The 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000) South America

Golijov or Piazzolla? Novaes or Ginastera? 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, between 1950 and 2000+ in South America

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 : Golijov (Argentine composer of classical music) or Piazzolla (Argentine tango composer, bandoneon player and arranger) ? Lima (Brazilian musician) or Mignone (Brazilian 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 South America, between 1950 and 2000+. And this objectively, and for the first time (soClassiQ exclusivity).

Composers rendered as a timeline to bring a little perspective:

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Timeline :

Composers Conductors Lyrical singers Performers Worldwide Europe North America South America Asia Oceania Africa 2021

This timeline is interactive to navigate through the ages , 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 South America for the years 1950-2000+

Who are these greatest composers, the most famous over the 1950-2000+ era in South America? 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. Carvalho, Castro, Kagel, Dudamel, Argerich, Kleiber, Bacalov...

At this time, soClassiQ has listed more than 18000 composers. So here is a selection of some composers for the years 1950-2000+, in South America, 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.

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 Juan Manuel AbrasThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 45 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Vicente Bianchi AlarcónThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1920-2018 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
 Leni AlexanderThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1924-2005 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Eduardo Alonso-CrespoThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 64 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Jorge Pepi AlósThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 58 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Blas Emilio Atehortúa AmayaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1943-2020 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  José Antonio Abreu AnselmiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1939-2018 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
 Jorge AntunesThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 78 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Ricardo AraujoThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 42 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Martha ArgerichThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 79 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Diana ArismendiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 57 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Juan ArroyoThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 39 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Pedro Seiji AsatoThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 80 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Sérgio AssadThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 67 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 

B
  Luis BacalovThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1933-2017 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
 Eduardo BanksThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 41 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Silvio BarbatoThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1959-2009 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Carmen BarrosThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 95 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer & Composer 
 Gustavo Becerra-SchmidtThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1925-2010 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Esteban BenzecryThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 50 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Daniel BinelliThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 74 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
 Próspero BisquerttThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1881-1959 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Alceo BocchinoThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1918-2013 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Felipe BoeroThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1884-1958 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Luiz BonfáThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1922-2001 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer 
 Cristina BragaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 54 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 

C
 Roberto CaamañoThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1923-1993 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
 Pompeyo CampsThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1924-1997 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Jorge CardosoThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 71 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Eleazar de CarvalhoThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1912-1996 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
 Fernando González CasellasThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1925-1998 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Evencio CastellanosThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1915-1984 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 José María CastroThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1892-1964 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Juan José CastroThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1895-1968 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
 Maximianno CobraThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 50 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
 Miguel Ángel Fúster CollThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1933-2012 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 CorciolliThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 52 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Brasílio Itiberê da Cunha LuzThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1896-1967 (20th century)
                        
Composer 

Mario DavidovskyThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1934-2019 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Alirio DíazThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1923-2016 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Juan de Dios FilibertoThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1885-1964 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Carlos DuarteThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1957-2003 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Gustavo DudamelThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 39 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Antonio EstévezThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1916-1988 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Juan Antonio Garcia EstradaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1895-1960 (20th century)
Composer

Maria Helena Rosas FernandesThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 87 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Ingrid FliterThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 47 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

G
 Gerardo GandiniThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1936-2013 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
 Pedro García VelásquezThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 36 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Gilardo GilardiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1889-1963 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Alberto GinasteraThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1916-1983 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Maria Isabel Curubeto GodoyThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1904-1959 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Osvaldo GolijovThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 59 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Carlos GrätzerThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 64 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Camargo GuarnieriThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1907-1993 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Carlos GuastavinoThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1912-2000 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 César Guerra-PeixeThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1914-1993 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
 Alberto GuerreroThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1886-1959 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
 Gerardo GuevaraThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 90 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 

Jorge Peña HenThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1928-1973 (20th century)
Composer

Rodrigo HerrmannThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1916-1971 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

Guillermo Uribe HolguínThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1880-1971 (20th century)
Composer

Adina IzarraThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 61 (20th century)
Composer

Raúl JaurenaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 79 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Mauricio KagelThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1931-2008 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

Erich KleiberThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1890-1956 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

Edino KriegerThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 92 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

Marta LambertiniThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1937-2019 (20th century)
Composer

Antonio LauroThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1917-1986 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Mario LecarosThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 70 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Alfonso LengThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1894-1974 (20th century)
Composer

Arthur Moreira LimaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 80 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

M
 Ernst MahleThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 91 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Mesías MaiguashcaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 81 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Claudio MaldonadoThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 40 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Virtú MaragnoThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1928-2004 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Luis Otero Martínez-SiegenthalerThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 56 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer 
  Eduardo MarturetThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 67 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Carlos MastropietroThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 62 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Martín MatalonThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 61 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
 Sergio MesaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 77 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Francisco MignoneThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1897-1986 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Ronaldo MirandaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 72 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Gabriela MonteroThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 50 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Cholo MontironiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 88 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Roberto García MorilloThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1911-2003 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Eli-Eri MouraThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 57 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Ricardo MoyanoThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 59 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 

John NeschlingThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 73 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

Marlos NobreThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 81 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Guiomar NovaesThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1895-1979 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Juan Carlos NúñezThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 73 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Sergio OrtegaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1938-2003 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Fernando Martin OteroThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 48 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

P
 Nathan PachecoThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 40 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer 
 Athos PalmaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1891-1951 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Martín PalmeriThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 55 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Fabián PaniselloThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 57 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Ettore PanizzaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1875-1967 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Astor PiazzollaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1921-1992 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
 Jorge Humberto PinzónThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 52 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Adrien PolitiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 62 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Jaurés Lamarque PonsThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1917-1982 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Osvaldo PuglieseThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1905-1995 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 

Ariel RamírezThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1921-2010 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Victor Guillermo Ramos RangelThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1911-1986 (20th century)
Composer

Dilermando ReisThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1916-1977 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Rodrigo RieraThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1923-1999 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Arturo RodasThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 66 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

David Rosenmann-TaubThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 93 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

S
 Luis H. SalgadoThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1903-1977 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Bruno SanfilippoThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 55 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Gustavo SantaolallaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 69 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Ángel SauceThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1911-1995 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Lalo SchifrinThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 88 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
 Alfredo SchiumaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1885-1963 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
 José SerebrierThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 81 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Honorio SiccardiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1897-1963 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Vicente Emilio SojoThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1887-1974 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Juan María SolareThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 54 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
 João de Souza LimaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1898-1982 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
 Carlos StellaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 59 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Oscar StrasnoyThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 49 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
 Susana Baron SupervielleThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1910-2004 (20th century)
                        
Composer 

Victor TorresThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 61 (20th century)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer

Floro UgarteThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1884-1975 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Antonio Maria ValenciaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1902-1952 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Juan Casanova VicuñaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1894-1976 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

Heitor Villa-LobosThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1887-1959 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Ezequiel ViñaoThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 60 (20th century)
Composer

Joaquín ZamacoisThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1894-1976 (20th century)
Composer

Edson ZampronhaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 57 (20th century)
Composer

Udo ZimmermannThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 76 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

Some composers to be celebrated very soon

Next month, more than 40 important artists and musicians will be honoured. In November 2020 some of them may celebrate a special anniversary. For others, amateurs and enthusiasts will celebrate the bicentenary of their birth or the fiftieth anniversary of their death for example. Among them, some famous composers:

on 8, César Franck (1822-1890), 130th anniversary (Death),
on 12, Henryk Gorecki (1933-2010), 10th anniversary (Death),
on 14, Aaron Copland (1900-1990), 120th anniversary (Birth),
on 18, Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941), 160th anniversary (Birth),
on 22, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710-1784), 310th anniversary (Birth),
...

There are others to discover. And it is not too late to focus on the October 2020 celebrations (30+).

Always good opportunities to discover or deepen, (re)listen, explore the vastness and diversity of classical music...

The 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000) South America

Timeline of classical music composers, between 1950 and 2000+ in South America

Top 10 classical musiccomposers in South America for the years 1950-2000+

What about the others? 25, 50 or more?

Some composers to be celebrated very soon

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