The great classical music conductors Asia (except composers)
Perlman or Oue? Chan or Atzmon? 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 Oue (Japanese conductor) ? Muck (German-born Swiss conductor of classical music) or Bashkirova (Russian-Israeli classical pianist) ? 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 2024
This timeline is interactive to navigate through the ages or across continents (with ).
Composers are not 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. Isakadze, Gavrilov, Levi, Ahronovitch, Mintz, Inbal, Zuckerman...
At this time, soclassiq has listed more than 5000 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 Abe The great classical music conductors
age 50 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Kōmei Abe The great classical music conductors
1911-2006 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Rosalina Abejo The great classical music conductors
1922-1991 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Maurice Abravanel The great classical music conductors
1903-1993 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Yalchin Adigezalov The great classical music conductors
age 64 (20th century)
Conductor
Yuri Ahronovitch The great classical music conductors
1932-2002 (20th century)
Conductor
Kazuyoshi Akiyama The great classical music conductors
age 83 (20th century)
Conductor
Yasushi Akutagawa The great classical music conductors
1925-1989 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Suleĭman Aleskerov The great classical music conductors
1924-2000 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Darrell Ang The great classical music conductors
age 44 (20th century)
Conductor
Hiroshi Aoshima The great classical music conductors
age 69 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Shunji Aratani The great classical music conductors
1930-2020 (20th century)
Conductor
Raffi Armenian The great classical music conductors
age 81 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Takashi Asahina The great classical music conductors
1908-2001 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Mukhtar Ashrafi The great classical music conductors
1912-1975 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Dalia Atlas The great classical music conductors
age 90 (20th century)
Conductor
Moshe Atzmon The great classical music conductors
age 92 (20th century)
Conductor
Afrasiyab Badalbeyli The great classical music conductors
1907-1976 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Tetsurō Ban The great classical music conductors
age 56 (20th century)
Conductor
Josef Bardanashvili The great classical music conductors
age 75 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Daniel Barenboim The great classical music conductors
age 81 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Elena Bashkirova The great classical music conductors
age 66 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Nisar Bazmi The great classical music conductors
1925-2007 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Gisele Ben-Dor The great classical music conductors
age 68 (20th century)
Conductor
Paul Ben-Haim The great classical music conductors
1897-1984 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Gary Bertini The great classical music conductors
1927-2005 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Marat Bisengaliev The great classical music conductors
age 62 (20th century)
Conductor
Alan Buribayev The great classical music conductors
age 44 (20th century)
Conductor
Kim Byong-hwa The great classical music conductors
1936-2021 (20th century)
Conductor
Ryan Cayabyab The great classical music conductors
age 69 (20th century)
Composer, Lyrical singer, Performer & Conductor
Elim Chan The great classical music conductors
age 37 (20th century)
Conductor
Han-na Chang The great classical music conductors
age 41 (20th century)
Conductor
Gabriel Chmura The great classical music conductors
1946-2020 (20th century)
Conductor
Tigran Chukhajian The great classical music conductors
1837-1898 (Romantic)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Myung-whun Chung The great classical music conductors
age 71 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Daniel Cohen The great classical music conductors
age 40 (20th century)
Conductor
Sergiu Comissiona The great classical music conductors
1928-2005 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Ikuma Dan The great classical music conductors
1924-2001 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Tan Dun The great classical music conductors
age 66 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Ahn Eak-tai The great classical music conductors
1906-1965 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Angelo Ephrikian The great classical music conductors
1913-1982 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Dan Ettinger The great classical music conductors
age 52 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Andrei Gavrilov The great classical music conductors
age 68 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Jemal Gokieli The great classical music conductors
1920-1991 (20th century)
Conductor
David Greilsammer The great classical music conductors
age 46 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Dudar Hahanov The great classical music conductors
1921-1995 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Soltan Hajibeyov The great classical music conductors
1919-1974 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Uzeyir Hajibeyov The great classical music conductors
1885-1948 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
David Haladjian The great classical music conductors
age 62 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Keitaro Harada The great classical music conductors
age 39 (20th century)
Conductor
Joji Hattori The great classical music conductors
age 55 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Hikaru Hayashi The great classical music conductors
1931-2012 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Myrna Herzog The great classical music conductors
age 72 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Junichi Hirokami The great classical music conductors
age 65 (20th century)
Conductor
Hayato Hirose The great classical music conductors
age 50 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Joe Hisaishi The great classical music conductors
age 73 (20th century)
Composer, Lyrical singer, Performer & Conductor
Kim Hong-jae The great classical music conductors
age 69 (20th century)
Conductor
Hiroshi Hoshina The great classical music conductors
age 88 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Sona Hovhannisyan The great classical music conductors
age 60 (20th century)
Conductor
Li Huanzhi The great classical music conductors
1919-2000 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Akira Ifukube The great classical music conductors
1914-2006 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Norichika Iimori The great classical music conductors
age 60 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Eliahu Inbal The great classical music conductors
age 88 (20th century)
Conductor
Michiyoshi Inoue The great classical music conductors
age 77 (20th century)
Conductor
Liana Isakadze The great classical music conductors
age 77 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Maki Ishii The great classical music conductors
1936-2003 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Yasuhide Ito The great classical music conductors
age 63 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Eiichi Itō The great classical music conductors
1925-2020 (20th century)
Conductor
Eli Jaffe The great classical music conductors
age 71 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Jahangir Jahangirov The great classical music conductors
1921-1992 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Vakhtang Kakhidze The great classical music conductors
age 64 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Toshiyuki Kamioka The great classical music conductors
age 63 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Shigeru Kan-no The great classical music conductors
age 64 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Masaru Kawasaki The great classical music conductors
1924-2018 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Hooman Khalatbari The great classical music conductors
age 54 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Shōkoku Kin The great classical music conductors
1942-2022 (20th century)
Conductor
Kōichi Kishi The great classical music conductors
1909-1937 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Otto Klemperer The great classical music conductors
1885-1973 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Kazuhiro Koizumi The great classical music conductors
age 74 (20th century)
Conductor
Hideo Kojima The great classical music conductors
1941-2022 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Jo Kondo The great classical music conductors
age 76 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Hidemaro Konoye The great classical music conductors
1898-1973 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Tetsunosuke Kushida The great classical music conductors
age 89 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Marc Lavry The great classical music conductors
1903-1967 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Yoel Levi The great classical music conductors
age 74 (20th century)
Conductor
Yu Long The great classical music conductors
age 59 (20th century)
Conductor
Aleksandre Machavariani The great classical music conductors
1913-1995 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Muslim Magomayev The great classical music conductors
1885-1937 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Muslim Magomayev The great classical music conductors
1942-2008 (20th century)
Composer, Lyrical singer & Conductor
Michio Mamiya The great classical music conductors
age 94 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Fuat Mansurov The great classical music conductors
1928-2010 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Vahan Mardirossian The great classical music conductors
age 48 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Isao Matsushita The great classical music conductors
1951-2018 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Toshiro Mayuzumi The great classical music conductors
1929-1997 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Mehli Mehta The great classical music conductors
1908-2002 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Zubin Mehta The great classical music conductors
age 87 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Omer Meir Wellber The great classical music conductors
age 42 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Alexander Melik-Pashayev The great classical music conductors
1905-1964 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Shlomo Mintz The great classical music conductors
age 66 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Fumiaki Miyamoto The great classical music conductors
age 74 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Shūkō Mizuno The great classical music conductors
age 90 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Karl Muck The great classical music conductors
1859-1940 (Romantic)
Performer & Conductor
Masakazu Natsuda The great classical music conductors
age 55 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Svetlana Navasardyan The great classical music conductors
age 77 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Daniel Nazareth The great classical music conductors
1948-2014 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Takenori Nemoto The great classical music conductors
age 55 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Joy Nilo The great classical music conductors
age 54 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Tomomi Nishimoto The great classical music conductors
age 53 (20th century)
Conductor
Akira Nishimura The great classical music conductors
1953-2023 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Knyaz Niyazi The great classical music conductors
1912-1984 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Neil Nongkynrih The great classical music conductors
1970-2022 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Heiichiro Ohyama The great classical music conductors
age 76 (20th century)
Conductor
Yoshiaki Onishi The great classical music conductors
age 43 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Konstantin Orbelyan The great classical music conductors
1928-2014 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Tadaaki Otaka The great classical music conductors
age 77 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Hisatada Otaka The great classical music conductors
1911-1951 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Eiji Oue The great classical music conductors
age 66 (20th century)
Conductor
Tomohiro Oura The great classical music conductors
age 46 (20th century)
Conductor
Seiji Ozawa The great classical music conductors
age 88 (20th century)
Conductor
Itzhak Perlman The great classical music conductors
age 78 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
S. P. Somtow The great classical music conductors
age 71 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Ali Rahbari The great classical music conductors
age 76 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Mordechai Rechtman The great classical music conductors
1926-2023 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Mendi Rodan The great classical music conductors
1929-2009 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Yutaka Sado The great classical music conductors
age 62 (20th century)
Conductor
Hideo Saito The great classical music conductors
1902-1974 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Ryuichi Sakamoto The great classical music conductors
1952-2023 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Heshmat Sanjari The great classical music conductors
1917-1995 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Konstantin Saradzhev The great classical music conductors
1877-1954 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Kentaro Sato The great classical music conductors
age 42 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Uri Segal The great classical music conductors
age 80 (20th century)
Conductor
Dov Seltzer The great classical music conductors
age 92 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
David Shallon The great classical music conductors
1950-2000 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Lior Shambadal The great classical music conductors
age 73 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Mohammad Shams The great classical music conductors
age 69 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Lahav Shani The great classical music conductors
age 35 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Harish Shankar The great classical music conductors
age 40 (20th century)
Conductor
En Shao The great classical music conductors
age 69 (20th century)
Conductor
Bright Sheng The great classical music conductors
age 68 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Noam Sheriff The great classical music conductors
1935-2018 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Yoshio Shigezono The great classical music conductors
1908-1980 (20th century)
Conductor
Makoto Shinohara The great classical music conductors
age 92 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Keisuke Shinohara The great classical music conductors
1959-2011 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Gil Shohat The great classical music conductors
age 50 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Aziz Shokhakimov The great classical music conductors
age 36 (20th century)
Conductor
Lan Shui The great classical music conductors
age 67 (20th century)
Conductor
Steven Sloane The great classical music conductors
age 66 (20th century)
Conductor
Sergey Smbatyan The great classical music conductors
age 36 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Daisuke Soga The great classical music conductors
age 58 (20th century)
Conductor
Pinchas Steinberg The great classical music conductors
age 78 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Meirō Sugahara The great classical music conductors
1897-1988 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Shi-Yeon Sung The great classical music conductors
age 49 (20th century)
Conductor
Masato Suzuki The great classical music conductors
age 43 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Hidemi Suzuki The great classical music conductors
age 66 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Masaaki Suzuki The great classical music conductors
age 69 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Ali Tajvidi The great classical music conductors
1919-2006 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Josef Tal The great classical music conductors
1910-2008 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Itay Talgam The great classical music conductors
age 66 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Yoav Talmi The great classical music conductors
age 80 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Kelly Tang The great classical music conductors
age 63 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Muhai Tang The great classical music conductors
age 74 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Anushavan Ter-Ghevondyan The great classical music conductors
1887-1961 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Yukinori Tezuka The great classical music conductors
1940-2020 (20th century)
Conductor
Nurghisa Tilendiev The great classical music conductors
1925-1998 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Loris Tjeknavorian The great classical music conductors
age 86 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Eduard Topchjan The great classical music conductors
age 52 (20th century)
Conductor
Naohiro Totsuka The great classical music conductors
age 64 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Yūzō Toyama The great classical music conductors
1931-2023 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Yaron Traub The great classical music conductors
age 60 (20th century)
Conductor
Mitsuko Uchida The great classical music conductors
age 75 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Masashi Ueda The great classical music conductors
1904-1966 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Masato Usuki The great classical music conductors
1934-2011 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Monir Vakili The great classical music conductors
1923-1983 (20th century)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Conductor
Arie Vardi The great classical music conductors
age 87 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Maxim Vengerov The great classical music conductors
age 49 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Ilan Volkov The great classical music conductors
age 47 (20th century)
Conductor
Kaoru Wada The great classical music conductors
age 61 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Hiroshi Wakasugi The great classical music conductors
1935-2009 (20th century)
Conductor
Debora Waldman The great classical music conductors
age 47 (20th century)
Conductor
Urato Watanabe The great classical music conductors
1909-1994 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Akeo Watanabe The great classical music conductors
1919-1990 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Yip Wing-sie The great classical music conductors
age 64 (20th century)
Conductor
Jin Xiang The great classical music conductors
1935-2015 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Huang Xiaofei The great classical music conductors
age 96 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Qu Xiao-Song The great classical music conductors
age 72 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Kazuki Yamada The great classical music conductors
age 45 (20th century)
Conductor
Kazuo Yamada The great classical music conductors
1912-1991 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Kōsaku Yamada The great classical music conductors
1886-1965 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Minoru Yamamoto The great classical music conductors
1913-1996 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Naozumi Yamamoto The great classical music conductors
1932-2002 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Akio Yashiro The great classical music conductors
1929-1976 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Hirofumi Yoshida The great classical music conductors
age 55 (20th century)
Conductor
Takuo Yuasa The great classical music conductors
age 75 (20th century)
Conductor
Tan Yan Zhang The great classical music conductors
age 26 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Xian Zhang The great classical music conductors
age 51 (20th century)
Conductor
Xu Zhong The great classical music conductors
age 55 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Pinchas Zuckerman The great classical music conductors
age 75 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Ariel Zuckermann The great classical music conductors
age 51 (20th century)
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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