Antunes or Laredo? Orozco-Estrada or Munakata? 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 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 : Antunes (Brazilian conductor) or Laredo (American conductor and violinist) ? Barenboim (Israeli Argentine-born pianist and conductor) or Domingo (Spanish tenor and 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 South 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 South America for the years 1950-2000+
Who are these greatest conductors, the most famous over the 1950-2000+ era in South 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. Païta, Cura, Harth-Bedoya, Morelenbaum, Vásquez, Agudin, Procopio...
At this time, soClassiQ has listed more than 4400 conductors. So here is a selection of some conductors 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 conductors who have been or are composers, some more renowned for the work they have left than for their careers as musicians.
Juan Manuel AbrasThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 45 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Facundo AgudinThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 48 (20th century)
Conductor
Vicente Bianchi AlarcónThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1920-2018 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Leonardo García AlarcónThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 43 (20th century)
Conductor
Eduardo Alonso-CrespoThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 64 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Blas Emilio Atehortúa AmayaThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1943-2020 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
José Antonio Abreu AnselmiThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1939-2018 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Celso AntunesThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 60 (20th century)
Conductor
Ricardo AraujoThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 41 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Luis BacalovThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1933-2017 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Silvio BarbatoThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1959-2009 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Daniel BarenboimThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 77 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Daniel BinelliThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 74 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Alceo BocchinoThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1918-2013 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Roberto CaamañoThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1923-1993 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Eleazar de CarvalhoThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1912-1996 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Juan José CastroThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1895-1968 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Maximianno CobraThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 50 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
José CuraThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 57 (20th century)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Conductor
Juan de Dios FilibertoThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1885-1964 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Plácido DomingoThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 79 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Conductor
Gustavo DudamelThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 39 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Antonio EstévezThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1916-1988 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Gerardo GandiniThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1936-2013 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Gilardo GilardiThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1889-1963 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Camargo GuarnieriThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1907-1993 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
César Guerra-PeixeThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1914-1993 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Alberto GuerreroThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1886-1959 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Gerardo GuevaraThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 89 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Salomão HabibThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 54 (20th century)
Conductor
Miguel Harth-BedoyaThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 52 (20th century)
Conductor
Rodrigo HerrmannThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1916-1971 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Myrna HerzogThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 68 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Domingo HindoyanThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 40 (20th century)
Conductor
Mauricio KagelThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1931-2008 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Carlos KalmarThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 62 (20th century)
Conductor
Isaac KarabtchevskyThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 85 (20th century)
Conductor
Erich KleiberThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1890-1956 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Edino KriegerThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 92 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Jaime LaredoThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 78 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Natalia Luis-BassaThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 53 (20th century)
Conductor
Ernst MahleThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 91 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Luis Otero Martínez-SiegenthalerThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 56 (20th century)
Composer, Lyrical singer, Performer & Conductor
João Carlos MartinsThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 79 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Eduardo MarturetThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 66 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Martín MatalonThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 61 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Diego MatheuzThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 35 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Moicelí MedinaThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 41 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Cholo MontironiThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 88 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Henrique MorelenbaumThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 88 (20th century)
Conductor
Eli-Eri MouraThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 57 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Naomi MunakataThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1955-2020 (20th century)
Conductor
John NeschlingThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 73 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Marlos NobreThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 81 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Juan Carlos NúñezThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 73 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Andrés Orozco-EstradaThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 42 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Carlos PaïtaThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1932-2015 (20th century)
Conductor
Martín PalmeriThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 54 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Fabián PaniselloThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 56 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Ettore PanizzaThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1875-1967 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Rafael PayareThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 40 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Alejo PérezThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 46 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Fernando Rosas PfingsthornThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1931-2007 (20th century)
Conductor
Astor PiazzollaThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1921-1992 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Bruno ProcopioThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 44 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Edward PulgarThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 45 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Victoria SánchezThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 33 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Lalo SchifrinThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 87 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Alfredo SchiumaThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1885-1963 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
José SerebrierThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 81 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Juan María SolareThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 53 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
João de Souza LimaThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1898-1982 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Oscar StrasnoyThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 49 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Christian VásquezThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 36 (20th century)
Conductor
Heitor Villa-LobosThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1887-1959 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Udo ZimmermannThe great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 76 (20th century)
Composer & 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),
...
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