Philharmonic
Gary Bertini
Conductor
1-May-1927 18-Mar-2005 Music Director, Jerusalem Symphony, 1978-87
Herbert Blomstedt
Conductor
11-Jul-1927   Director, Leipzig Gewandhaus, 1998-2005
Artur Bodanzky
Conductor
16-Dec-1877 23-Nov-1939 Opera Conductor at the NY Met, 1915-39
Karl Böhm
Conductor
28-Aug-1894 14-Aug-1981 Conductor, Vienna State Opera
Leon Botstein
Educator
14-Dec-1946   President of Bard College
Pierre Boulez
Composer
26-Mar-1925   Modern composer and conductor
Adrian Boult
Conductor
8-Apr-1889 23-Feb-1983 Conductor, BBC Symphony Orchestra, 1930-50
Hans von Bülow
Conductor
8-Jan-1830 12-Feb-1894 German conductor, proponent of Wagner
Fritz Busch
Conductor
13-Mar-1890 14-Sep-1951 Conductor, Danish National Symphony, 1934-51
Semyon Bychkov
Conductor
30-Nov-1952   Conductor, WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne
Sarah Caldwell
Conductor
6-Mar-1924 23-Mar-2006 Opera Company of Boston
Pablo Casals
Cellist
29-Dec-1876 22-Oct-1973 Spanish cellist and conductor
Alfredo Casella
Composer
25-Jul-1883 5-Mar-1947 Rejuvinated Vivaldi
Sergiu Celibidache
Conductor
11-Jul-1912 14-Aug-1996 Director, Munich Philharmonic, 1979-96
Riccardo Chailly
Conductor
20-Feb-1953   Director, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Carlos Chávez
Composer
13-Jun-1899 2-Aug-1978 Sinfonía de Antígona
Walter Damrosch
Conductor
30-Jan-1862 22-Dec-1950 Conductor, popularizer of music
Andrew Davis
Conductor
2-Feb-1944   Music Director, Lyric Opera of Chicago
Colin Davis
Conductor
25-Sep-1927   Principal Conductor, LSO, 1995-2006
Antal Doráti
Conductor
9-Apr-1906 13-Nov-1988 Conductor, Minneapolis Symphony, 1949-60
Christoph Eschenbach
Conductor
20-Feb-1940   Music Director, Orchestre de Paris
Percy Faith
Musician
7-Apr-1908 9-Feb-1976 Easy listening arranger and composer
JoAnn Falletta
Conductor
27-Feb-1954   Music Director, Buffalo Philharmonic
Arthur Fiedler
Conductor
17-Dec-1894 10-Jul-1979 Conductor of the Boston Pops
Edwin Fischer
Pianist
6-Oct-1886 24-Jan-1960 Pianist/conductor, emphasis Bach and Mozart
Lukas Foss
Conductor
15-Aug-1922 1-Feb-2009 Director, Buffalo Philharmonic, 1963-71
Lawrence Foster
Conductor
23-Oct-1941   Principal Conductor, Gulbenkian Orchestra
Wilhelm Furtwängler
Conductor
25-Jan-1886 30-Nov-1954 Pre-War German conductor
Valery Gergiev
Conductor
2-May-1953   Principal Conductor, LSO
Patrick Gilmore
Composer
25-Dec-1829 24-Sep-1892 The Father of The American Band
Carlo Maria Giulini
Conductor
9-May-1914 14-Jun-2005 LA Philharmonic Music Director, 1978-84
Eugene Goossens III
Conductor
24-May-1893 13-Jun-1962 Cincinnati Symphony, 1931-46
Bernard Haitink
Conductor
4-Mar-1929   Conductor, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Sir Charles Hallé
Pianist
11-Apr-1819 25-Oct-1895 Founder, Hallé Orchestra
Hamilton Harty
Conductor
4-Dec-1879 19-Feb-1941 Principal Conductor, The Hallé, 1920-34
Fletcher Henderson
Jazz Musician
18-Dec-1897 29-Dec-1952 Pioneering swing and jazz bandleader
Skitch Henderson
Conductor
27-Jan-1918 1-Nov-2005 Original Tonight Show bandleader
Walter Hendl
Conductor
12-Jan-1917 10-Apr-2007 Music Director, Dallas Symphony, 1949-58
Victor Herbert
Composer
1-Feb-1859 24-May-1924 Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life
Manfred Honeck
Conductor
17-Sep-1958   Music Director, Pittsburgh Symphony
José Iturbi
Pianist
28-Nov-1895 28-Jun-1980 Spanish pianist, conductor at Rochester
Mariss Jansons
Conductor
14-Jan-1943   Conductor, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Neeme Järvi
Conductor
7-Jun-1937   Principal Conductor, Residentie Orchestra
Michael Kamen
Composer
15-Apr-1948 18-Nov-2003 Prolific film composer and conductor
Herbert von Karajan
Conductor
5-Apr-1908 16-Jul-1989 General music director of Europe
István Kertész
Conductor
28-Aug-1929 16-Apr-1973 Hungarian operatic conductor
Otto Klemperer
Conductor
14-May-1885 6-Jul-1973 Prominent German conductor
Paul Kletzki
Conductor
21-Mar-1900 5-Mar-1973 Director, Bern Symphony, 1964-67
André Kostelanetz
Conductor
22-Dec-1901 13-Jan-1980 André Kostelanetz Presents
Serge Koussevitzky
Conductor
26-Jul-1874 4-Jun-1951 Music Director, Boston Symphony, 1924-49
Josef Krips
Conductor
8-Apr-1902 13-Oct-1974 Director, Buffalo Philharmonic, 1954-63
Rafael Kubelik
Conductor
29-Jun-1914 11-Aug-1996 Conductor, Czech Philharmonic, 1942-48
Erich Kunzel
Conductor
21-Mar-1935 1-Sep-2009 Conductor, Cincinnati Pops, 1977-2009
Constant Lambert
Composer
23-Aug-1905 21-Aug-1951 Rio Grande
Erich Leinsdorf
Conductor
4-Feb-1912 11-Sep-1993 Music Director, Boston Symphony, 1962-69
James Levine
Conductor
23-Jun-1943   Music Director, NY Metropolitan Opera
Henry Lewis
Conductor
16-Oct-1932 26-Jan-1996 Music Director, NJ Symphony, 1968-76
Andrew Litton
Conductor
16-May-1959   Music Director, Bergen Philharmonic
Fabio Luisi
Conductor
17-Jan-1959   Principal Conductor, Vienna Symphony
Lorin Maazel
Conductor
6-Mar-1930   Conductor, New York Philharmonic
Bruno Maderna
Composer
21-Apr-1920 13-Nov-1973 Avant-garde composer
Gustav Mahler
Composer
7-Jul-1860 18-May-1911 Das Lied von der Erde
Mantovani
Conductor
15-Nov-1905 29-Mar-1980 Popular light orchestral conductor
Neville Marriner
Conductor
15-Apr-1924   Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Jean Martinon
Conductor
10-Jan-1910 1-Mar-1976 Music Director, Chicago Symphony, 1963-68
Kurt Masur
Conductor
18-Jul-1927   Conductor, NY Philharmonic, 1991-2002
Eduardo Mata
Conductor
5-Sep-1942 4-Jan-1995 Music Director, Dallas Symphony, 1977-93
Zubin Mehta
Conductor
29-Apr-1936   Conductor, New York Philharmonic
Willem Mengelberg
Conductor
28-Mar-1871 21-Mar-1951 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, 1895-1945
Dimitri Mitropoulos
Conductor
1-Mar-1896 2-Nov-1960 Conductor, NY Philharmonic, 1949-58
Pierre Monteux
Conductor
4-Apr-1875 1-Jul-1964 Music Director, SF Symphony, 1935-52
Charles Münch
Conductor
26-Sep-1891 6-Nov-1968 Conductor, Orchestre National de France, 1962-68
Riccardo Muti
Conductor
28-Jul-1941   Music Director of La Scala, 1986-2005
Eugene Ormandy
Conductor
18-Nov-1899 12-Mar-1985 Music Director, Philadelphia Orchestra, 1938-80
Seiji Ozawa
Conductor
1-Sep-1935   Music Director, Vienna State Opera
Paul Paray
Conductor
24-May-1886 10-Oct-1979 Music Director, Detroit Symphony, 1951-62
Andrew Powell
Musician
18-Apr-1949   Orchestral arranger for Alan Parsons
André Previn
Pianist
6-Apr-1929   Concert pianist and orchestral conductor
Fritz Reiner
Conductor
19-Dec-1888 15-Nov-1963 Music Director, Chicago Symphony, 1953-62
Nicola Rescigno
Conductor
28-May-1916 4-Aug-2008 Conductor, Dallas Opera, 1957-90
André Rieu
Violinist
1-Oct-1949   Waltz King of Europe
Artur Rodzinski
Conductor
2-Jan-1892 27-Nov-1958 Conductor, NY Philharmonic, 1943-47
Mstislav Rostropovich
Cellist
27-Mar-1927 27-Apr-2007 Cellist and conductor
Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Conductor
4-May-1931   Bolshoi, Vienna Symphony, Stockholm
Max Rudolf
Conductor
15-Jun-1902 28-Feb-1995 Director, Cincinnati Symphony, 1958-71
Victor de Sabata
Conductor
10-Apr-1892 11-Dec-1967 Music Director at La Scala, 1930-53
Paul Sacher
Conductor
28-Apr-1906 26-May-1999 Founder, Basler Kammerorchester
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Conductor
30-Jun-1958   Conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic
Malcolm Sargent
Conductor
29-Apr-1895 3-Oct-1967 Conductor, BBC Symphony, 1950-57
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Conductor
26-Aug-1923   Director, Philadelphia Orchestra, 1993-2003
Thomas Schippers
Conductor
9-Mar-1930 16-Dec-1977 Music Director, Cinncinati Symphony, 1970-77
Gerard Schwarz
Conductor
19-Aug-1947   Music Director, Seattle Symphony
Leif Segerstam
Conductor
2-Mar-1944   Conductor, Helsinki Philharmonic, 1995-2007
Doc Severinsen
Conductor
7-Jul-1927   Johnny Carson's musical sidekick
Jacques Singer
Conductor
9-May-1910 11-Aug-1980 Music Director, Oregon Symphony, 1962-72
Giuseppe Sinopoli
Conductor
2-Nov-1946 20-Apr-2001 Principal Conductor, Philharmonia, 1984-94
Leonard Slatkin
Conductor
1-Sep-1944   Music Director, Detroit Symphony
Nicolas Slonimsky
Musicologist
27-Apr-1894 25-Dec-1995 Preeminent musicologist
Alexander Smallens
Conductor
1-Jan-1889 24-Nov-1972 Russian-born American conductor
Nikolai Sokoloff
Conductor
28-May-1886 25-Sep-1965 Founding Conductor, Cleveland Orchestra
Izler Solomon
Conductor
11-Jan-1910 6-Dec-1987 Director, Indianapolis Symphony, 1956-76
Georg Solti
Conductor
21-Oct-1912 5-Sep-1997 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
William Steinberg
Conductor
1-Aug-1899 16-May-1978 Music Director, Pittsburgh Symphony, 1952-76
Leopold Stokowski
Conductor
18-Apr-1882 13-Sep-1977 American Symphony Orchestra
Johann Strauss, Sr.
Composer
14-Mar-1804 24-Sep-1849 Täuberl-Walzer
Walter Susskind
Conductor
1-May-1913 25-Mar-1980 Director, Toronto Symphony, 1956-65
Yevgeny Svetlanov
Conductor
6-Sep-1928 3-May-2002 Director, USSR State Symphony, 1965-2002
George Szell
Conductor
7-Jun-1897 30-Jul-1970 Conductor, Cleveland Orchestra, 1946-70
Paul Taffanel
Musician
16-Sep-1844 22-Nov-1908 Flautist, French Flute School
Michael Tilson Thomas
Conductor
21-Dec-1944   Music Director, SF Symphony
Arturo Toscanini
Conductor
25-Mar-1867 16-Jan-1957 20th Century virtuoso conductor
Jaap van Zweden
Conductor
12-Dec-1960   Music Director, Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnányi
Conductor
8-Sep-1929   Conductor, Cleveland Orchestra, 1984-2002
Hans Vonk
Conductor
18-Jun-1942 29-Aug-2004 Director, St. Louis Symphony, 1996-2002
Alfred Wallenstein
Cellist
7-Oct-1898 8-Feb-1983 Music Director, LA Philharmonic, 1943-56
Bruno Walter
Conductor
15-Sep-1876 17-Feb-1962 Conductor, Leipzig Gewandhaus, 1929-33
Fred Waring
Conductor
9-Jun-1900 29-Jul-1984 Innovative bandleader and musician
Felix Weingartner
Conductor
2-Jun-1863 7-May-1942 Conductor, Vienna Philharmonic, 1919-27
Lawrence Welk
Conductor
11-Mar-1903 17-May-1992 Big band leader, TV champagne music host
Franz Welser-Möst
Conductor
16-Aug-1960   Music Director, Cleveland Orchestra



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