The rise of classical music (1500-2000) Asia

Ifukube or Takemitsu? Abe or Li? 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 1500 and 2000+ 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 : Ifukube (Japanese composer) or Takemitsu (Japanese composer and writer on aesthetics and music theory) ? Uchida (Japanese-British pianist) 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, between 1500 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 Asia for the years 1500-2000+

Who are these greatest composers, the most famous over the 1500-2000+ era 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. Latsabidze, Ma, Cho, Dun, Ben-Haim, Suzuki, Arutiunian...

At this time, soClassiQ has listed more than 18000 composers. So here is a selection of some composers for the years 1500-2000+, 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.

A
 Kōmei AbeThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1911-2006 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Keiko AbeThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 83 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Rosalina AbejoThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1922-1991 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Vasif AdigozalovThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1935-2006 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Shafiga AkhundovaThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1924-2013 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Yasushi AkutagawaThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1925-1989 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Franghiz Ali-ZadehThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 73 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Hiroshi AoshimaThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 65 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
 Raffi ArmenianThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 78 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Alexander ArutiunianThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1920-2012 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Mukhtar AshrafiThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1912-1975 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Yuval AvitalThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 43 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Avi AvitalThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 41 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 

B
 Abdel Rahman El BachaThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 61 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Afrasiyab BadalbeyliThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1907-1976 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Zakir Dzjavad ogli BagirovThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1916-1996 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Andria BalanchivadzeThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1906-1992 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Meliton BalanchivadzeThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1862-1937 (Romantic)
                        
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer 
 Sergey BalasanianThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1902-1982 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Lisa BatiashviliThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 41 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Nisar BazmiThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1925-2007 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Sadao BekkuThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1922-2012 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Paul Ben-HaimThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1897-1984 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Bart BermanThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 81 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Gary BertiniThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1927-2005 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Yevgeny BrusilovskyThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1905-1981 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Stanislav BuninThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 54 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 

Qigang ChenThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)
age 69 (20th century)
Composer

Unsuk ChinThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)
age 59 (20th century)
Composer

Seong-Jin ChoThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)
age 26 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Tigran ChukhajianThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)
1837-1898 (Romantic)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Chaya CzernowinThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)
age 62 (20th century)
Composer

Bilegiin DamdinsürenThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)
1919-1992 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Ikuma DanThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)
1924-2001 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

Hossein DehlaviThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)
1927-2019 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Victor DolidzeThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)
1890-1933 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Tan DunThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)
age 63 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Ahn Eak-taiThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)
1906-1965 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

Marios Joannou EliaThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)
age 42 (20th century)
Composer

Angelo EphrikianThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)
1913-1982 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Nie ErThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)
1912-1935 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Manuel de FallaThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)
1876-1946 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Masterpieces Complete works

Wu FeiThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)
age 43 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Composer

Dai FujikuraThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)
age 43 (20th century)
Composer

Kazuo FukushimaThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)
age 90 (20th century)
Composer

Ivan GalamianThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)
1903-1981 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Vyacheslav GanelinThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)
age 75 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Faraj GarayevThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)
age 76 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Gara GarayevThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)
1918-1982 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Leib GlantzThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)
1898-1964 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Composer

Sembiin GonchigsumlaaThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)
1919-1991 (20th century)
Composer

H
  Matt HaimovitzThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 49 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Zulfugar HajibeyovThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1884-1950 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Soltan HajibeyovThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1919-1974 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Uzeyir HajibeyovThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1885-1948 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Jovdat HajiyevThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1917-2002 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Kazuko HaraThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1935-2014 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Fumio HayasakaThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1914-1955 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Hikaru HayashiThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1931-2012 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Joe HisaishiThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 69 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer 
 Hiroshi HoshinaThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 84 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Toshio HosokawaThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 64 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Mehdi HosseiniThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 41 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Edgar HovhannisyanThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1930-1998 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Gagik HovuntsThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1930-2019 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Li HuanzhiThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1919-2000 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 

I
 Toshi IchiyanagiThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 87 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Akira IfukubeThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1914-2006 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
 Shin'ichirō IkebeThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 77 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Tomojirō IkenouchiThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1906-1991 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Yoshirō IrinoThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1921-1980 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Maki IshiiThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1936-2003 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Kan IshiiThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1921-2009 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Mareo IshiketaThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1916-1996 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Daisuke IshiwatariThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 47 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Yasuhide ItoThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 59 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 

Jahangir JahangirovThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)
1921-1992 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

Malek JandaliThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)
age 47 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Dina JoffeThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)
age 67 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

K
 Vakhtang KakhidzeThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 61 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Joseph KaminskiThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1903-1972 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Gia KancheliThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1935-2019 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Hitomi KanekoThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 55 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Yoko KannoThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 56 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer 
 Shigeru Kan-noThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 61 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Anna KasyanThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 38 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer & Composer 
 Mine KawakamiThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 51 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Masaru KawasakiThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1924-2018 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Karen KhachaturianThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1920-2011 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Quddus KhojamyarovThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1918-1994 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Yasuji KiyoseThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1900-1981 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Otto KlempererThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1885-1973 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Momo KodamaThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 48 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Jo KondoThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 72 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Koji KondoThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 59 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Hidemaro KonoyeThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1898-1973 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Mark KopytmanThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1929-2011 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Mayako KuboThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 72 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Mina KubotaThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 48 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Bidzina KvernadzeThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1928-2010 (20th century)
                        
Composer 

Giorgi LatsabidzeThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)
age 42 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Marc LavryThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)
1903-1967 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

Ming-Qiang LiThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)
age 84 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Yundi LiThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)
age 37 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Hampartsoum LimondjianThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)
1768-1839 (Classical)
Performer & Composer

Kate LiuThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)
age 26 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Dang Ngoc LongThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)
age 63 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

M
  Yo-Yo MaThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 64 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Ibrahim MaaloufThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 39 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Aleksandre MachavarianiThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1913-1995 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Muslim MagomayevThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1885-1937 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Muslim MagomayevThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1942-2008 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Lyrical singer & Composer 
 Abdylas MaldybaevThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1906-1978 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer & Composer 
 Arif MalikovThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1933-2019 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Michio MamiyaThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 91 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
 Tigran MansurianThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 81 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Cheng MaoyunThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1900-1957 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Yoritsune MatsudairaThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1907-2001 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Teizo MatsumuraThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1929-2007 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Toshiro MayuzumiThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1929-1997 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Alexander Melik-PashayevThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1905-1964 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
 Minoru MikiThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1930-2011 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Shūkichi MitsukuriThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1895-1971 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Veli MukhatovThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1916-2005 (20th century)
                        
Composer 

Hiroko NakamuraThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)
1944-2016 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Tamezō NaritaThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)
1893-1945 (20th century)
Composer

Lior NavokThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)
age 49 (20th century)
Composer

Daniel NazarethThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)
1948-2014 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

Takenori NemotoThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)
age 51 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Knyaz NiyaziThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)
1912-1984 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Ryo NodaThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)
age 72 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Yuji NomiThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)
age 62 (20th century)
Composer

Hiroshi OhguriThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)
1918-1982 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Yoshiaki OnishiThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)
age 39 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

Michiru OshimaThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)
age 59 (20th century)
Composer

Hisatada OtakaThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)
1911-1951 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

Zacharia PaliashviliThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)
1871-1933 (20th century)
Composer

Đặng Hữu PhúcThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)
age 67 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Ali RahbariThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)
age 72 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

S
 Wadia SabraThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1876-1952 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Shigeaki SaegusaThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 78 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Toshihiko SahashiThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 60 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Hideo SaitoThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1902-1974 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Ryuichi SakamotoThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 68 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
 Heshmat SanjariThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1917-1995 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Huseyngulu SarabskiThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1879-1945 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer & Composer 
 Ghazaros SaryanThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1920-1998 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Kentaro SatoThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 39 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Vladimir ShainskyThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1925-2017 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Mohammad ShamsThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 65 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Ding ShandeThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1911-1995 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Anoushka ShankarThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 39 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer 
 Bright ShengThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 64 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
 Noam SheriffThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1935-2018 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Liu ShikunThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 81 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Makoto ShinoharaThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 88 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Mieko ShiomiThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 82 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Gil ShohatThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 47 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Xiao ShuxianThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1905-1991 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 S. P. SomtowThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 67 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Yeol Eum SonThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 34 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Dang Thai SonThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 62 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Cong SuThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 63 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Masaaki SuzukiThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 66 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 

T
 Ali TajvidiThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1919-2006 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
 Yūji TakahashiThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 82 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Saburō TakataThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1913-2000 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Toru TakemitsuThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1930-1996 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Rentarō TakiThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1879-1903 (Romantic)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Josef TalThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1910-2008 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
 Yoav TalmiThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 77 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Muhai TangThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 71 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Mikael TariverdievThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1931-1996 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Avet TerterianThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1929-1994 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Loris TjeknavorianThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 82 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Isao TomitaThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1932-2016 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Yuzo ToyamaThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 89 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Sulkhan TsintsadzeThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1925-1991 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Fou Ts'ongThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 86 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Nobuyuki TsujiiThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 32 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Huang TzuThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1904-1938 (20th century)
                        
Composer 

Mitsuko UchidaThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)
age 71 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Vanessa Vanessa-MaeThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)
age 41 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Kaoru WadaThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)
age 58 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Jiang Wen-YeThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)
1910-1983 (20th century)
Composer

Ye XiaogangThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)
age 65 (20th century)
Composer

Qu Xiao-SongThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)
age 68 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

Xian XinghaiThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)
1905-1945 (20th century)
Composer

Y
 Kazuo YamadaThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1912-1991 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
 Kosaku YamadaThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1886-1965 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Hiroyuki YamamotoThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 53 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Stomu YamashtaThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 73 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Akio YashiroThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
1929-1976 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Yitzhak YedidThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 49 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Chen YiThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 67 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Takashi YoshimatsuThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 67 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Joji YuasaThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 91 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Du YunThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)  
age 43 (20th century)
                        
Composer 

Azər ZeynalovThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)
age 55 (20th century)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer

Gaziza ZhubanovaThe rise of classical music (1500-2000)
1927-1993 (20th century)
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),
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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...

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Some composers to be celebrated very soon

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