Kovacevich or Domingo? Horenstein or Nézet-Séguin? 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, between 1950 and 2000+ in North 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 : Kovacevich (American pianist and conductor) or Domingo (Spanish tenor and conductor) ? Davies (American conductor and pianist) or Monteux (French 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 North America, between 1950 and 2000+. 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 2020
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 North America for the years 1950-2000+
Who are these greatest conductors, the most famous over the 1950-2000+ era in North America? 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. Levine, Kunzel, Bolet, Dixon, Gilbert, Järvi, Cliburn...
At this time, soClassiQ has listed more than 4400 conductors. So here is a selection of some conductors for the years 1950-2000+, in North 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 conductors who have been or are composers, some more renowned for the work they have left than for their careers as musicians.
Paul AbrahamThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1892-1960 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Maurice AbravanelThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1903-1993 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Leslie AdamsThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 87 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
John Coolidge AdamsThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 73 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Samuel AdlerThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 92 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Marin AlsopThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 63 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Daniele AmfitheatrofThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1901-1983 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Leroy AndersonThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1908-1975 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Desi ArnazThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1917-1986 (20th century)
Composer, Lyrical singer, Performer & Conductor
Larry AustinThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1930-2018 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Jacob AvshalomovThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1919-2013 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Aaron AvshalomovThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1894-1965 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
John AxelrodThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 54 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Leonardo BaladaThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 86 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Guy BélangerThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 73 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Conductor
Robert Russell BennettThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1894-1981 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Elmer BernsteinThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1922-2004 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Leonard BernsteinThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1918-1990 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Jorge BoletThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1914-1990 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Victor BorgeThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1909-2000 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Leon BotsteinThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 73 (20th century)
Conductor
Walter BoudreauThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 72 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Bruce BroughtonThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 75 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Leo BrouwerThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1939-2003 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Semyon BychkovThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 67 (20th century)
Conductor
Enrique Bátiz CampbellThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 78 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Karina CanellakisThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 39 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Julián CarrilloThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1875-1965 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Carlos ChávezThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1899-1978 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Van CliburnThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1934-2013 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Sergiu ComissionaThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1928-2005 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
James ConlonThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 70 (20th century)
Conductor
Aaron CoplandThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1900-1990 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
MasterpiecesComplete works
Anton CoppolaThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1917-2020 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Carmine CoppolaThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1910-1991 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Roque CorderoThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1917-2008 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Robert CraftThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1923-2015 (20th century)
Conductor
Walter DamroschThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1862-1950 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Dennis Russell DaviesThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 76 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Carl DavisThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 83 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Franz-Paul DeckerThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1923-2014 (20th century)
Conductor
Dean DixonThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1915-1976 (20th century)
Conductor
Plácido DomingoThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 79 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Conductor
Antal DorátiThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1906-1988 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Arthur FiedlerThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1894-1979 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Leon FleisherThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 91 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Malcolm ForsythThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1936-2011 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Lukas FossThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1922-2009 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Lawrence FosterThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 78 (20th century)
Conductor
Massimo FrecciaThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1906-2004 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
James Allen GähresThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 76 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Blas GalindoThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1910-1993 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
José Pablo Moncayo GarcíaThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1912-1958 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Kenneth GilbertThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1931-2020 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Alan GilbertThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 53 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Don GillisThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1912-1978 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Szymon GoldbergThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1909-1993 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Jerry GoldsmithThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1929-2004 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Morton GouldThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1913-1996 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Percy GraingerThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1882-1961 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Alexander GretchaninovThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1864-1956 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Ferde von GroféThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1892-1972 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Giancarlo GuerreroThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 51 (20th century)
Conductor
Daron HagenThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 58 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Marvin HamlischThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1944-2012 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Barbara HanniganThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 49 (20th century)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Conductor
Howard HansonThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1896-1981 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
John HarbisonThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 81 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Skitch HendersonThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1918-2005 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Bernard HerrmannThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1911-1975 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Paul HindemithThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1895-1963 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Jascha HorensteinThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1898-1973 (20th century)
Conductor
James HornerThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1953-2015 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Alan HovhanessThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1911-2000 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Karel HusaThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1921-2016 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Kristjan JärviThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 47 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Paavo JärviThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 57 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Neeme JärviThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 82 (20th century)
Conductor
Donald JohanosThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1928-2007 (20th century)
Conductor
Bradley JosephThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 54 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Jeronimas KačinskasThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1907-2005 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Emmerich KálmánThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1882-1953 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Milton KatimsThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1909-2006 (20th century)
Conductor
Werner KlempererThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1920-2000 (20th century)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Conductor
Rudolf KolischThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1896-1978 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Nikolai KorndorfThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1947-2001 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Erich Wolfgang KorngoldThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1897-1957 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
MasterpiecesComplete works
Andre KostelanetzThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1901-1980 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Serge KoussevitzkyThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1874-1951 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Stephen KovacevichThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 79 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Yakov KreizbergThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1959-2011 (20th century)
Conductor
Ernst KrenekThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1900-1991 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Theodore KucharThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 57 (20th century)
Conductor
Erich KunzelThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1935-2009 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Robert KurkaThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1921-1957 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Milan KymlickaThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1936-2008 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Jacques LacombeThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 56 (20th century)
Conductor
Alondra de la ParraThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 39 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Michel LegrandThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1932-2019 (20th century)
Composer, Lyrical singer, Performer & Conductor
Dieter LehnhoffThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 65 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Erich LeinsdorfThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1912-1993 (20th century)
Conductor
Tania LeónThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 77 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
James LevineThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 76 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Lowell LiebermannThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 59 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Otto LueningThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1900-1996 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Lorin MaazelThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1930-2014 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Ernest MacMillanThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1893-1973 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Henry ManciniThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1924-1994 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Arturo MárquezThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 69 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Wynton MarsalisThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 58 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Eduardo MataThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1942-1995 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Yehudi MenuhinThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1916-1999 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Michael MinskyThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1918-1988 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Conductor
Henri MiroThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1879-1950 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Dimitri MitropoulosThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1896-1960 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Claude MonteuxThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1920-2013 (20th century)
Conductor
Pierre MonteuxThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1875-1964 (20th century)
Conductor
Douglas MooreThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1893-1969 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Oskar MorawetzThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1917-2007 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Kent NaganoThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 68 (20th century)
Conductor
Charles NeidichThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 67 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
John NelsonThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 78 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
David NewmanThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 66 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Randy NewmanThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 76 (20th century)
Composer, Lyrical singer, Performer & Conductor
Yannick Nézet-SéguinThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 45 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Eugene OrmandyThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1899-1985 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Peter OundjianThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 64 (20th century)
Conductor
Alexander PaleyThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 64 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
George PehlivanianThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 56 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Wilfrid PelletierThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1896-1982 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Murray PerahiaThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 73 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Louis PersingerThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1887-1966 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Stu PhillipsThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 90 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Matthias PintscherThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 49 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Walter PistonThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1894-1976 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
André PrevinThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1929-2019 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Gardner ReadThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1913-2005 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Fritz ReinerThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1888-1963 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Wallingford RieggerThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1885-1961 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Joshua RifkinThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 76 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
David RobertsonThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 61 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Miklós RózsaThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1907-1995 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Julius RudelThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1921-2014 (20th century)
Conductor
Max RudolfThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1902-1995 (20th century)
Conductor
Carlos SalzedoThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1885-1961 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Lalo SchifrinThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 87 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Thomas SchippersThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1930-1977 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Alexander SchneiderThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1908-1993 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Arnold SchoenbergThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1874-1951 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
MasterpiecesComplete works
Gunther SchullerThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1925-2015 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
William SchumanThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1910-1992 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Gerard SchwarzThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 72 (20th century)
Conductor
Sholom SecundaThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1894-1974 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Ralph ShapeyThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1921-2002 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Howard ShoreThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 73 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Oscar ShumskyThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1917-2000 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Elie SiegmeisterThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1909-1991 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Joseph SilversteinThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1932-2015 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Leonard SlatkinThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 75 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Steven SloaneThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 62 (20th century)
Conductor
Nicolas SlonimskyThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1894-1995 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Nikolai SokoloffThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1886-1965 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Izler SolomonThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1910-1987 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
S. P. SomtowThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 67 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Ethel StarkThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1910-2012 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Leon SteinThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1910-2002 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
William SteinbergThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1899-1978 (20th century)
Conductor
Max SteinerThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1888-1971 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Isaac SternThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1920-2001 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Fritz StiedryThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1883-1968 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
William Grant StillThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1895-1978 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Ignace StrasfogelThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1909-1994 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Igor StravinskyThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1882-1971 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
MasterpiecesComplete works
Gustav StrubeThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1867-1953 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Carlos SurinachThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1915-1997 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
George SzellThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1897-1970 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Robert TalbotThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1893-1954 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Michael Tilson ThomasThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 75 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Randall ThompsonThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1899-1984 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Virgil ThomsonThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1896-1989 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Dimitri TiomkinThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1894-1979 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Joan TowerThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 81 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Brian TylerThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 48 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Eugene TziganeThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 38 (20th century)
Conductor
Alfred WallensteinThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1898-1983 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Robert WardThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1917-2013 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Kurt WeillThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1900-1950 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Hugo WeisgallThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1912-1997 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Clarence Cameron WhiteThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1880-1960 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Earl WildThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1915-2010 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
John WilliamsThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 88 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Charles WilsonThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 89 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Keri-Lynn WilsonThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 53 (20th century)
Conductor
Hugh WolffThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 66 (20th century)
Conductor
Charles WuorinenThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1938-2020 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Benjamin ZanderThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 81 (20th century)
Conductor
Efrem ZimbalistThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1889-1985 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
David ZinmanThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 83 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Paul ZukofskyThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1943-2017 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Some conductors to be celebrated very soon
Next month, more than 40 important artists and musicians will be honoured. In July 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 conductors:
on 3, Carlos Kleiber (1930-2004), 90th anniversary (Birth),
on 7, Gustav Mahler (1860-1911), 160th anniversary (Birth),
on 15, Leopold von Auer (1845-1930), 90th anniversary (Death),
on 21, Isaac Stern (1920-2001), 100th anniversary (Birth),
on 28, Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), 270th anniversary (Death),
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There are others to discover. And it is not too late to focus on the June 2020 celebrations (20+).
Always good opportunities to discover or deepen, (re)listen, explore the vastness and diversity of classical music...
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
Commemorations 2020, 2021, ...
Last update : 2020-06-01