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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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