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December 2020

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Composers, Conductors, Performers & Lyrical singers (919)

Emma Abbott Michael Abels Johann Abraham Peter Schulz Hans Abrahamsen Leslie Adams John Adams John Luther Adams Guido Adler Johann Adolph Hasse Thomas Adès Paul Agnew Pierre-Laurent Aimard Roberto Alagna Domenico Alberti Rinaldo Alessandrini Richard Allison Robert Allman Bernd Alois Zimmermann Marin Alsop Nicolas Altstaedt Karl Amadeus Hartmann Marion Ammann Lars Anders Tomter Leroy Anderson Johann Andreas Herbst John Andrews Louis Andriessen Elizaveta Antonova Gilles Apap Ataúlfo Argenta Martha Argerich Malcolm Arnold Claudio Arrau Désirée de Artôt Robert Ashley Ivor Atkins Thomas Attwood Martha Atwood Lera Auerbach Peter Auty Avi Avital Yuval Avital Emanuel Ax Elchin Azizov Sharon Azrieli Grażyna Bacewicz Johann Sebastian Bach Nicolas Bacri Hans-Dieter Bader Janet Baker Samuel Barber John Barbirolli Daniel Barenboim Edward Barnes Josephine Barstow Jamie Barton Rachel Barton Pine Béla Bartók Vicente Basset William Bastard Mason Bates Édouard Batiste Kathleen Battle Alessio Bax Arnold Bax Amy Beach John Beard Bror Beckman Piotr Beczała Thomas Beecham, 2nd Baronet Ludwig van Beethoven Benjamin Beilman Joshua Bell Iain Bell Dmitry Belosselskiy Paul Ben-Haim Nicola Benedetti Arthur Benjamin George Benjamin Boris Berezovsky Alban Berg Erik Bergman Hector Berlioz Leonard Bernstein Sophie Bevan Ronald Binge Harrison Birtwistle Jonathan Biss Georges Bizet Jussi Björling James A. Bland Angel Blue Luigi Boccherini Andrea Bocelli Michael Boder William Bolcom Ivor Bolton Pasquale Bona Alexander Borodin Douglas Bostock Leon Botstein Giovanni Bottesini Nadia Boulanger Pierre Boulez James Bowman Douglas Boyd Roberto Bracco Johannes Brahms Jan Brandts Buys Brewster Frank Bridge George Bridgetower Henry Brinley Richards Benjamin Britten Sébastien de Brossard Leo Brouwer Lawrence Brownlee Max Bruch Anton Bruckner Janai Brugger Olivia Buckley Julia Bullock Susan Bullock Kenji Bunch William Burden Joe Burke Harry T. Burleigh Karla Burns Dashon Burton James Burton Bernard de Bury Fritz Busch Ferruccio Busoni Clara Butt Vera-Lotte Böcker Karl Böhm Francesca Caccini Giulio Caccini John Cage Maria Callas Luis Calvo Javier Camarena Clarence Cameron White Filippo Campanella Renaud Capuçon Giulio Cardi Henry Carey Gian Carlo Menotti Edwin Carr António Carreira Harry Carroll Marguerite Carrère Clarice Carson Enrico Caruso Robert Casadesus Pablo Casals Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Edward Noble Catlin Erin Caves Sergiu Celibidache Arturo Chacón Cruz Rihab Chaieb Bertrand Chamayou Cécile Chaminade Helen Charlston John William Cherry Luigi Cherubini John Chest Stephanie Childress Frédéric Chopin Peter Christoph Runge Rebecca Clarke Jeremiah Clarke Joy Clements Stephen Cleobury Van Cliburn André Cluytens Anna Clyne Albert Coates Eric Coates Jonathan Cohen Grant Colburn Samuel Coleridge-Taylor James Conlon Ben Connor Alexandra Conunova Isobel Cooper Aaron Copland Arcangelo Corelli John Corigliano Antony Corri Alfred Cortot Henry Cowell Roderick Cox Jean Cox Robert Craft Noah Creshevsky Paul Crossley Theodoros Currentzis Carl Czerny Marcel D'Entremont Paul Daniel Alexandra Dariescu Thomas Dausgaard Ilana Davidson Iestyn Davies Colin Davis Andrew Davis Lucas Debargue Tabea Debus Johannes Debus Claude Debussy Auguste Delacroix Léo Delibes Frederick Delius Jörg Demus Edison Denisov Jeremy Denk Stéphane Denève Pierre Dervaux Astra Desmond William Devin Joyce DiDonato Anton Diabelli Marzena Diakun Simone Dinnerstein Hugo Distler Ernő von Dohnányi Plácido Domingo Gaetano Donizetti Peter Donohoe Antal Doráti Jonathan Dove John Dowland Grant Doyle Frederick Drummond Theodore Drury Angèle Dubeau Jérôme Ducros Gustavo Dudamel Thomas Dunford Antonín Dvořák Aaron Dworkin Jurek Dybal Goby Eberhardt Benjamin Edward Woolf Sian Edwards Julian Edwards Richard Egarr James Ehnes Hanns Eisler Mark Elder Edward Elgar John Eliot Gardiner Henry Ely Philippe Entremont Johannes Erasmus Iversen Tara Erraught Adrian Eröd Christoph Eschenbach Bent Fabric Manuel de Falla Carole Farley Louise Farrenc Gabriel Fauré Anna Fedorova Morton Feldman José de Ferrer Kathleen Ferrier Irving Fine Bernarda Fink Gerald Finley Michael Finnissy Julia Fischer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Alessandro Fisher Leon Fleisher Xavier Foley Emilie da Fonseca Florence Foster Jenkins Simon Fraser Isadore Freed Bettina Freeman Gottlob Frick Ferenc Fricsay Oskar Fried Robert Fuchs Dorothy Fuller Wilhelm Furtwängler Giovanni Fusco Sol Gabetta Giovanni Gabrieli Ernest Gagnon James Galway Elīna Garanča Manuel del García Pasquale Gargiulo John Garth Karina Gauvin Alexander Gavrylyuk Francesco Geminiani Valery Gergiev Christian Gerhaher Alban Gerhardt Elena Gerhardt Hans Gerle George Gershwin Georg Gerson Kirill Gerstein Stefi Geyer Alexander Gibson Alan Gilbert Patrick Gilmore Boris Giltburg Ivry Gitlis Philip Glass Christoph Willibald von Gluck Christopher Glynn Berthold Goldschmidt Otto Goldschmidt Osvaldo Golijov Richard Goode Andrew Goodwin Randall Goosby Michael Gordon Ryu Goto Glenn Gould Charles Gounod William Grant Still Edvard Grieg Charles Griffes David Griffiths Hélène Grimaud Ilya Gringolts Charles Groves Arthur Grumiaux André Grétry Nathan Gunn Mikołaj Górecki Augustin Hadelich Ernst Haefliger Ida Haendel Hilary Hahn Charles Hallé George Frideric Handel Vernon Handley Barbara Hannigan Pierre Hantaï Kazuko Hara Daniel Harding Nikolaus Harnoncourt Lynn Harrell Roy Harris Minnie Hauk Edward Hawkins John Hawkins Michael Haydn Joseph Haydn Catherine Hayes Robert Hayward Thomas Hayward Éric Heidsieck Jascha Heifetz Anny Helm Frans Helmerson Victor Hely-Hutchinson Skitch Henderson Dalwyn Henshall Bernard Herrmann Heinrich von Herzogenberg J. Charles Hess Angela Hewitt Paul Hindemith Hanna Hipp Louis Hirsch Ann Hobson Pilot Richard Hoffman John Holiday Eugene Holmes Gustav Holst Manfred Honeck Daniel Hope Lisa Hopkins Vladimir Horowitz Nicolas Horvath Dominique Horwitz Herbert Howells Bronisław Huberman Engelbert Humperdinck William Marshall Hutchinson Peter Hänsel Bergliot Ibsen Milica Ilic Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Sharon Isbin Steven Isserlis Konstantin Ivanov Charles Ives Ildikó Iván René Jacobs Ermonela Jaho Allan James Foley Clément Janequin Byron Janis Gundula Janowitz Janine Jansen Mariss Jansons Leoš Janáček Philippe Jaroussky Scott Allen Jarrett Darren Jeffery Karl Jenkins Adolf Jensen Paul Ji Stephen Johns Ben Johnson Oliver Johnston Andrew Johnston Philippe Jordan Georg Joseph Vogler Paavo Järvi Kristjan Järvi Neeme Järvi Vakhtang Kakhidze Sharon Kam Gia Kancheli Clara-Jumi Kang Isata Kanneh-Mason Sheku Kanneh-Mason Nikolai Kapustin Herbert von Karajan Christiane Karg Yuri Kasparov Jonas Kaufmann Janis Kelly Quinn Kelsey Barbara Kemp Rudolf Kempe Elizabeth Kenny Evgeny Kissin Carlos Kleiber Otto Klemperer Olive Kline Garth Knox Jennifer Koh Dmitry Korchak Erich Wolfgang Korngold Stephen Kovacevich Cyrillus Kreek Fritz Kreisler Gidon Kremer Ernst Krenek Conradin Kreutzer Sergey Krylov Johann Kuhnau Wang Kun Jan Ladislav Dussek Joseph Lamb Simone Lamsma David Lang Lang Lang George L. Lansing Mario Lanza André Laporte Jaime Laredo Tessa Lark Lars-Erik Larsson Orlande de Lassus Morten Lauridsen Henry Lazarus Suzie LeBlanc Georgette Leblanc Richard Leech Joseph Legros Leonard Lehrman Lei Lei Anneleen Lenaerts Ruggero Leoncavallo Gustav Leonhardt Raymond Leppard Nicholas Lester James Levine Igor Levit Paul Lewis Franz Liszt Tasmin Little Andrew Litton Grant Llewellyn George Lloyd Keith Lockhart Edson Lopes Felicity Lott Alan Loveday Nikolai Lugansky Fabio Luisi Jean-Baptiste Lully Vicente Lusitano Meyer Lutz Anatoly Lyadov Ed Lyon Yo-Yo Ma Jeanette MacDonald James MacMillan Cornell MacNeil Rory Macdonald Stephan Macleod Gustav Mahler Maria Malibran Horace Mansion Jonathan Manson Anne Manson Marin Marais Joseph Maria Wolfram Karel Mark Chichon Wynton Marsalis Pietro Mascagni Jules Massenet Colin Matthews Donald Maxwell Albrecht Mayer Simon Mayr Paul McCreesh Justin Michael McKay Anne McKnight Audra Mcdonald Tim Mead Nikolai Medtner Zubin Mehta Cornelius Meister F. Melius Christiansen Alfred Mellon Felix Mendelssohn Yehudi Menuhin Ruby Mercer Olivier Messiaen Edgar Meyer Giacomo Meyerbeer Orazio Michi Darius Milhaud Nicholas Milton Marilyn Mims Leona Mitchell Kristina Mkhitaryan Stanisław Moniuszko Meredith Monk Gabriela Montero Claudio Monteverdi William Henry Montgomery Daniel Moody Joseph Moog Gerald Moore Thomas Moore Robert Moran Edgar Moreau Jean-Baptiste Moreau Junko Mori Thomas Morley Ludovic Morlot Hannah Morrison Henry Morton Dunham Stephen Mould Leopold Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Alonso de Mudarra Nicholas Mulroy John Murphy Tai Murray Bartolo Musil Ilya Musin Riccardo Muti Anne-Sophie Mutter Stanley Myers Klaus Mäkelä Susanna Mälkki Jun Märkl Haruka Nagao Laurent Naouri Robert Nathaniel Dett André Navarra Stuart Neill Andris Nelsons Anna Netrebko Hans Neusidler Gemma New Rachel Nicholls Agnes Nicholls Eric Paul Nichols Carl Nielsen Evgeny Nikitin Yevgeny Nikitin Alexey Nikolayevich Titov Hervé Niquet Axel Nordqvist Roger Norrington Adolphe Nourrit Vítězslav Novák Emmanuel Nunes Yannick Nézet-Séguin Turlough O'Carolan Kelley O'Connor Geoffrey O'Hara Simon O'Neill Daniel Ochoa Siegfried Ochs Jacques Offenbach David Oistrakh Andrea Oliva Luther Orlando Emerson Lisette Oropesa Sergio Ortega Andreas Ottensamer Ernst Ottensamer Charles Overton Eric Owens Seiji Ozawa Johann Pachelbel Ignacy Jan Paderewski Niccolò Paganini Giovanni da Palestrina Roxanna Panufnik Andrzej Panufnik René Pape Hubert Parry Robyn Allegra Parton Marcus Paus Luciano Pavarotti Anthony Payne Francis Peacock Krzysztof Penderecki Francesco Pennisi Murray Perahia Carl Perron Miah Persson Kirill Petrenko Bruno Philippe Astor Piazzolla Evelino Pidò Adrianne Pieczonka Catherine Pierard Madeleine Pierard John Pierce Rowan Pierce Jennifer Pike Artur Pizarro Mikhail Pletnev Ignaz Pleyel Jean-Marie Plum Matthew Polenzani Giovanni Polese Gavriil Popov Michel Portal Cole Porter Francis Poulenc Michael Praetorius Simon Preston André Previn Leontyne Price Florence Price Carlos Miguel Prieto Carlos Prieto Jacqué Elin Pritchard John Pritchard Sergei Prokofiev Tamara Pronina Frank Proto Francisca Prudencio Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth Jacqueline du Pré Giacomo Puccini Emilio Pujol Henry Purcell Christopher Purves Arvo Pärt Ailyn Pérez Junping Qian Johann Joachim Quantz Gino Quilico Sergei Rachmaninoff Jean-Philippe Rameau Ross Ramgobin Thomas Randle Simon Rattle Venanzio Rauzzini Maurice Ravel Thomas Ravenscroft Sydney Rayner Harry Rees Max Reger Steve Reich Anton Reicha Sally Johnston Reid Vadim Repin Jane Rhodes Ashley Riches Sviatoslav Richter Timothy Ridout Julius Rietz Graciela Rivera Jean-François Rivest Pierre Rode Richard Rodney Bennett Jean Rondeau Charles Rosen Therese Rosenbaum Graham Ross Gioachino Rossini Nino Rota Padraic Rowan Edmund Rubbra Arthur Rubinstein Kathryn Rudge Olga Rudge Alexander Rudin Jake Runestad Donald Runnicles Natalie Rushdie James Rutherford John Rutter Frederic Rzewski Anna S. Þorvaldsdóttir Kaija Saariaho Abolhasan Saba Chevalier de Saint-George Camille Saint-Saëns Antonio Salieri Aulis Sallinen Esa-Pekka Salonen Mari Silje Samuelsen Luis Sandi Pablo de Sarasate Malcolm Sargent Erik Satie William Savage Jordi Savall Case Scaglione Speranza Scappucci Domenico Scarlatti Giacinto Scelsi Samuel Scheidt András Schiff Franz Schmidt Florent Schmitt Ted Schmitz Alfred Schnittke Arnold Schoenberg Franz Schubert Erwin Schulhoff Clara Schumann Robert Schumann Ignaz Schuppanzigh Joseph Schuster Gerard Schwarz Heinrich Schütz Renata Scotto Anton Seidl Carlos de Seixas Sunyoung Seo Peter Serkin Rudolf Serkin Gil Shaham Orli Shaham William Shakespeare En Shao Henry K. Sheldon Arthur Shepherd Brindley Sherratt Sean Shibe Alice Shields Heather Shipp Frank Shipway Dmitri Shostakovich Jean Sibelius Chouchane Siranossian Alexander Sitkovetsky Dmitry Sitkovetsky Bo Skovhus Leonard Slatkin Ethel Smyth Russell Smythe Grigory Sokolov Giovanni Sollima Kian Soltani Georg Solti Stephen Sondheim Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji Toby Spence Leo Spies Vladimir Spivakov Louis Spohr Gaspare Spontini Simon Standage Ethel Stark Friedrich Starke János Starker Theodore Stearns Max Steiner Joseph Stephenson Andrew B. Sterling Isaac Stern Risë Stevens John Stevenson Matthew Stiff Leopold Stokowski Ian Storey Antonio Stradivari Richard Strauss Igor Stravinsky Barbara Strozzi Nathalie Stutzmann Yeree Suh Josef Suk Arthur Sullivan Yekwon Sunwoo Franz von Suppé Joan Sutherland Shin'ichi Suzuki Jack Swanson Hans Swarowsky Valentyn Sylvestrov George Szell Henryk Szeryng Joseph Szigeti Karol Szymanowski Richard T. Gill Robert Talbot Václav Talich Thomas Tallis Conrad Tao John Tavener Kamen Tchanev Georg Philipp Telemann Yuri Temirkanov James Tenney Bryn Terfel Lionel Tertis Christian Thielemann George Thomson Virgil Thomson Burke Thumoth Frederick Thurston Robert Thurston Dart Michael Tilson Thomas Thomas Tomkins Vincenzo Tommasini Paul Tortelier Arturo Toscanini Donald Tovey Fou Ts'ong Yu-Chien Tseng Joaquín Turina Eva Turner Erkki-Sven Tüür Mitsuko Uchida Dawn Upshaw Jos van Van Immerseel Reinoud Van Mechelen Tibor Varga Pēteris Vasks Ralph Vaughan Williams Maxim Vengerov Giuseppe Verdi Pauline Viardot Rolando Villazón Carl Vine Antonio Vivaldi Francesc Viñas Jan Vogler Deborah Voigt Richard Wagner Erin Wall Fats Waller Benjamin Wallfisch John Walsh Bruno Walter William Walton Yuja Wang B. J. Ward André Watts Carl Maria von Weber Anton Webern Joseph Webster Marion Weed Kurt Weill Judith Weir Markus Werba Hans Werner Henze Paul Wiancko Camilla Wicks Henryk Wieniawski Mark Wigglesworth Claire Wild David Wilde Thomas Wilkins Michael Alexander Willens John Williams Roderick Williams Dominique de Williencourt Thomas Wilson Lawrence Winters Hugo Wolf Julia Wolfe Gregorio Wu Pak Chiu Fflur Wyn Pretty Yende Sonya Yoncheva Simone Young Eugène Ysaÿe Maria Yudina Marcin Zdunik Alexander von Zemlinsky Dana Zemtsov Delores Ziegler Krystian Zimerman Tabea Zimmermann David Zinman Pinchas Zukerman Jaap van Zweden Josquin des Prez Àngel Òdena

Orchestras & Ensembles (125)

Academy of Ancient Music American Symphony Orchestra Artaserse Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Australian Chamber Orchestra BBC Philharmonic BBC Symphony Orchestra (London) Bavarian State Opera (Munich) Berlin Philharmonic Boston Symphony Orchestra Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra British Youth Opera Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Camerata Salzburg Canadian Opera Company (Toronto) Cappella Amsterdam Charleston Symphony Orchestra Chicago Philharmonic Chicago Sinfonietta Chicago Symphony Orchestra Choir of Clare College Cambridge Ciompi Quartet City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra City of London Sinfonia Cleveland Orchestra Colorado Springs Philharmonic Columbia Symphony Orchestra Community of Madrid Orchestra Concert spirituel Concerto Italiano Concerts Colonne Crouch End Festival Chorus Czech Philharmonic Dallas Opera Doric String Quartet Dover Quartet Dunedin Consort English Chamber Orchestra English National Opera (London) English Symphony Orchestra Ensemble Modern (Frankfurt) European Union Youth Orchestra Garsington Opera Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra Grange Park Opera (West Horsley) Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra Hanover Band Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra Houston Grand Opera Huddersfield Choral Society I Fagiolini I Musici Imani Winds Kodály Quartet Kronos Quartet Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Lille national orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra London Sinfonietta London Symphony Orchestra (Barbican Centre) Lucerne Festival Strings Madison Symphony Orchestra Metropolitan Opera (New York City) Michigan Opera Theatre (Detroit) Minnesota Orchestra (Minneapolis) Montreal Symphony Orchestra Moscow Virtuosi Nashville Symphony National Symphony Orchestra (Washington, D.C.) Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra New Dutch Academy New World Symphony (Miami Beach) New York Philharmonic Orchestra Northern Chamber Orchestra Northern Sinfonia Oakland Symphony Opera Atelier (Toronto) Opera Holland Park (Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea) Opera North Opera Philadelphia Opéra de Montréal (Montreal) Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Orchestre Métropolitain Orchestre National de France Orchestre de Paris Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (Geneva) Oslo Philharmonic Pacific Symphony (Santa Ana) Philadelphia Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra PostClassical Ensemble Princeton Symphony Orchestra Roomful of Teeth Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Royal Scottish National Orchestra Russian National Orchestra SWR Vokalensemble (Stuttgart) San Diego Opera San Francisco Opera San Francisco Symphony Santa Fe Opera Scottish Chamber Orchestra Scottish Ensemble Scottish Opera Seattle Opera Sequentia Silk Road Project Solem Quartet Southbank Sinfonia Staatsorchester Stuttgart Swedish Chamber Orchestra Sydney Symphony Orchestra The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Thomanerchor Tête à Tête Utah Symphony – Utah Opera Venice Baroque Orchestra Vienna Boys' Choir Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Vienna Symphony Vox Clamantis Welsh National Opera (Cardiff) hr-Sinfonieorchester (Frankfurt)

Opera houses, Concert halls & Festivals (45)

Bass Performance Hall (Fort Worth) Bayreuth Festival Berliner Philharmonie Bolshoi Theatre (Tverskoy District) Cadogan Hall (London) Carnegie Hall (Manhattan) Concertgebouw (Amsterdam) Deutsche Oper Berlin (Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf) Edinburgh International Festival (City of Edinburgh) Gewandhaus (Zentrum) Gran Teatre del Liceu (Ciutat Vella) Grand Teton Music Festival (Jackson Hole) Handel Festival (Halle (Saale)) Hollywood Bowl (Los Angeles) La Scala (Milan) Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (Manhattan) London Handel Festival Lucerne Festival Lyric Performing Arts Center (Baltimore) Mariinsky Theatre (Saint Petersburg) Massey Hall (Toronto) Memorial Opera House (Valparaiso) Musikverein (Innere Stadt) Notre-Dame de Paris Opéra royal de Versailles Opéra-Comique (Paris) Queen Elizabeth Hall (London Borough of Lambeth) Royal Albert Hall (City of Westminster) Royal Festival Hall (London Borough of Lambeth) Royal Opera House (City of Westminster) Sage Gateshead Salzburg Festival Semperoper (Altstadt (Dresden)) Staatsoper Stuttgart Sydney Opera House (City of Sydney) Tanglewood (Massachusetts) Teatro Real (Palacio) Teatro Regio (Turin) The Proms (London) Verbier Festival Vienna State Opera (Innere Stadt) Vienna Volksoper War Memorial Opera House (San Francisco) Wigmore Hall (City of Westminster) Zürich Opera House