10 centuries of classical music Composers (Asia)
Magomayev or Hajibeyov? Uchida or Er? 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 : Magomayev (Soviet-Azerbajiani singer) or Hajibeyov (Azerbaijani composer (1885-1948)) ? Vanessa-Mae (British violinist) or Klemperer (German conductor and 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 2021
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. Garayev, Mansurian, Paliashvili, Cho, Takemitsu, Ma, Dun...
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 Abe10 centuries of classical music
1911-2006 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Keiko Abe10 centuries of classical music
age 83 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Rosalina Abejo10 centuries of classical music
1922-1991 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Vasif Adigozalov10 centuries of classical music
1935-2006 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Shafiga Akhundova10 centuries of classical music
1924-2013 (20th century)
Composer
Yasushi Akutagawa10 centuries of classical music
1925-1989 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Suleĭman Aleskerov10 centuries of classical music
1924-2000 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Franghiz Ali-Zadeh10 centuries of classical music
age 73 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Raffi Armenian10 centuries of classical music
age 78 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Alexander Arutiunian10 centuries of classical music
1920-2012 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Mukhtar Ashrafi10 centuries of classical music
1912-1975 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Yuval Avital10 centuries of classical music
age 43 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Avi Avital10 centuries of classical music
age 42 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Afrasiyab Badalbeyli10 centuries of classical music
1907-1976 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Zakir Dzjavad ogli Bagirov10 centuries of classical music
1916-1996 (20th century)
Composer
Andria Balanchivadze10 centuries of classical music
1906-1992 (20th century)
Composer
Meliton Balanchivadze10 centuries of classical music
1862-1937 (Romantic)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Sergey Balasanian10 centuries of classical music
1902-1982 (20th century)
Composer
Lisa Batiashvili10 centuries of classical music
age 42 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Nisar Bazmi10 centuries of classical music
1925-2007 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Sadao Bekku10 centuries of classical music
1922-2012 (20th century)
Composer
Paul Ben-Haim10 centuries of classical music
1897-1984 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Bart Berman10 centuries of classical music
age 82 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Gary Bertini10 centuries of classical music
1927-2005 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Valentin Bibik10 centuries of classical music
1940-2003 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Yevgeny Brusilovsky10 centuries of classical music
1905-1981 (20th century)
Composer
Stanislav Bunin10 centuries of classical music
age 54 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Qigang Chen10 centuries of classical music
age 69 (20th century)
Composer
Unsuk Chin10 centuries of classical music
age 59 (20th century)
Composer
Seong-Jin Cho10 centuries of classical music
age 26 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Tigran Chukhajian10 centuries of classical music
1837-1898 (Romantic)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Chaya Czernowin10 centuries of classical music
age 63 (20th century)
Composer
Bilegiin Damdinsüren10 centuries of classical music
1919-1992 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Ikuma Dan10 centuries of classical music
1924-2001 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Hossein Dehlavi10 centuries of classical music
1927-2019 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Victor Dolidze10 centuries of classical music
1890-1933 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Avner Dorman10 centuries of classical music
age 46 (20th century)
Composer
Tan Dun10 centuries of classical music
age 63 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Ahn Eak-tai10 centuries of classical music
1906-1965 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Angelo Ephrikian10 centuries of classical music
1913-1982 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Nie Er10 centuries of classical music
1912-1935 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Manuel de Falla10 centuries of classical music
1876-1946 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Kazuo Fukushima10 centuries of classical music
age 91 (20th century)
Composer
Ivan Galamian10 centuries of classical music
1903-1981 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Vyacheslav Ganelin10 centuries of classical music
age 76 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Faraj Garayev10 centuries of classical music
age 77 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Gara Garayev10 centuries of classical music
1918-1982 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Sembiin Gonchigsumlaa10 centuries of classical music
1919-1991 (20th century)
Composer
Matt Haimovitz10 centuries of classical music
age 50 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Zulfugar Hajibeyov10 centuries of classical music
1884-1950 (20th century)
Composer
Soltan Hajibeyov10 centuries of classical music
1919-1974 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Uzeyir Hajibeyov10 centuries of classical music
1885-1948 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Jovdat Hajiyev10 centuries of classical music
1917-2002 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Kazuko Hara10 centuries of classical music
1935-2014 (20th century)
Composer
Fumio Hayasaka10 centuries of classical music
1914-1955 (20th century)
Composer
Hikaru Hayashi10 centuries of classical music
1931-2012 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Joe Hisaishi10 centuries of classical music
age 70 (20th century)
Conductor, Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Toshio Hosokawa10 centuries of classical music
age 65 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Mehdi Hosseini10 centuries of classical music
age 41 (20th century)
Composer
Edgar Hovhannisyan10 centuries of classical music
1930-1998 (20th century)
Composer
Gagik Hovunts10 centuries of classical music
1930-2019 (20th century)
Composer
Li Huanzhi10 centuries of classical music
1919-2000 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Toshi Ichiyanagi10 centuries of classical music
age 88 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Akira Ifukube10 centuries of classical music
1914-2006 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Shin'ichirō Ikebe10 centuries of classical music
age 77 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Tomojirō Ikenouchi10 centuries of classical music
1906-1991 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Yoshirō Irino10 centuries of classical music
1921-1980 (20th century)
Composer
Maki Ishii10 centuries of classical music
1936-2003 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Kan Ishii10 centuries of classical music
1921-2009 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Daisuke Ishiwatari10 centuries of classical music
age 47 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Yasuhide Ito10 centuries of classical music
age 60 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Jahangir Jahangirov10 centuries of classical music
1921-1992 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Malek Jandali10 centuries of classical music
age 48 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Zhao Jiping10 centuries of classical music
age 76 (20th century)
Composer
Marios Joannou Elia10 centuries of classical music
age 42 (20th century)
Composer
Dina Joffe10 centuries of classical music
age 68 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Vakhtang Kakhidze10 centuries of classical music
age 62 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Joseph Kaminski10 centuries of classical music
1903-1972 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Gia Kancheli10 centuries of classical music
1935-2019 (20th century)
Composer
Hitomi Kaneko10 centuries of classical music
age 56 (20th century)
Composer
Yoko Kanno10 centuries of classical music
age 57 (20th century)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Shigeru Kan-no10 centuries of classical music
age 61 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Anna Kasyan10 centuries of classical music
age 39 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Composer
Mine Kawakami10 centuries of classical music
age 51 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Masaru Kawasaki10 centuries of classical music
1924-2018 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Karen Khachaturian10 centuries of classical music
1920-2011 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Quddus Khojamyarov10 centuries of classical music
1918-1994 (20th century)
Composer
Kōichi Kishi10 centuries of classical music
1909-1937 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Yasuji Kiyose10 centuries of classical music
1900-1981 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Otto Klemperer10 centuries of classical music
1885-1973 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Nobu Kōda10 centuries of classical music
1870-1946 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Momo Kodama10 centuries of classical music
age 49 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Koji Kondo10 centuries of classical music
age 59 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Hidemaro Konoye10 centuries of classical music
1898-1973 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Mark Kopytman10 centuries of classical music
1929-2011 (20th century)
Composer
Mayako Kubo10 centuries of classical music
age 73 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Mina Kubota10 centuries of classical music
age 49 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Dimash Kudaibergen10 centuries of classical music
age 26 (20th century)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Bidzina Kvernadze10 centuries of classical music
1928-2010 (20th century)
Composer
Giorgi Latsabidze10 centuries of classical music
age 42 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Marc Lavry10 centuries of classical music
1903-1967 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Ming-Qiang Li10 centuries of classical music
age 84 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Yundi Li10 centuries of classical music
age 38 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Hampartsoum Limondjian10 centuries of classical music
1768-1839 (Classical)
Performer & Composer
Kate Liu10 centuries of classical music
age 26 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
He Luting10 centuries of classical music
1903-1999 (20th century)
Composer
Yo-Yo Ma10 centuries of classical music
age 65 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Ibrahim Maalouf10 centuries of classical music
age 40 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Aleksandre Machavariani10 centuries of classical music
1913-1995 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Muslim Magomayev10 centuries of classical music
1885-1937 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Muslim Magomayev10 centuries of classical music
1942-2008 (20th century)
Conductor, Lyrical singer & Composer
Abdylas Maldybaev10 centuries of classical music
1906-1978 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Composer
Arif Malikov10 centuries of classical music
1933-2019 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Michio Mamiya10 centuries of classical music
age 91 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Tigran Mansurian10 centuries of classical music
age 82 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Cheng Maoyun10 centuries of classical music
1900-1957 (20th century)
Composer
Yoritsune Matsudaira10 centuries of classical music
1907-2001 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Teizo Matsumura10 centuries of classical music
1929-2007 (20th century)
Composer
Toshiro Mayuzumi10 centuries of classical music
1929-1997 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Alexander Melik-Pashayev10 centuries of classical music
1905-1964 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Minoru Miki10 centuries of classical music
1930-2011 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Shūkichi Mitsukuri10 centuries of classical music
1895-1971 (20th century)
Composer
Veli Mukhatov10 centuries of classical music
1916-2005 (20th century)
Composer
Hiroko Nakamura10 centuries of classical music
1944-2016 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Tamezō Narita10 centuries of classical music
1893-1945 (20th century)
Composer
Masakazu Natsuda10 centuries of classical music
age 52 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Daniel Nazareth10 centuries of classical music
1948-2014 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Akira Nishimura10 centuries of classical music
age 67 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Knyaz Niyazi10 centuries of classical music
1912-1984 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Yuji Nomi10 centuries of classical music
age 62 (20th century)
Composer
Hiroshi Ohguri10 centuries of classical music
1918-1982 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Yoshiaki Onishi10 centuries of classical music
age 40 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Konstantin Orbelyan10 centuries of classical music
1928-2014 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Michiru Oshima10 centuries of classical music
age 60 (20th century)
Composer
Hisatada Otaka10 centuries of classical music
1911-1951 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Makoto Ozone10 centuries of classical music
age 60 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Zacharia Paliashvili10 centuries of classical music
1871-1933 (20th century)
Composer
Ödön Pártos10 centuries of classical music
1907-1977 (20th century)
Composer
Chen Peixun10 centuries of classical music
1921-2006 (20th century)
Composer
Đặng Hữu Phúc10 centuries of classical music
age 67 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
S. P. Somtow10 centuries of classical music
age 68 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Mansour Rahbani10 centuries of classical music
1925-2009 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Ali Rahbari10 centuries of classical music
age 73 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Abdel Rahman El Bacha10 centuries of classical music
age 62 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Wadia Sabra10 centuries of classical music
1876-1952 (20th century)
Composer
Shigeaki Saegusa10 centuries of classical music
age 78 (20th century)
Composer
Toshihiko Sahashi10 centuries of classical music
age 61 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Hideo Saito10 centuries of classical music
1902-1974 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Ryuichi Sakamoto10 centuries of classical music
age 69 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Heshmat Sanjari10 centuries of classical music
1917-1995 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Huseyngulu Sarabski10 centuries of classical music
1879-1945 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Composer
Ghazaros Saryan10 centuries of classical music
1920-1998 (20th century)
Composer
Kentaro Sato10 centuries of classical music
age 39 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Vladimir Shainsky10 centuries of classical music
1925-2017 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Mohammad Shams10 centuries of classical music
age 66 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Ding Shande10 centuries of classical music
1911-1995 (20th century)
Composer
Anoushka Shankar10 centuries of classical music
age 39 (20th century)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Bright Sheng10 centuries of classical music
age 65 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Noam Sheriff10 centuries of classical music
1935-2018 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Liu Shikun10 centuries of classical music
age 82 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Mieko Shiomi10 centuries of classical music
age 83 (20th century)
Composer
Xiao Shuxian10 centuries of classical music
1905-1991 (20th century)
Composer
Yeol Eum Son10 centuries of classical music
age 34 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Dang Thai Son10 centuries of classical music
age 62 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Cong Su10 centuries of classical music
age 64 (20th century)
Composer
Masaaki Suzuki10 centuries of classical music
age 66 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Yūji Takahashi10 centuries of classical music
age 82 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Toru Takemitsu10 centuries of classical music
1930-1996 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Rentarō Taki10 centuries of classical music
1879-1903 (Romantic)
Performer & Composer
Josef Tal10 centuries of classical music
1910-2008 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Yoav Talmi10 centuries of classical music
age 77 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Muhai Tang10 centuries of classical music
age 71 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Mikael Tariverdiev10 centuries of classical music
1931-1996 (20th century)
Composer
Avet Terterian10 centuries of classical music
1929-1994 (20th century)
Composer
Loris Tjeknavorian10 centuries of classical music
age 83 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Isao Tomita10 centuries of classical music
1932-2016 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Yuzo Toyama10 centuries of classical music
age 89 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Sulkhan Tsintsadze10 centuries of classical music
1925-1991 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Fou Ts'ong10 centuries of classical music
1934-2020 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Nobuyuki Tsujii10 centuries of classical music
age 32 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Huang Tzu10 centuries of classical music
1904-1938 (20th century)
Composer
Kaoru Wada10 centuries of classical music
age 58 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Jiang Wen-Ye10 centuries of classical music
1910-1983 (20th century)
Composer
Ye Xiaogang10 centuries of classical music
age 65 (20th century)
Composer
Qu Xiao-Song10 centuries of classical music
age 69 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Xian Xinghai10 centuries of classical music
1905-1945 (20th century)
Composer
Kazuo Yamada10 centuries of classical music
1912-1991 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Kosaku Yamada10 centuries of classical music
1886-1965 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Hiroyuki Yamamoto10 centuries of classical music
age 54 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Stomu Yamashta10 centuries of classical music
age 74 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Akio Yashiro10 centuries of classical music
1929-1976 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Yitzhak Yedid10 centuries of classical music
age 49 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Chen Yi10 centuries of classical music
age 68 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Takashi Yoshimatsu10 centuries of classical music
age 68 (20th century)
Composer
Joji Yuasa10 centuries of classical music
age 91 (20th century)
Composer
Du Yun10 centuries of classical music
age 43 (20th century)
Composer
Azər Zeynalov10 centuries of classical music
age 56 (20th century)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Gaziza Zhubanova10 centuries of classical music
1927-1993 (20th century)
Composer
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