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Composers, Conductors, Performers & Lyrical singers (815)

Claudio Abbado Carl Friedrich Abel John Adams Leslie Adams Samuel Adler Guido Adler David Afkham Roberto Alagna Petrus Alamire Tomaso Albinoni Louise Alder George Alexander Osborne Abulfat Aliev Till Ally Bernd Alois Zimmermann Marin Alsop Leroy Anderson Marian Anderson Joho Andres John Andrews Nicholas Angelich Paul Angerer Giovanni Animuccia Paolo Animuccia Sarah Ann Glover Franz Anton Hoffmeister Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello Martha Argerich Malcolm Arnold David Ashkenazi Algernon Ashton Ivor Atkins Thomas Attwood Emanuel Ax Kinan Azmeh Sharon Azrieli Johann Christian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach Paul Badura-Skoda Alena Baeva James Baillieu Janet Baker Katherine Balch Agnes Baltsa Rinald Bamberg Samuel Barber John Barbirolli Pierre Barbizet Otis Bardwell Boise Daniel Barenboim Clarence Barlow Inon Barnatan John Barnett Cecilia Bartoli Jamie Barton Rachel Barton Pine Béla Bartók Edgar Bastidas Mason Bates Rudolf Baumgartner Mary Anne à Beckett Thomas Beecham, 2nd Baronet Ludwig van Beethoven Joshua Bell Vincenzo Bellini Nicola Benedetti John Bennet John Morgan Bentley Alban Berg Arthur Berger Erna Berger Hector Berlioz Leonard Bernstein Hildegard of Bingen Seth Bingham Jonathan Biss Georges Bizet Harolyn Blackwell Ernest Bloch Stephanie Blythe Jerry Bock Anne Boleyn Ivor Bolton Liam Bonner Gaetano Borghini Jacques Bosch Ian Bostridge Leon Botstein Nadia Boulanger Pierre Boulez Adrian Boult Mark Bowden Douglas Boyd James C. Bradford Johannes Brahms Charlotte Bray Katie Bray Julian Bream Brewster Shirley Brill Benjamin Britten Katherine Broderick George Broderick Adolph Brodsky Nelly Bromley Zakhar Bron Edward Broome John Browne Lawrence Brownlee Anton Bruckner Bram Bruin William Burden Richard Oscar Burdick William Burdine Blake, Sr. Joe Burke Margaret Burke Sheridan Harry T. Burleigh Karla Burns Stuart Burrows Dashon Burton James Burton Fritz Busch Clara Butt David Butt Philip William Byrd John Cage Antonio Caldara Simon Callaghan Charles Callahan Perkins Clarence Cameron White Ferdinand Capelle Antonio Capuzzi Renaud Capuçon Henry Carey Edwin Carr Zachary Carrettin Harry Carroll Enrico Caruso Robert Carver Charles Castronovo Thomas Hardie Chalmers Norman Charles Suckling Charles-Alexis Chauvet Ray Chen John Chest Timothy Chooi Frédéric Chopin Bernhard Christensen William Christie Franz Christoph Neubauer Harry Christophers Jani Christou Aldo Ciccolini Rebecca Clarke Jeremiah Clarke Natalie Clein Joy Clements Gordon Clinton Anna Clyne Grant Colburn Florence Cole Talbert Dan Coleman Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Sarah Connolly Imogen Cooper Aaron Copland Roque Cordero Richard Cowan Jean Cox Ruth Crawford Seeger William Croft Dwayne Croft Lorenzo da Da Ponte Ingolf Dahl Emma Dahl Michel Dalberto Thomas Dausgaard Giovanni David Lise Davidsen Iestyn Davies Anthony Davis Lynne Dawson Claude Debussy Léo Delibes Jeremy Denk Stéphane Denève Joyce DiDonato Anton Diabelli Clarence Dickinson François Dieupart Dean Dixon Plácido Domingo Florian Donderer Gaetano Donizetti Peter Donohoe Jonathan Dove John Dowland Finnegan Downie Dear Grant Doyle Julius Drake Charles Draper Frederick Drummond Alice Ducasse Gustavo Dudamel Ismael Dueñas Guillaume Dufay Franjo Dugan Paul Dukas Tan Dun Antonín Dvořák Aaron Dworkin Arthur Eaglefield Hull Henry Eccles John Eccles Benjamin Edward Woolf Julian Edwards James Ehnes Alfred Einstein Mark Elder Edward Elgar John Eliot Gardiner George Enescu Manuel Enríquez Salazar Karl Erb Tara Erraught Antonio Escobar Mahan Esfahani Simon Estes Julio Estrada Rebecca Evans Lois Ewell Lauren Fagan Manuel de Falla Richard Farber Farinelli Sandford C. Faulkner Gabriel Fauré Domenico Ferrabosco Catrin Finch Michael Finnissy Gerald Finzi John Fiore Julia Fischer Edytha Fleischer Leon Fleisher Renée Fleming Carl Flesch Arthur Foote Lukas Foss Bruce Fowler Jennifer France José Francisco Leal Bettina Freeman Joan Fresco Ignaz Friedman Kari Frisell Dai Fujikura Dorothy Fuller Ferruccio Furlanetto Wilhelm Furtwängler Manuel del García Edward Gardner Pasquale Gargiulo Françoise Garner Ruben Gazarian Klaus Gerber Valery Gergiev Alban Gerhardt Elena Gerhardt George Gershwin Carlo Gesualdo Patrick Gilmore Ivry Gitlis Christoph Willibald von Gluck Christopher Glynn Christine Goerke Berthold Goldschmidt Jerry Goldsmith Mikhail Goldstein Michael Gordon Glenn Gould Charles Gounod Percy Grainger William Grant Still Eleanor Greenwood Edvard Grieg Vittorio Grigolo Asmik Grigorian Hélène Grimaud Helen Grime Julius Otto Grimm Margarita Gritskova Günther Groissböck Eric Gross Benjamin Grosvenor Louis Gruenberg Giancarlo Guerrero Francisco Guerrero Alfred d' Hack Hartmut Haenchen Hilary Hahn Matt Haimovitz Bernard Haitink Charles Hallé Marc-André Hamelin George Frideric Handel Vernon Handley Barbara Hannigan John Harbison Nikolaus Harnoncourt Roy Harris Anja Harteros Jonathan Harvey Joji Hattori Franz Hauser Michael Haydn Joseph Haydn Roland Hayes Catherine Hayes Thomas Hayward Ted Hearne Johann Caspar Heck Anthony Hedges Jake Heggie Jascha Heifetz Karl Helm Juan-Miguel Hernandez Bernard Herrmann Myrna Herzog Mathieu Herzog Heinrich von Herzogenberg Sarah Hicks Jennifer Higdon David Hill Paul Hindemith Ann Hobson Pilot Peter Holder Robert Hollingworth Jennifer Holloway Sallie Holman Gustav Holst Arthur Honegger Daniel Hope Lisa Hopkins Marilyn Horne Mieczysław Horszowski Stephen Hough Alan Hovhaness Edgar Hovhannisyan Anush Hovhannisyan Kiandra Howarth Elgar Howarth Herbert Howells Klaus Huber Robert A. Hudson Ruby Hughes Pelham Humfrey Engelbert Humperdinck Fenella Humphreys Thomas Humphreys José Hurtado Ricky Ian Gordon Alina Ibragimova Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Nobuko Imai Eliahu Inbal Charles Ives Guy-Baptiste Jaccottet Stuart Jackson René Jacobs Werner Jaegerhuber Franz Jakob Freystädtler Janine Jansen Elisabeth Jansson Leoš Janáček Aaron Jay Kernis Adolf Jensen Eugen Jochum Stephen Johns Graham Johnson Guy Johnston Andrew Johnston John Joubert Michail Jurowski Vladimir Jurowski Neeme Järvi Isata Kanneh-Mason Sheku Kanneh-Mason Kirill Karabits Herbert von Karajan Aleksandr Kastalsky Julius Katchen Richard Kaufman Jonas Kaufmann Leonidas Kavakos Ulysses Kay Simon Keenlyside Daniel Kellogg Edwin F. Kendall Andrew Kennedy Elizabeth Kenny Torsten Kerl Jerome Kern Robert Kerns István Kertész Gershon Kingsley Carlos Kleiber Otto Klemperer Štefan Kocán Zoltán Kodály Pawel Kolesnikow Patricia Kopatchinskaja Mark Kosower Serge Koussevitzky Fritz Kreisler Ernst Krenek Franz Krommer Aleksandra Kurzak Frank La Forge Jacques Lacombe Louis Lacombe Emmanuel Lafarge Bernard Lagacé Joseph Lamb Sarah Lancaster David Lang Lang Lang Alison Langer Rued Langgaard Philip Langridge Louis Langrée François Lays Henry Lazarus Mitch Leigh Joseph von Leopold Eybler Mimi Lerner Hermann Levi James Levine Paul Lewis David Lewiston Sharpe Tania León Henry Lichfield György Ligeti Magnus Lindberg Kate Lindsey Franz Liszt George Lloyd Julian Lloyd Webber Andrew Lloyd Webber Pietro Locatelli Carl Loewe Clara Louise Kellogg Fabio Luisi Yo-Yo Ma James MacMillan Cornell MacNeil Alexander Mackenzie Charles Mackerras Steven Mackey Abraham Mackintosh Gustav Mahler Albert Mallinson Antonello Manacorda Charles Mandel Horace Mansion Sebastian Manz Omar Vladimir Marcano John Mark Ainsley Neville Marriner Wynton Marsalis John Marsh Marianna von Martines Jean Martinon Bohuslav Martinů Pietro Mascagni Florentio Maschera Jules Massenet Nicola Matteis Nicola Matteis Jr. Karita Mattila Siegfried Mauser Donald Maxwell Christian McBride Ali McGregor John McGuire Nancy McIntosh Anne McKnight Marie McLaughlin Stephen McNeff Dennis McNeil Colin McPhee Waltraud Meier Alfred Mellon Felix Mendelssohn Yehudi Menuhin Karl Merz Olivier Messiaen Giacomo Meyerbeer Orazio Michi Darius Milhaud Sherrill Milnes Marilyn Mims Julia Mintzer Leona Mitchell Emiri Miyamoto Meredith Monk Maria Montana Pierre Monteux Claudio Monteverdi William Henry Montgomery Daniel Moody Susan Moore Thomas Moore Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Alfred Frederic Mullen Lawrence R. Mumford Charles Munch Otis Murphy John Murphy Olli Mustonen Riccardo Muti Anne-Sophie Mutter Susanna Mälkki Daniel Müller-Schott Kent Nagano Robert Nathaniel Dett Szymon Nehring Stuart Neill Andris Nelsons Anna Netrebko Paul Neubauer Ginette Neveu Nokuthula Ngwenyama Eric Paul Nichols Carl Nielsen Arthur Nikisch Yazin Nizar Jessye Norman Andrea Nozzari Leo Nucci Benjamin Nunn Yannick Nézet-Séguin Thomas O'Brien Butler Simon O'Neill Russell Oberlin Jacques Offenbach Andrea Oliva Akiko Ono Kristīne Opolais Sakari Oramo Lisette Oropesa Rafael Orozco Andrés Orozco-Estrada Antonio Orsini Edwin Outwater Eric Owens Seiji Ozawa Niccolò Paganini Giovanni da Palestrina Antonio Pappano Albert Parlow Hubert Parry Anna Patalong Mary Ann Paton Luciano Pavarotti Anthony Payne Peter Pears James Peck Arthur A. Penn Francesco Pennisi Itzhak Perlman Julia Perry Roberta Peters David Petersen Kirill Petrenko Susanna Phillips Jamie Phillips Astor Piazzolla Giovanni Picchi Francesco Piemontesi Edward Piers Walter Piston Ferdinand Poise Evelyn Pollock John Pond Ordway Lily Pons Katya Popova Nicola Porpora Michel Portal Tom Poster Francis Poulenc Lawrence Power Margaret Price Florence Price William Primrose Gabriel Prokofiev Sergei Prokofiev Jacqueline du Pré Giacomo Puccini Henry Purcell Arvo Pärt Junping Qian Gino Quilico Louis Quilico Sergei Rachmaninoff L. Radley Flynn Brenda Rae Ross Ramgobin Allan Ramsay Simon Rattle Maurice Ravel Sims Reeves Steve Reich Lucienne Renaudin Vary Ottorino Respighi Johan Reuter Rolf Reuter Timothy Ridout Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Ilyich Rivas David Roach Pierre Rode Kirill Rodin Betty Roe Jean Roger-Ducasse Natalya Romaniw Landon Ronald Gil Rose Therese Rosenbaum Scott Ross Gioachino Rossini Christopher Rouse Albert Roussel Gennady Rozhdestvensky Arthur Rubinstein Edward Rushton John Rutter Elisabeth Röckel Dorothea Röschmann Kaija Saariaho Chevalier de Saint-George Camille Saint-Saëns Antonio Salieri Esa-Pekka Salonen Pablo de Sarasate Erik Satie William Savage Issachah Savage Jordi Savall John Savournin Wolfgang Sawallisch Lea Sawyers Fazıl Say Domenico Scarlatti Heinrich Schenker András Schiff Franz Schmidt Artur Schnabel Alfred Schnittke Arnold Schoenberg Anton Schott Peter Schreier Franz Schubert Clara Schumann Robert Schumann Joseph Schuster Isaac Schwartz Seymour Schwartzman Renata Scotto Alexander Scriabin Uri Segal Andrés Segovia Torres Abel Selaocoe Tullio Serafin Rudolf Serkin Raphael Severe Gil Shaham Orli Shaham William Shakespeare Anoushka Shankar Herbert Sharpe Arthur Shepherd John Sheppard Anatoly Shevchenko Oxana Shevchenko Alice Shields Heather Shipp John Shirley-Quirk Howard Shore Dmitri Shostakovich Jean Sibelius Beverly Sills Alvin Singleton Dmitry Sitkovetsky Baiba Skride Leonard Slatkin Ethel Smyth Kian Soltani Georg Solti Jules Diaz de Soria Jeannette Sorrell Albert Spalding Mark Sparks Frank Speck Toby Spence Vladimir Spivakov Michael Spyres Charles Villiers Stanford Dalia Stasevska Theodore Stearns Nina Stemme Wilhelm Stenhammar Mariya Stepanova Isaac Stern Karlheinz Stockhausen Eric Stokes Leopold Stokowski Nancy Storace Antonio Stradivari Richard Strauss Igor Stravinsky Josef Suk Arthur Sullivan Joan Sutherland Anna Sutter Yevgeny Svetlanov Franz Xaver Süssmayr Germaine Tailleferre Thomas Tallis Melvyn Tan John Tavener John Taverner Renata Tebaldi Klaus Tennstedt Bryn Terfel Tanja Tetzlaff Christian Tetzlaff Mikis Theodorakis Peter Theremin Christian Thielemann Russell Thomas Camille Thomas Shirley Thompson Penelope Thorn James Thornton Robin Ticciati Michael Tilson Thomas Davóne Tines Michael Tippett John Tomlinson Vincenzo Tommasini Michael Torke Veljo Tormis Arturo Toscanini Edward Travis Daniil Trifonov Ronan Tynan Walter Uhlig Ralph Vaughan Williams Giuseppe Verdi Pierre de Villiers Antonio Vivaldi István Várdai Osmo Vänskä Richard Wagner Matthew Kofi Waldren Tamsin Waley-Cohen Jessica Walker Louis Wallis Bruno Walter William Walton Robert Ward André Watts Carl Maria von Weber Joseph Webster Joshua Weilerstein Alisa Weilerstein Kurt Weill Mieczysław Weinberg Judith Weir Franz Welser-Möst Chou Wen-chung Hans Werner Henze Eva-Maria Westbroek George Whitefield Chadwick Paul Wiancko Friedrich Wieck Henryk Wieniawski Blind Tom Wiggins David Wilde Philip van Wilder Alec Wilder Dora Wiley Thomas Wilkins Joseph Willard Roosevelt Nardus Williams John Williams John Wilson Elisabeth Withers Hugo Wolf Julia Wolfe Henry Wood Shai Wosner Gordon Wry Xuefei Yang Adrian K. Yee Pretty Yende Chen Yi Sonya Yoncheva Esther Yoo Riccardo Zandonai Hao Zhou Tabea Zimmermann Alondra de la Parra Władysław Żeleński

Orchestras & Ensembles (97)

American Composers Orchestra Aurora Orchestra BBC National Orchestra of Wales BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (Glasgow) BBC Singers BBC Symphony Orchestra (London) Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Berlin Philharmonic Berlin Staatskapelle Birmingham Opera Company Boston Modern Orchestra Project Boston Symphony Orchestra Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Brussels Philharmonic Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra Cairo Symphony Orchestra Cambridge Singers Canadian Opera Company (Toronto) Cappella Giulia (Rome) Chicago Philharmonic City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra City of London Sinfonia Detroit Symphony Orchestra Doric String Quartet Dover Quartet Dunedin Consort English Chamber Orchestra English National Opera (London) English Touring Opera Estonian National Symphony Orchestra Ficta Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Garsington Opera Gesualdo Six Grange Park Opera (West Horsley) Hampstead Garden Opera Houston Grand Opera Houston Symphony I Fagiolini Imani Winds Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra Johnstown Symphony Orchestra Kronos Quartet London Concertante London Mozart Players London Philharmonic Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra (Barbican Centre) Lyric Opera of Chicago Maggini Quartet Maryland Symphony Orchestra Metropolitan Opera (New York City) Minnesota Orchestra (Minneapolis) Montreal Symphony Orchestra Mozart Piano Quartet Musica Ficta Nashville Symphony National Opera Studio National Symphony Orchestra (Washington, D.C.) Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra New England Philharmonic New Jersey Symphony Orchestra New World Symphony (Miami Beach) New York City Opera (Manhattan) New York Philharmonic Orchestra Oakland Symphony Opera Atelier (Toronto) Opera Holland Park (Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea) Opera North Orchestra Mozart Orchestra of Opera North Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Orchestre Métropolitain Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (New York City) Pacific Symphony (Santa Ana) Philadelphia Orchestra Red Byrd Roomful of Teeth Royal Philharmonic Orchestra San Diego Opera San Francisco Symphony Scottish Chamber Orchestra Scottish Ensemble Scottish Opera Seattle Symphony Simón Bolívar String Quartet Sinfonia of London Solem Quartet Swedish Chamber Orchestra Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Tulsa Opera Ulysses Utah Symphony – Utah Opera Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra Wellesley Symphony Orchestra Zurich Opera

Opera houses, Concert halls & Festivals (38)

Aldeburgh Festival Bard Music Festival (Annandale-on-Hudson) Bayreuth Festival Bayreuth Festival Theatre Bolshoi Theatre (Tverskoy District) Bowdoin International Music Festival (Brunswick) Buxton Festival Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music (Santa Cruz) Cadogan Hall (London) Carnegie Hall (Manhattan) Concertgebouw (Amsterdam) Edinburgh International Festival (City of Edinburgh) Festival de Lanaudière Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber (Dresden) Hollywood Bowl (Los Angeles) La Scala (Milan) Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (Manhattan) Mariinsky Theatre (Saint Petersburg) Mostly Mozart Festival (New York City) Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest (Zugló) National Centre for the Performing Arts (Xichang'anjie Subdistrict) National Opera and Ballet (Sofia Capital Municipality) Nevill Holt Opera (Leicestershire) Notre-Dame de Paris Olympic Music Festival (Port Townsend) Ravinia Festival (Illinois) Rockport Music Rossini Opera Festival (Pesaro) Royal Albert Hall (City of Westminster) Royal Opera House (City of Westminster) Salle Pleyel (8th arrondissement of Paris) Salzburg Festival Sheffield Cathedral Snape Maltings The Proms (London) Vienna State Opera (Innere Stadt) West Green House (Hartley Wintney) Wigmore Hall (City of Westminster)