10 centuries of classical music (Asia)
Garayev or Cho? Hisaishi or Arutiunian? It is difficult for inquiring minds to tackle such abundant fields as classical music and opera, covering 10 centuries of history: there are thousands of composers. Making a selection of musicians, such as a “top 10” for example, is a difficult and subjective exercise. A musical selection is often the expression of personal preferences or artistic opinions, very interesting but also very different according to critics or musicologists, or simply influenced by the context: will an English composer not be instinctively privileged by an English critic?
For example: in France, Charles Gounod, a 19th century French composer, is more easily mentioned than the Norwegian Edvard Grieg, who is more recognized in the world.
Timeline of classical music composers in Asia
Whoever wants to discover classical music or opera does not always have an experienced music lover, an expert or an educator at his or her side to support and guide him or her in these fields. So : Garayev (Azerbaijani composer (1918-1982)) or Cho (South Korean classical pianist) ? Kancheli (Georgian composer (1935-2019)) or Paliashvili (Georgian composer) ? However, the knowledge available about musicians is enormous. It was processed to select the 10, 25, 50... most popular composers around the world, for those living or having lived en Asia, . And this objectively, and for the first time (soclassiq exclusivity).
Composers rendered as a timeline to bring a little perspective:
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ComposersConductorsLyrical singersPerformers 2024
This timeline is interactive to navigate through the ages (from 1400), or eras : medieval music, renaissance, baroque music (Bach...), classical period (Mozart...), romantic music (Beethoven...), XXth (Stravinsky), or across continents (with ).
Top 10 classical musiccomposers in Asia
Who are these greatest composers, the most famous in Asia? The works of these musician have shaped the history of classical music and lyric art. There are those you probably know, or at least by name and the others.
Here are these 10 classical music composers, renowned artists from around the world:
Curious to know their most emblematic works? Just a click away to discover them.
The selections of musicians (classical music composers) proposed by soclassiq are based exclusively on algorithms. The same applies to their works, the performers, the lyrical singers, les orchestras, the conductors and the venues : opera houses, concert halls or festivals.
What about the others? 25, 50 or more?
Summarizing to 10 musician names such a wide and diverse field may seem extreme or too simplistic for those who know classical music and lyrical art well, for those who can easily name 50 or more classical music composers. Balanchivadze, Vanessa-Mae, Batiashvili, Latsabidze, Uchida, Tariverdiev, Klemperer...
At this time, soclassiq has listed more than 19000 composers. So here is a selection of some composers, in Asia, widely recognized around the world:
Note:
- This selection may include highly reputed artists and musicians who have occasionally devoted themselves to classical music and not exclusively.
- It may also include composers who have been or are concert performers, some more renowned for their careers than for the work they have left behind.
Kōmei Abe 10 centuries of classical music
1911-2006 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Keiko Abe 10 centuries of classical music
age 86 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Rosalina Abejo 10 centuries of classical music
1922-1991 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Claude Abravanel 10 centuries of classical music
1924-2012 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Maurice Abravanel 10 centuries of classical music
1903-1993 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Vasif Adigozalov 10 centuries of classical music
1935-2006 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Shafiga Akhundova 10 centuries of classical music
1924-2013 (20th century)
Composer
Yasushi Akutagawa 10 centuries of classical music
1925-1989 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Suleĭman Aleskerov 10 centuries of classical music
1924-2000 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Franghiz Ali-Zadeh 10 centuries of classical music
age 76 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Raffi Armenian 10 centuries of classical music
age 81 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Alexander Arutiunian 10 centuries of classical music
1920-2012 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Mukhtar Ashrafi 10 centuries of classical music
1912-1975 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Yuval Avital 10 centuries of classical music
age 46 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Avi Avital 10 centuries of classical music
age 45 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Abdel Rahman El Bacha 10 centuries of classical music
age 65 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Afrasiyab Badalbeyli 10 centuries of classical music
1907-1976 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Zakir Baghirov 10 centuries of classical music
1916-1996 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Andria Balanchivadze 10 centuries of classical music
1906-1992 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Meliton Balanchivadze 10 centuries of classical music
1862-1937 (Romantic)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Sergey Balasanian 10 centuries of classical music
1902-1982 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Lisa Batiashvili 10 centuries of classical music
age 45 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Nisar Bazmi 10 centuries of classical music
1925-2007 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Sadao Bekku 10 centuries of classical music
1922-2012 (20th century)
Composer
Paul Ben-Haim 10 centuries of classical music
1897-1984 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Bart Berman 10 centuries of classical music
age 85 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Gary Bertini 10 centuries of classical music
1927-2005 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Valentin Bibik 10 centuries of classical music
1940-2003 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Yevgeny Brusilovsky 10 centuries of classical music
1905-1981 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Vincent Bueno 10 centuries of classical music
age 38 (20th century)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Stanislav Bunin 10 centuries of classical music
age 57 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Qigang Chen 10 centuries of classical music
age 72 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Unsuk Chin 10 centuries of classical music
age 62 (20th century)
Composer
Seong-Jin Cho 10 centuries of classical music
age 29 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Tigran Chukhajian 10 centuries of classical music
1837-1898 (Romantic)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Chaya Czernowin 10 centuries of classical music
age 66 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Bilegiin Damdinsüren 10 centuries of classical music
1919-1992 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Ikuma Dan 10 centuries of classical music
1924-2001 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Hossein Dehlavi 10 centuries of classical music
1927-2019 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Victor Dolidze 10 centuries of classical music
1890-1933 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Avner Dorman 10 centuries of classical music
age 48 (20th century)
Composer
Tan Dun 10 centuries of classical music
age 66 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Ahn Eak-tai 10 centuries of classical music
1906-1965 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Nie Er 10 centuries of classical music
1912-1935 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Manuel de Falla 10 centuries of classical music
1876-1946 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Kazuo Fukushima 10 centuries of classical music
1930-2023 (20th century)
Composer
Ivan Galamian 10 centuries of classical music
1903-1981 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Vyacheslav Ganelin 10 centuries of classical music
age 79 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Faraj Garayev 10 centuries of classical music
age 80 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Gara Garayev 10 centuries of classical music
1918-1982 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Leib Glantz 10 centuries of classical music
1898-1964 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Composer
Sembiin Gonchigsumlaa 10 centuries of classical music
1919-1991 (20th century)
Composer
Matt Haimovitz 10 centuries of classical music
age 53 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Zulfugar Hajibeyov 10 centuries of classical music
1884-1950 (20th century)
Composer
Soltan Hajibeyov 10 centuries of classical music
1919-1974 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Uzeyir Hajibeyov 10 centuries of classical music
1885-1948 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Jovdat Hajiyev 10 centuries of classical music
1917-2002 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Kazuko Hara 10 centuries of classical music
1935-2014 (20th century)
Composer
Fumio Hayasaka 10 centuries of classical music
1914-1955 (20th century)
Composer
Hikaru Hayashi 10 centuries of classical music
1931-2012 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Joe Hisaishi 10 centuries of classical music
age 73 (20th century)
Conductor, Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Toshio Hosokawa 10 centuries of classical music
age 68 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Mehdi Hosseini 10 centuries of classical music
age 44 (20th century)
Composer
Edgar Hovhannisyan 10 centuries of classical music
1930-1998 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Gagik Hovunts 10 centuries of classical music
1930-2019 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Li Huanzhi 10 centuries of classical music
1919-2000 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Toshi Ichiyanagi 10 centuries of classical music
1933-2022 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Akira Ifukube 10 centuries of classical music
1914-2006 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Shin'ichirō Ikebe 10 centuries of classical music
age 80 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Tomojirō Ikenouchi 10 centuries of classical music
1906-1991 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Yoshirō Irino 10 centuries of classical music
1921-1980 (20th century)
Composer
Maki Ishii 10 centuries of classical music
1936-2003 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Kan Ishii 10 centuries of classical music
1921-2009 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Daisuke Ishiwatari 10 centuries of classical music
age 50 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Yasuhide Ito 10 centuries of classical music
age 63 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Jahangir Jahangirov 10 centuries of classical music
1921-1992 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Malek Jandali 10 centuries of classical music
age 52 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Zhao Jiping 10 centuries of classical music
age 79 (20th century)
Composer
Marios Joannou Elia 10 centuries of classical music
age 45 (20th century)
Composer
Dina Joffe 10 centuries of classical music
age 71 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Vakhtang Kakhidze 10 centuries of classical music
age 64 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Joseph Kaminski 10 centuries of classical music
1903-1972 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Giya Kancheli 10 centuries of classical music
1935-2019 (20th century)
Composer
Shigeru Kan-no 10 centuries of classical music
age 64 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Yoko Kanno 10 centuries of classical music
age 59 (20th century)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Ramin Karimloo 10 centuries of classical music
age 45 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Composer
Anna Kasyan 10 centuries of classical music
age 42 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Composer
Karen Khachaturian 10 centuries of classical music
1920-2011 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Quddus Khojamyarov 10 centuries of classical music
1918-1994 (20th century)
Composer
Evgeny Kissin 10 centuries of classical music
age 52 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Yasuji Kiyose 10 centuries of classical music
1900-1981 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Otto Klemperer 10 centuries of classical music
1885-1973 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Nobu Kōda 10 centuries of classical music
1870-1946 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Momo Kodama 10 centuries of classical music
age 51 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Koji Kondo 10 centuries of classical music
age 62 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Hidemaro Konoye 10 centuries of classical music
1898-1973 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Mark Kopytman 10 centuries of classical music
1929-2011 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Mayako Kubo 10 centuries of classical music
age 76 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Bidzina Kvernadze 10 centuries of classical music
1928-2010 (20th century)
Composer
Giorgi Latsabidze 10 centuries of classical music
age 45 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Marc Lavry 10 centuries of classical music
1903-1967 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Yundi Li 10 centuries of classical music
age 41 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Hampartsoum Limondjian 10 centuries of classical music
1768-1839 (Classical)
Performer & Composer
Kate Liu 10 centuries of classical music
age 29 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Arkady Luxemburg 10 centuries of classical music
age 84 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Yo-Yo Ma 10 centuries of classical music
age 68 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Ibrahim Maalouf 10 centuries of classical music
age 43 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Aleksandre Machavariani 10 centuries of classical music
1913-1995 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Muslim Magomayev 10 centuries of classical music
1885-1937 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Muslim Magomayev 10 centuries of classical music
1942-2008 (20th century)
Conductor, Lyrical singer & Composer
Abdylas Maldybaev 10 centuries of classical music
1906-1978 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Composer
Arif Malikov 10 centuries of classical music
1933-2019 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Michio Mamiya 10 centuries of classical music
age 94 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Tigran Mansurian 10 centuries of classical music
age 85 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Cheng Maoyun 10 centuries of classical music
1900-1957 (20th century)
Composer
Yoritsune Matsudaira 10 centuries of classical music
1907-2001 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Teizo Matsumura 10 centuries of classical music
1929-2007 (20th century)
Composer
Toshiro Mayuzumi 10 centuries of classical music
1929-1997 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Alexander Melik-Pashayev 10 centuries of classical music
1905-1964 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Minoru Miki 10 centuries of classical music
1930-2011 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Veli Mukhatov 10 centuries of classical music
1916-2005 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Hiroko Nakamura 10 centuries of classical music
1944-2016 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Tamezō Narita 10 centuries of classical music
1893-1945 (20th century)
Composer
Masakazu Natsuda 10 centuries of classical music
age 55 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Lior Navok 10 centuries of classical music
age 52 (20th century)
Composer
Takashi Niigaki 10 centuries of classical music
age 53 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Akira Nishimura 10 centuries of classical music
1953-2023 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Knyaz Niyazi 10 centuries of classical music
1912-1984 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Ryo Noda 10 centuries of classical music
age 76 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Yuji Nomi 10 centuries of classical music
age 65 (20th century)
Composer
Neil Nongkynrih 10 centuries of classical music
1970-2022 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Hiroshi Ohguri 10 centuries of classical music
1918-1982 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Konstantin Orbelyan 10 centuries of classical music
1928-2014 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Michiru Oshima 10 centuries of classical music
age 62 (20th century)
Composer
Hisatada Otaka 10 centuries of classical music
1911-1951 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Makoto Ozone 10 centuries of classical music
age 62 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Zacharia Paliashvili 10 centuries of classical music
1871-1933 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Ödön Pártos 10 centuries of classical music
1907-1977 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
S. P. Somtow 10 centuries of classical music
age 71 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Mansour Rahbani 10 centuries of classical music
1925-2009 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Ali Rahbari 10 centuries of classical music
age 76 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Wadia Sabra 10 centuries of classical music
1876-1952 (20th century)
Composer
Shigeaki Saegusa 10 centuries of classical music
age 81 (20th century)
Composer
Toshihiko Sahashi 10 centuries of classical music
age 64 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Hideo Saito 10 centuries of classical music
1902-1974 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Ryuichi Sakamoto 10 centuries of classical music
1952-2023 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Mamoru Samuragochi 10 centuries of classical music
age 60 (20th century)
Composer
Heshmat Sanjari 10 centuries of classical music
1917-1995 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Huseyngulu Sarabski 10 centuries of classical music
1879-1945 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Composer
Ghazaros Saryan 10 centuries of classical music
1920-1998 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Kentaro Sato 10 centuries of classical music
age 42 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Dov Seltzer 10 centuries of classical music
age 92 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Vladimir Shainsky 10 centuries of classical music
1925-2017 (20th century)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Lior Shambadal 10 centuries of classical music
age 73 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Mohammad Shams 10 centuries of classical music
age 69 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Ding Shande 10 centuries of classical music
1911-1995 (20th century)
Composer
Anoushka Shankar 10 centuries of classical music
age 42 (20th century)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Bright Sheng 10 centuries of classical music
age 68 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Noam Sheriff 10 centuries of classical music
1935-2018 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Liu Shikun 10 centuries of classical music
age 85 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Xiao Shuxian 10 centuries of classical music
1905-1991 (20th century)
Composer
Yun Sim-deok 10 centuries of classical music
1897-1926 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Composer
Yeol Eum Son 10 centuries of classical music
age 37 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Dang Thai Son 10 centuries of classical music
age 65 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Cong Su 10 centuries of classical music
age 67 (20th century)
Composer
Masaaki Suzuki 10 centuries of classical music
age 69 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Yūji Takahashi 10 centuries of classical music
age 85 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Tōru Takemitsu 10 centuries of classical music
1930-1996 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Rentarō Taki 10 centuries of classical music
1879-1903 (Romantic)
Performer & Composer
Josef Tal 10 centuries of classical music
1910-2008 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Yoav Talmi 10 centuries of classical music
age 80 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Muhai Tang 10 centuries of classical music
age 74 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Mikael Tariverdiev 10 centuries of classical music
1931-1996 (20th century)
Composer
Avet Terterian 10 centuries of classical music
1929-1994 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Loris Tjeknavorian 10 centuries of classical music
age 86 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Isao Tomita 10 centuries of classical music
1932-2016 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Yūzō Toyama 10 centuries of classical music
1931-2023 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Sulkhan Tsintsadze 10 centuries of classical music
1925-1991 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Fou Ts'ong 10 centuries of classical music
1934-2020 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Nobuyuki Tsujii 10 centuries of classical music
age 35 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Huang Tzu 10 centuries of classical music
1904-1938 (20th century)
Composer
Mitsuko Uchida 10 centuries of classical music
age 75 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Tomoharu Ushida 10 centuries of classical music
age 24 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Kaoru Wada 10 centuries of classical music
age 61 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Jiang Wen-Ye 10 centuries of classical music
1910-1983 (20th century)
Composer
Ye Xiaogang 10 centuries of classical music
age 68 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Qu Xiao-Song 10 centuries of classical music
age 72 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Xian Xinghai 10 centuries of classical music
1905-1945 (20th century)
Composer
Kazuo Yamada 10 centuries of classical music
1912-1991 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Kōsaku Yamada 10 centuries of classical music
1886-1965 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Stomu Yamashta 10 centuries of classical music
age 76 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Akio Yashiro 10 centuries of classical music
1929-1976 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Yitzhak Yedid 10 centuries of classical music
age 52 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Chen Yi 10 centuries of classical music
age 70 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Takashi Yoshimatsu 10 centuries of classical music
age 70 (20th century)
Composer
Joji Yuasa 10 centuries of classical music
age 94 (20th century)
Composer
Du Yun 10 centuries of classical music
age 46 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Azer Zeynalov 10 centuries of classical music
age 59 (20th century)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Gaziza Zhubanova 10 centuries of classical music
1927-1993 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
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- 10 centuries of classical music
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