The great composers of the 20th century South America
Piazzolla or Dudamel? Rodas or Villa-Lobos? 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 1890 and 2000+ (modern & contemporary era) 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 : Piazzolla (Argentine tango composer, bandoneon player and arranger) or Dudamel (Venezuelan conductor and violinist) ? Schifrin (Argentine-American pianist, composer, arranger and conductor (born 1932)) or Ginastera (Argentine composer (1916-1983)) ? 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 1890 and 2000+ (modern & contemporary era). And this objectively, and for the first time (soclassiq exclusivity).
Composers rendered as a timeline to bring a little perspective:
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Top 10 classical musiccomposers in South America for the years 1890-2000+
Who are these greatest composers, the most famous over the 1890-2000+ 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. Pío Barrios, Moreira Lima, Abreu, Bacalov, Zimmermann, Novaes, Montero...
At this time, soclassiq has listed more than 19000 composers. So here is a selection of some composers for the modern & contemporary era, 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.
José Antonio de Abreu The great composers of the 20th century
1939-2018 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Remigio Acevedo Guajardo The great composers of the 20th century
1863-1911 (Romantic)
Performer & Composer
Leni Alexander The great composers of the 20th century
1924-2005 (20th century)
Composer
Daniel Alomía Robles The great composers of the 20th century
1871-1942 (20th century)
Composer
Eduardo Alonso-Crespo The great composers of the 20th century
age 67 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Jorge Antunes The great composers of the 20th century
age 81 (20th century)
Composer
Ricardo Araujo The great composers of the 20th century
age 45 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
João Gomez de Araújo The great composers of the 20th century
1846-1943 (Romantic)
Composer
Diana Arismendi The great composers of the 20th century
age 61 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Juan Arroyo The great composers of the 20th century
age 42 (20th century)
Composer
Sérgio Assad The great composers of the 20th century
age 71 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Blas Emilio Atehortúa Amaya The great composers of the 20th century
1943-2020 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Luis Bacalov The great composers of the 20th century
1933-2017 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Eduardo Banks The great composers of the 20th century
age 45 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Silvio Barbato The great composers of the 20th century
1959-2009 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Susana Baron Supervielle The great composers of the 20th century
1910-2004 (20th century)
Composer
Carmen Barros The great composers of the 20th century
1925-2023 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Composer
Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt The great composers of the 20th century
1925-2010 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Herman Bemberg The great composers of the 20th century
1859-1931 (Romantic)
Composer
Esteban Benzecry The great composers of the 20th century
age 53 (20th century)
Composer
Arturo Berutti The great composers of the 20th century
1858-1938 (Romantic)
Composer
Vicente Bianchi Alarcón The great composers of the 20th century
1920-2018 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Daniel Binelli The great composers of the 20th century
age 77 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Próspero Bisquertt The great composers of the 20th century
1881-1959 (20th century)
Composer
Alceo Bocchino The great composers of the 20th century
1918-2013 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Felipe Boero The great composers of the 20th century
1884-1958 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Luiz Bonfá The great composers of the 20th century
1922-2001 (20th century)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Cristina Braga The great composers of the 20th century
age 57 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
José Bragato The great composers of the 20th century
1915-2017 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Roberto Caamaño The great composers of the 20th century
1923-1993 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Pompeyo Camps The great composers of the 20th century
1924-1997 (20th century)
Composer
Jorge Cardoso The great composers of the 20th century
age 75 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Teresa Carreño The great composers of the 20th century
1853-1917 (Romantic)
Conductor, Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Eleazar de Carvalho The great composers of the 20th century
1912-1996 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Juan Casanova Vicuña The great composers of the 20th century
1894-1976 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Evencio Castellanos The great composers of the 20th century
1915-1984 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
José María Castro The great composers of the 20th century
1892-1964 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Juan José Castro The great composers of the 20th century
1895-1968 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Maximianno Cobra The great composers of the 20th century
age 54 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Corciolli The great composers of the 20th century
age 56 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Violeta Cruz The great composers of the 20th century
age 37 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Brasílio Itiberê da Cunha Luz The great composers of the 20th century
1896-1967 (20th century)
Composer
José Cura The great composers of the 20th century
age 61 (20th century)
Conductor, Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Mario Davidovsky The great composers of the 20th century
1934-2019 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Alirio Díaz The great composers of the 20th century
1923-2016 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Juan de Dios Filiberto The great composers of the 20th century
1885-1964 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Ernesto Drangosch The great composers of the 20th century
1882-1925 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Carlos Duarte The great composers of the 20th century
1957-2003 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Gustavo Dudamel The great composers of the 20th century
age 43 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Vicente Emilio Sojo The great composers of the 20th century
1887-1974 (20th century)
Composer
Antonio Estévez The great composers of the 20th century
1916-1988 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Giora Feidman The great composers of the 20th century
age 87 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Eduardo Fernández The great composers of the 20th century
age 71 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Ingrid Fliter The great composers of the 20th century
age 50 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Miguel Ángel Fúster Coll The great composers of the 20th century
1933-2012 (20th century)
Composer
Constantino Gaito The great composers of the 20th century
1878-1945 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Gerardo Gandini The great composers of the 20th century
1936-2013 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Juan Antonio Garcia Estrada The great composers of the 20th century
1895-1960 (20th century)
Composer
Eduardo García-Mansilla The great composers of the 20th century
1871-1930 (20th century)
Composer
Roberto García Morillo The great composers of the 20th century
1911-2003 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Pedro García Velásquez The great composers of the 20th century
age 40 (20th century)
Composer
Carlos Gardel The great composers of the 20th century
1890-1935 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Composer
Gilardo Gilardi The great composers of the 20th century
1889-1963 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Jean Gilbert The great composers of the 20th century
1879-1942 (20th century)
Composer
Alberto Ginastera The great composers of the 20th century
1916-1983 (20th century)
Composer
Tomás Giribaldi The great composers of the 20th century
1847-1930 (Romantic)
Composer
Osvaldo Golijov The great composers of the 20th century
age 63 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Antônio Carlos Gomes The great composers of the 20th century
1836-1896 (Romantic)
Performer & Composer
Chiquinha Gonzaga The great composers of the 20th century
1847-1935 (Romantic)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Fernando González Casellas The great composers of the 20th century
1925-1998 (20th century)
Composer
Carlos Grätzer The great composers of the 20th century
age 67 (20th century)
Composer
Camargo Guarnieri The great composers of the 20th century
1907-1993 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Carlos Guastavino The great composers of the 20th century
1912-2000 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
César Guerra-Peixe The great composers of the 20th century
1914-1993 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Alberto Guerrero The great composers of the 20th century
1886-1959 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Gerardo Guevara The great composers of the 20th century
age 93 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Reynaldo Hahn The great composers of the 20th century
1874-1947 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Maria Helena Rosas Fernandes The great composers of the 20th century
age 90 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Rodrigo Herrmann The great composers of the 20th century
1916-1971 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Luis H. Salgado The great composers of the 20th century
1903-1977 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Jorge Humberto Pinzón The great composers of the 20th century
age 56 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Maria Isabel Curubeto Godoy The great composers of the 20th century
1896-1959 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Adina Izarra The great composers of the 20th century
age 65 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Mauricio Kagel The great composers of the 20th century
1931-2008 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Erich Kleiber The great composers of the 20th century
1890-1956 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Edino Krieger The great composers of the 20th century
1928-2022 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Marta Lambertini The great composers of the 20th century
1937-2019 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Antonio Lauro The great composers of the 20th century
1917-1986 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Mario Lecaros The great composers of the 20th century
age 73 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Alfonso Leng The great composers of the 20th century
1894-1974 (20th century)
Composer
Alexandre Levy The great composers of the 20th century
1864-1892 (Romantic)
Performer & Composer
Carlos López Buchardo The great composers of the 20th century
1881-1948 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Oscar Lorenzo Fernández The great composers of the 20th century
1897-1948 (20th century)
Composer
Ernst Mahle The great composers of the 20th century
age 95 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Mesías Maiguashca The great composers of the 20th century
age 85 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Claudio Maldonado The great composers of the 20th century
age 43 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Virtú Maragno The great composers of the 20th century
1928-2004 (20th century)
Composer
Juan María Solare The great composers of the 20th century
age 57 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Antonio Maria Valencia The great composers of the 20th century
1902-1952 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Enrique Mario Casella The great composers of the 20th century
1891-1948 (20th century)
Composer
Fernando Martin Otero The great composers of the 20th century
age 51 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Eduardo Marturet The great composers of the 20th century
age 70 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Juan Bautista Massa The great composers of the 20th century
1885-1938 (20th century)
Composer
Carlos Mastropietro The great composers of the 20th century
age 66 (20th century)
Composer
Martín Matalon The great composers of the 20th century
age 65 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Anacleto de Medeiros The great composers of the 20th century
1866-1907 (Romantic)
Composer
Sergio Mesa The great composers of the 20th century
age 81 (20th century)
Composer
Francisco Mignone The great composers of the 20th century
1897-1986 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Nicolino Milano The great composers of the 20th century
1876-1962 (20th century)
Composer
Fernando Millet The great composers of the 20th century
age 68 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Ronaldo Miranda The great composers of the 20th century
age 75 (20th century)
Composer
Gabriela Montero The great composers of the 20th century
age 53 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Cholo Montironi The great composers of the 20th century
age 92 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Pedro Morales Pino The great composers of the 20th century
1863-1926 (Romantic)
Composer
Arthur Moreira Lima The great composers of the 20th century
age 83 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Eli-Eri Moura The great composers of the 20th century
age 60 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Ricardo Moyano The great composers of the 20th century
age 63 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Ernesto Nazareth The great composers of the 20th century
1863-1934 (Romantic)
Performer & Composer
Alberto Nepomuceno The great composers of the 20th century
1864-1920 (Romantic)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
John Neschling The great composers of the 20th century
age 76 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Marcelo Nisinman The great composers of the 20th century
age 53 (20th century)
Composer
Marlos Nobre The great composers of the 20th century
age 85 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Guiomar Novaes The great composers of the 20th century
1895-1979 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Juan Carlos Núñez The great composers of the 20th century
age 77 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Sergio Ortega The great composers of the 20th century
1938-2003 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Henrique Oswald The great composers of the 20th century
1852-1931 (Romantic)
Composer
Luis Otero Martínez-Siegenthaler The great composers of the 20th century
age 59 (20th century)
Conductor, Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Nathan Pacheco The great composers of the 20th century
age 44 (20th century)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Athos Palma The great composers of the 20th century
1891-1951 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Martín Palmeri The great composers of the 20th century
age 58 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Fabián Panisello The great composers of the 20th century
age 60 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Ettore Panizza The great composers of the 20th century
1875-1967 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Jorge Peña Hen The great composers of the 20th century
1928-1973 (20th century)
Composer
Jorge Pepi Alós The great composers of the 20th century
age 61 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Astor Piazzolla The great composers of the 20th century
1921-1992 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Agustín Pío Barrios The great composers of the 20th century
1885-1944 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Adrien Politi The great composers of the 20th century
age 66 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Emilio Pomarico The great composers of the 20th century
age 69 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Jaurés Lamarque Pons The great composers of the 20th century
1917-1982 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Cyril Potter The great composers of the 20th century
1899-1981 (20th century)
Composer
Osvaldo Pugliese The great composers of the 20th century
1905-1995 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Ariel Ramírez The great composers of the 20th century
1921-2010 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Victor Guillermo Ramos Rangel The great composers of the 20th century
1911-1986 (20th century)
Composer
Francisco rancisco Braga The great composers of the 20th century
1868-1945 (20th century)
Composer
Dilermando Reis The great composers of the 20th century
1916-1977 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Rodrigo Riera The great composers of the 20th century
1923-1999 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Arturo Rodas The great composers of the 20th century
age 70 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
David Rosenmann-Taub The great composers of the 20th century
1927-2023 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Bruno Sanfilippo The great composers of the 20th century
age 58 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Gustavo Santaolalla The great composers of the 20th century
age 72 (20th century)
Composer
Arthur Napoleão dos Santos The great composers of the 20th century
1843-1925 (Romantic)
Performer & Composer
Ángel Sauce The great composers of the 20th century
1911-1995 (20th century)
Composer
Lalo Schifrin The great composers of the 20th century
age 91 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Alfredo Schiuma The great composers of the 20th century
1885-1963 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Pedro Seiji Asato The great composers of the 20th century
age 83 (20th century)
Composer
José Serebrier The great composers of the 20th century
age 85 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Honorio Siccardi The great composers of the 20th century
1897-1963 (20th century)
Composer
Oreste Sindici The great composers of the 20th century
1828-1905 (Romantic)
Lyrical singer & Composer
João de Souza Lima The great composers of the 20th century
1898-1982 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Carlos Stella The great composers of the 20th century
age 63 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Oscar Strasnoy The great composers of the 20th century
age 53 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Augusto Stresser The great composers of the 20th century
1871-1918 (Romantic)
Composer
Victor Torres The great composers of the 20th century
age 65 (20th century)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Floro Ugarte The great composers of the 20th century
1884-1975 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Guillermo Uribe Holguín The great composers of the 20th century
1880-1971 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
José María Valle Riestra The great composers of the 20th century
1858-1925 (Romantic)
Composer
Heitor Villa-Lobos The great composers of the 20th century
1887-1959 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Ezequiel Viñao The great composers of the 20th century
age 63 (20th century)
Composer
Joaquín Zamacois The great composers of the 20th century
1894-1976 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Edson Zampronha The great composers of the 20th century
age 60 (20th century)
Composer
Udo Zimmermann The great composers of the 20th century
1943-2021 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
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