The great classical music conductors Asia
Perlman or Shani? Atzmon or Ozawa? 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 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 : Perlman (Israeli-American violinist and conductor) or Shani (Israeli conductor and pianist) ? Comissiona (American conductor) or Adigezalov (Azerbaijani 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 Asia, . 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 2022
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 Asia
Who are these greatest conductors, the most famous over the 1880-2020 era in Asia? 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. Levi, Ahronovitch, Oue, Asahina, Vengerov, Mehta, Mintz...
At this time, soclassiq has listed more than 4800 conductors. So here is a selection of some conductors for the years 1880-2020, 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 conductors who have been or are composers, some more renowned for the work they have left than for their careers as musicians.
Kanako AbeThe great classical music conductors
age 49 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Kōmei AbeThe great classical music conductors
1911-2006 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Rosalina AbejoThe great classical music conductors
1922-1991 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Maurice AbravanelThe great classical music conductors
1903-1993 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Yalchin AdigezalovThe great classical music conductors
age 62 (20th century)
Conductor
Yuri AhronovitchThe great classical music conductors
1932-2002 (20th century)
Conductor
Kazuyoshi AkiyamaThe great classical music conductors
age 81 (20th century)
Conductor
Yasushi AkutagawaThe great classical music conductors
1925-1989 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Suleĭman AleskerovThe great classical music conductors
1924-2000 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Fumiya AmamoriThe great classical music conductors
age 63 (20th century)
Conductor
Darrell AngThe great classical music conductors
age 42 (20th century)
Conductor
Hiroshi AoshimaThe great classical music conductors
age 67 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Shunji ArataniThe great classical music conductors
1930-2020 (20th century)
Conductor
Raffi ArmenianThe great classical music conductors
age 79 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Takashi AsahinaThe great classical music conductors
1908-2001 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Keiichi AsaiThe great classical music conductors
age 82 (20th century)
Conductor
Mukhtar AshrafiThe great classical music conductors
1912-1975 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Dalia AtlasThe great classical music conductors
age 88 (20th century)
Conductor
Moshe AtzmonThe great classical music conductors
age 90 (20th century)
Conductor
Afrasiyab BadalbeyliThe great classical music conductors
1907-1976 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Tetsurō BanThe great classical music conductors
age 54 (20th century)
Conductor
Josef BardanashviliThe great classical music conductors
age 73 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Daniel BarenboimThe great classical music conductors
age 79 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Elena BashkirovaThe great classical music conductors
age 64 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Nisar BazmiThe great classical music conductors
1925-2007 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Paul Ben-HaimThe great classical music conductors
1897-1984 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Gary BertiniThe great classical music conductors
1927-2005 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Marat BisengalievThe great classical music conductors
age 60 (20th century)
Conductor
Alan BuribayevThe great classical music conductors
age 42 (20th century)
Conductor
Kim Byong-hwaThe great classical music conductors
1936-2021 (20th century)
Conductor
Ryan CayabyabThe great classical music conductors
age 67 (20th century)
Composer, Lyrical singer, Performer & Conductor
Elim ChanThe great classical music conductors
age 35 (20th century)
Conductor
Han-na ChangThe great classical music conductors
age 39 (20th century)
Conductor
Gabriel ChmuraThe great classical music conductors
1946-2020 (20th century)
Conductor
Tung-Chieh ChuangThe great classical music conductors
age 39 (20th century)
Conductor
Tigran ChukhajianThe great classical music conductors
1837-1898 (Romantic)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Myung-whun ChungThe great classical music conductors
age 69 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Daniel CohenThe great classical music conductors
age 38 (20th century)
Conductor
Sergiu ComissionaThe great classical music conductors
1928-2005 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Ikuma DanThe great classical music conductors
1924-2001 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Tan DunThe great classical music conductors
age 64 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Ahn Eak-taiThe great classical music conductors
1906-1965 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Angelo EphrikianThe great classical music conductors
1913-1982 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Dan EttingerThe great classical music conductors
age 50 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Asher FischThe great classical music conductors
age 63 (20th century)
Conductor
Hiroki FujiiThe great classical music conductors
age 61 (20th century)
Conductor
Andrei GavrilovThe great classical music conductors
age 66 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Jemal GokieliThe great classical music conductors
1920-1991 (20th century)
Conductor
David GreilsammerThe great classical music conductors
age 44 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Dudar HahanovThe great classical music conductors
1921-1995 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Soltan HajibeyovThe great classical music conductors
1919-1974 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Uzeyir HajibeyovThe great classical music conductors
1885-1948 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
David HaladjianThe great classical music conductors
age 60 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Keitaro HaradaThe great classical music conductors
age 37 (20th century)
Conductor
Joji HattoriThe great classical music conductors
age 53 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Hikaru HayashiThe great classical music conductors
1931-2012 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Myrna HerzogThe great classical music conductors
age 70 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Junichi HirokamiThe great classical music conductors
age 63 (20th century)
Conductor
Hayato HiroseThe great classical music conductors
age 48 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Joe HisaishiThe great classical music conductors
age 71 (20th century)
Composer, Lyrical singer, Performer & Conductor
Kim Hong-jaeThe great classical music conductors
age 67 (20th century)
Conductor
Hiroshi HoshinaThe great classical music conductors
age 86 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Li HuanzhiThe great classical music conductors
1919-2000 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Akira IfukubeThe great classical music conductors
1914-2006 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Norichika IimoriThe great classical music conductors
age 58 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Akira IkedaThe great classical music conductors
1933-2009 (20th century)
Conductor
Eliahu InbalThe great classical music conductors
age 86 (20th century)
Conductor
Michiyoshi InoueThe great classical music conductors
age 75 (20th century)
Conductor
Liana IsakadzeThe great classical music conductors
age 75 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Maki IshiiThe great classical music conductors
1936-2003 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Yasuhide ItoThe great classical music conductors
age 61 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Eiichi ItōThe great classical music conductors
1925-2020 (20th century)
Conductor
Jahangir JahangirovThe great classical music conductors
1921-1992 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Vakhtang KakhidzeThe great classical music conductors
age 63 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Toshiyuki KamiokaThe great classical music conductors
age 61 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Shigeru Kan-noThe great classical music conductors
age 62 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Masaru KawasakiThe great classical music conductors
1924-2018 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Hooman KhalatbariThe great classical music conductors
age 52 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Kōichi KishiThe great classical music conductors
1909-1937 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Otto KlempererThe great classical music conductors
1885-1973 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Kazuhiro KoizumiThe great classical music conductors
age 72 (20th century)
Conductor
Jo KondoThe great classical music conductors
age 74 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Hidemaro KonoyeThe great classical music conductors
1898-1973 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Fumiaki KuriyamaThe great classical music conductors
age 80 (20th century)
Conductor
Kazunobu KurokawaThe great classical music conductors
age 43 (20th century)
Conductor
Tetsunosuke KushidaThe great classical music conductors
age 87 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Marc LavryThe great classical music conductors
1903-1967 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Yoel LeviThe great classical music conductors
age 72 (20th century)
Conductor
Yu LongThe great classical music conductors
age 57 (20th century)
Conductor
Aleksandre MachavarianiThe great classical music conductors
1913-1995 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Muslim MagomayevThe great classical music conductors
1885-1937 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Muslim MagomayevThe great classical music conductors
1942-2008 (20th century)
Composer, Lyrical singer & Conductor
Michio MamiyaThe great classical music conductors
age 92 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Fuat MansurovThe great classical music conductors
1928-2010 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Vahan MardirossianThe great classical music conductors
age 46 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Isao MatsushitaThe great classical music conductors
1951-2018 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Toshiro MayuzumiThe great classical music conductors
1929-1997 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Zubin MehtaThe great classical music conductors
age 85 (20th century)
Conductor
Omer Meir WellberThe great classical music conductors
age 40 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Alexander Melik-PashayevThe great classical music conductors
1905-1964 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Shlomo MintzThe great classical music conductors
age 64 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Fumiaki MiyamotoThe great classical music conductors
age 72 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Shūkō MizunoThe great classical music conductors
age 88 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Hideki MotoyamaThe great classical music conductors
age 62 (20th century)
Conductor
Karl MuckThe great classical music conductors
1859-1940 (Romantic)
Conductor
Chiyuki MurakataThe great classical music conductors
1925-2014 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Masakazu NatsudaThe great classical music conductors
age 53 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Svetlana NavasardyanThe great classical music conductors
age 75 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Daniel NazarethThe great classical music conductors
1948-2014 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Takenori NemotoThe great classical music conductors
age 53 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Joy NiloThe great classical music conductors
age 52 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Tomomi NishimotoThe great classical music conductors
age 51 (20th century)
Conductor
Hideyuki NishimuraThe great classical music conductors
1976-2018 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Akira NishimuraThe great classical music conductors
age 68 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Knyaz NiyaziThe great classical music conductors
1912-1984 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Neil NongkynrihThe great classical music conductors
age 51 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Heiichiro OhyamaThe great classical music conductors
age 74 (20th century)
Conductor
Yoshiaki OnishiThe great classical music conductors
age 41 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Konstantin OrbelyanThe great classical music conductors
1928-2014 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Hisatada OtakaThe great classical music conductors
1911-1951 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Tadaaki OtakaThe great classical music conductors
age 75 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Eiji OueThe great classical music conductors
age 64 (20th century)
Conductor
Tomohiro OuraThe great classical music conductors
age 44 (20th century)
Conductor
Seiji OzawaThe great classical music conductors
age 86 (20th century)
Conductor
Itzhak PerlmanThe great classical music conductors
age 76 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
S. P. SomtowThe great classical music conductors
age 69 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Ali RahbariThe great classical music conductors
age 74 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Mordechai RechtmanThe great classical music conductors
age 95 (20th century)
Conductor
Mendi RodanThe great classical music conductors
1929-2009 (20th century)
Conductor
Yutaka SadoThe great classical music conductors
age 60 (20th century)
Conductor
Hideo SaitoThe great classical music conductors
1902-1974 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Ryuichi SakamotoThe great classical music conductors
age 70 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Heshmat SanjariThe great classical music conductors
1917-1995 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Konstantin SaradzhevThe great classical music conductors
1877-1954 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Kentaro SatoThe great classical music conductors
age 40 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Uri SegalThe great classical music conductors
age 78 (20th century)
Conductor
Shin SekiyaThe great classical music conductors
1928-2005 (20th century)
Conductor
David ShallonThe great classical music conductors
1950-2000 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Mohammad ShamsThe great classical music conductors
age 67 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Lahav ShaniThe great classical music conductors
age 33 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Harish ShankarThe great classical music conductors
age 38 (20th century)
Conductor
En ShaoThe great classical music conductors
age 67 (20th century)
Conductor
Bright ShengThe great classical music conductors
age 66 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Noam SheriffThe great classical music conductors
1935-2018 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Yoshio ShigezonoThe great classical music conductors
1908-1980 (20th century)
Conductor
Keisuke ShinoharaThe great classical music conductors
1959-2011 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Makoto ShinoharaThe great classical music conductors
age 90 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Gil ShohatThe great classical music conductors
age 48 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Lan ShuiThe great classical music conductors
age 65 (20th century)
Conductor
Sergey SmbatyanThe great classical music conductors
age 34 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Daisuke SogaThe great classical music conductors
age 56 (20th century)
Conductor
Pinchas SteinbergThe great classical music conductors
age 76 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Meirō SugaharaThe great classical music conductors
1897-1988 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Shi-Yeon SungThe great classical music conductors
age 47 (20th century)
Conductor
Masato SuzukiThe great classical music conductors
age 41 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Hidemi SuzukiThe great classical music conductors
age 65 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Masaaki SuzukiThe great classical music conductors
age 67 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Ali TajvidiThe great classical music conductors
1919-2006 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Josef TalThe great classical music conductors
1910-2008 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Itay TalgamThe great classical music conductors
age 64 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Yoav TalmiThe great classical music conductors
age 78 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Nobuaki TanakaThe great classical music conductors
age 94 (20th century)
Conductor
Kelly TangThe great classical music conductors
age 61 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Muhai TangThe great classical music conductors
age 72 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Anushavan Ter-GhevondyanThe great classical music conductors
1887-1961 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Yukinori TezukaThe great classical music conductors
1940-2020 (20th century)
Conductor
Nurghisa TilendievThe great classical music conductors
1925-1998 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Loris TjeknavorianThe great classical music conductors
age 84 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Naohiro TotsukaThe great classical music conductors
age 62 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Yuzo ToyamaThe great classical music conductors
age 90 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Yaron TraubThe great classical music conductors
age 58 (20th century)
Conductor
Mitsuko UchidaThe great classical music conductors
age 73 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Masashi UedaThe great classical music conductors
1904-1966 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Masato UsukiThe great classical music conductors
1934-2011 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Monir VakiliThe great classical music conductors
1923-1983 (20th century)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Conductor
Arie VardiThe great classical music conductors
age 85 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Maxim VengerovThe great classical music conductors
age 47 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Ilan VolkovThe great classical music conductors
age 45 (20th century)
Conductor
Kaoru WadaThe great classical music conductors
age 59 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Hiroshi WakasugiThe great classical music conductors
1935-2009 (20th century)
Conductor
Urato WatanabeThe great classical music conductors
1909-1994 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Akeo WatanabeThe great classical music conductors
1919-1990 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Yip Wing-sieThe great classical music conductors
age 62 (20th century)
Conductor
Jin XiangThe great classical music conductors
1935-2015 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Huang XiaofeiThe great classical music conductors
age 94 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Qu Xiao-SongThe great classical music conductors
age 70 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Kazuki YamadaThe great classical music conductors
age 43 (20th century)
Conductor
Kazuo YamadaThe great classical music conductors
1912-1991 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Kōsaku YamadaThe great classical music conductors
1886-1965 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Minoru YamamotoThe great classical music conductors
1913-1996 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Naozumi YamamotoThe great classical music conductors
1932-2002 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Akio YashiroThe great classical music conductors
1929-1976 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Hirofumi YoshidaThe great classical music conductors
age 53 (20th century)
Conductor
Takuo YuasaThe great classical music conductors
age 73 (20th century)
Conductor
Tan Yan ZhangThe great classical music conductors
age 24 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Xian ZhangThe great classical music conductors
age 49 (20th century)
Conductor
Xu ZhongThe great classical music conductors
age 53 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Ariel ZuckermannThe great classical music conductors
age 49 (20th century)
Conductor
Pinchas ZukermanThe great classical music conductors
age 73 (20th century)
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)
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