The great classical music conductors Oceania
Bonynge or Hollingworth? Cole or Verbitsky? It is difficult for inquiring minds to tackle such abundant fields as classical music and opera, covering 10 centuries of history: there are really many conductors. 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 conductor not be instinctively privileged by an English critic?
For example: in Mexico, Alondra de la Parra, Mexican conductor, occupies a special place in front of the Belgian conductor Philippe Herreweghe, who is more distant but nevertheless more internationally renowned.
Timeline of conductors in Oceania
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 : Bonynge (Australian conductor and pianist) or Hollingworth (Australian artist and writer) ? Tuckwell (Australian horn player) or Young (Australian conductor) ? However, the knowledge available about musicians is enormous. It was processed to select the 10, 25, 50... most popular conductors around the world, for those living or having lived en Oceania, . And this objectively, and for the first time (soclassiq exclusivity).
Conductors rendered as a timeline to bring a little perspective:
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ComposersConductorsTLyrical singersPerformers 2024
This timeline is interactive to navigate through the ages or across continents (with ).
Why are all these composers included in this timeline?
Many composers have also been concert performers or conductors, although their fame is associated with their work today. On the other hand, some conductors such as Arturo Toscanini, Georg Solti ... or musicians such as Martha Argerich, Vladimir Horowitz, Glenn Gould ... have also composed. Itzhak Perlman, David Oïstrakh... very well known as concert performers, have also conducted orchestras. Others, such as Leonard Bernstein, Pierre Boulez, William Christie ..., are renowned as much for their careers as composers, conductors and performers.
Top 10 conductors in Oceania
Who are these greatest conductors, the most famous over the 1880-2020 era in Oceania? The carreer of these musician has marked the history of classical music. There are those you probably know, or at least by name and the others.
Here are these 10 conductors, renowned artists from around the world:
The musicians and artists who also composed were removed from this ranking.
The selections of musicians (conductors) proposed by soclassiq are based exclusively on algorithms. The same applies to the composers, their works, the performers, the lyrical singers, les orchestras, 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 conductors. Challender, Brain, Fraillon, Logie-Smith, Davies, Foskett, Hopkins...
At this time, soclassiq has listed more than 5000 conductors. So here is a selection of some conductors for the years 1880-2020, in Oceania, 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 conductors who have been or are composers, some more renowned for the work they have left than for their careers as musicians.
Arthur Benjamin The great classical music conductors
1893-1960 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Richard Bonynge The great classical music conductors
age 93 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Gary Brain The great classical music conductors
1943-2015 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Edwin Carr The great classical music conductors
1926-2003 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Stuart Challender The great classical music conductors
1947-1991 (20th century)
Conductor
Tobias Cole The great classical music conductors
age 52 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Conductor
Edward Harold Davies The great classical music conductors
1867-1947 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Brett Dean The great classical music conductors
age 62 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Tobias Foskett The great classical music conductors
age 48 (20th century)
Conductor
Nicolette Fraillon The great classical music conductors
age 63 (20th century)
Conductor
Percy Grainger The great classical music conductors
1882-1961 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Alan Holley The great classical music conductors
age 69 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Robert Hollingworth The great classical music conductors
age 77 (20th century)
Conductor
John Hopkins The great classical music conductors
1927-2013 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
John Lanchbery The great classical music conductors
1923-2003 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Charles Mackerras The great classical music conductors
1925-2010 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Gustav Mahler The great classical music conductors
1860-1911 (Romantic)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
MasterpiecesComplete works
Marshall McGuire The great classical music conductors
age 59 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Richard Mills The great classical music conductors
age 74 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Nicholas Milton The great classical music conductors
age 57 (20th century)
Conductor
Robert Stolz The great classical music conductors
1880-1975 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Richard Strauss The great classical music conductors
1864-1949 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
MasterpiecesComplete works
Franz von Suppé The great classical music conductors
1819-1895 (Romantic)
Composer & Conductor
Georg Tintner The great classical music conductors
1917-1999 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Barry Tuckwell The great classical music conductors
1931-2020 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Vladimir Verbitsky The great classical music conductors
age 80 (20th century)
Conductor
Carl Vine The great classical music conductors
age 69 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Alberto Zelman The great classical music conductors
1832-1907 (Romantic)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
See also...
Timelines : Conductors
- The great classical music conductors
- Europe * North America * South America * Asia * Oceania * Africa
- The great 20th-century conductors [II.] (1950 - 2000)
- Europe * North America * South America * Asia * Oceania * Africa
- The great 20th-century conductors [I.] (1900 - 1950)
- Europe * North America * South America * Asia * Oceania * Africa
- The great 19th-century conductors (1850 - 1900)
Indexes
- All conductors : by era * by country
- by alphabetical order : A * B * C * D * E * F * G * H * I * J * K * L * M * N * O * P * Q * R * S * T * U * V * W * X * Y * Z
- Young artists (Conductors)
Other timelines
- Composers : 10 centuries of classical music
- The great lyrical singers
- The great classical music performers
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Last update : 2024-03-10