The great classical music conductors, Europe (timeline, top 10...)

Sawallisch or Järvi? Menuhin or Oistrakh? 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 Europe

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 : Sawallisch (German conductor and pianist) or Järvi (Estonian conductor) ? Haitink (Dutch conductor and violinist) or Karajan (Austrian 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 Europe, . And this objectively, and for the first time (soclassiq exclusivity).

Conductors rendered as a timeline to bring a little perspective:

18701870 18801880 18901890 19001900 19101910 19201920 19301930 19401940 19501950 19601960 19701970 19801980 19901990 20002000 20102010 20202020

A. Glazunov 18651936

S. Prokofiev 18911953

F. Liszt 18111886

A. Khachaturian 19031978

A. Rubinstein 18291894

G. Solti 19121997

J. Strauss II 18251899

A. Rieu 1949

J. Sibelius 18651957

N. Rimsky-Korsakov 18441908

C. Kleiber 19302004

P. Mascagni 18631945

P. Ilyich Tchaikovsky 18401893

W. Lutosławski 19131994

K. Penderecki 19332020

C. Saint-Saëns 18351921

M. Jansons 19432019

J. Offenbach 18191880

H. Karajan 19081989

J. Brahms 18331897

E. Morricone 19282020

I. Albéniz 18601909

P. Boulez 19252016

S. Rachmaninoff 18731943

I. Stravinsky 18821971

M. Rostropovich 19272007

A. Schoenberg 18741951

M. Balakirev 18371910

V. Ashkenazy 1937

G. Puccini 18581924

D. Barenboim 1942

Timeline :

ComposersConductors TReduce to conductors onlyLyrical singers Performers Worldwide Europe North America South America Asia Oceania Africa 2021

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 Europe

Who are these greatest conductors, the most famous over the 1880-2020 era in Europe? 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. Nikisch, Jochum, Cortot, Böhm, Beecham, 2nd Baronet, Jansons, Rattle...

At this time, soclassiq has listed more than 4800 conductors. So here is a selection of some conductors for the years 1880-2020, in Europe, 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.

A
  Evald AavThe great classical music conductors  
1900-1939 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Conductor 
  Claudio AbbadoThe great classical music conductors  
1933-2014 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
  Paul AbrahamThe great classical music conductors  
1892-1960 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Conductor 
  Salvatore AccardoThe great classical music conductors  
age 79 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Conductor 
  Jehan AlainThe great classical music conductors  
1911-1940 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
  Isaac AlbénizThe great classical music conductors  
1860-1909 (Romantic)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Géza AndaThe great classical music conductors  
1921-1976 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
  Leif Ove AndsnesThe great classical music conductors  
age 51 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Conductor 
  Ernest AnsermetThe great classical music conductors  
1883-1969 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Conductor 
  Anton ArenskyThe great classical music conductors  
1861-1906 (Romantic)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
  Vladimir AshkenazyThe great classical music conductors  
age 84 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
  Leopold von AuerThe great classical music conductors  
1845-1930 (Romantic)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 

B
  Paul Badura-SkodaThe great classical music conductors  
1927-2019 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
  Mily BalakirevThe great classical music conductors  
1837-1910 (Romantic)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
  John BarbirolliThe great classical music conductors  
1899-1970 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Conductor 
  Daniel BarenboimThe great classical music conductors  
age 78 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Conductor 
  Rudolf BarshaiThe great classical music conductors  
1924-2010 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
  Yury BashmetThe great classical music conductors  
age 68 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Conductor 
  Thomas Beecham, 2nd BaronetThe great classical music conductors  
1879-1961 (20th century)
                        
Conductor 
  Luciano BerioThe great classical music conductors  
1925-2003 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
  Herbert BlomstedtThe great classical music conductors  
age 94 (20th century)
                        
Conductor 
  Karl BöhmThe great classical music conductors  
1894-1981 (20th century)
                        
Conductor 
  Victor BorgeThe great classical music conductors  
1909-2000 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
  Giovanni BottesiniThe great classical music conductors  
1821-1889 (Romantic)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
  Nadia BoulangerThe great classical music conductors  
1887-1979 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
  Pierre BoulezThe great classical music conductors  
1925-2016 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Johannes BrahmsThe great classical music conductors  
1833-1897 (Romantic)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Benjamin BrittenThe great classical music conductors  
1913-1976 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Max BruchThe great classical music conductors  
1838-1920 (Romantic)
                        
Composer & Conductor 
  Hans von BülowThe great classical music conductors  
1830-1894 (Romantic)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
  Ferruccio BusoniThe great classical music conductors  
1866-1924 (Romantic)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 

C
  Guido CantelliThe great classical music conductors  
1920-1956 (20th century)
                        
Conductor 
  Gian Carlo MenottiThe great classical music conductors  
1911-2007 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Conductor 
  Pau CasalsThe great classical music conductors  
1876-1973 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
  Alfredo CasellaThe great classical music conductors  
1883-1947 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
  Sergiu CelibidacheThe great classical music conductors  
1912-1996 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Conductor 
  Riccardo ChaillyThe great classical music conductors  
age 68 (20th century)
                        
Conductor 
  Gustave CharpentierThe great classical music conductors  
1860-1956 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Conductor 
  Ernest ChaussonThe great classical music conductors  
1855-1899 (Romantic)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
  Alfred CortotThe great classical music conductors  
1877-1962 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Conductor 

Peter Maxwell DaviesThe great classical music conductors
1934-2016 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Vincent d'IndyThe great classical music conductors
1851-1931 (Romantic)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Ernő von DohnányiThe great classical music conductors
1877-1960 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Plácido DomingoThe great classical music conductors
age 80 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Conductor

Antal DorátiThe great classical music conductors
1906-1988 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor

Marcel DupréThe great classical music conductors
1886-1971 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Maurice DurufléThe great classical music conductors
1902-1986 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Antonín DvořákThe great classical music conductors
1841-1904 (Romantic)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Masterpieces Complete works

Edward ElgarThe great classical music conductors
1857-1934 (Romantic)
Composer & Conductor
Masterpieces Complete works

John Eliot GardinerThe great classical music conductors
age 78 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

George EnescuThe great classical music conductors
1881-1955 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Christoph EschenbachThe great classical music conductors
age 81 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor

Zdeněk FibichThe great classical music conductors
1850-1900 (Romantic)
Composer & Conductor

Dietrich Fischer-DieskauThe great classical music conductors
1925-2012 (20th century)
Composer, Lyrical singer, Performer & Conductor

Julius FučíkThe great classical music conductors
1872-1916 (Romantic)
Composer & Conductor

Wilhelm FurtwänglerThe great classical music conductors
1886-1954 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Niels GadeThe great classical music conductors
1817-1890 (Romantic)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

James GalwayThe great classical music conductors
age 81 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor

Valery GergievThe great classical music conductors
age 68 (20th century)
Conductor

Carlo Maria GiuliniThe great classical music conductors
1914-2005 (20th century)
Conductor

Alexander GlazunovThe great classical music conductors
1865-1936 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Masterpieces Complete works

Reinhold GlièreThe great classical music conductors
1874-1956 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor

Jakov GotovacThe great classical music conductors
1895-1982 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor

Bernard HaitinkThe great classical music conductors
age 92 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor

Uzeyir HajibeyovThe great classical music conductors
1885-1948 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor

Johan HalvorsenThe great classical music conductors
1864-1935 (Romantic)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Nikolaus HarnoncourtThe great classical music conductors
1929-2016 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Paul HindemithThe great classical music conductors
1895-1963 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Engelbert HumperdinckThe great classical music conductors
1854-1921 (Romantic)
Composer & Conductor

Jacques IbertThe great classical music conductors
1890-1962 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyThe great classical music conductors
1840-1893 (Romantic)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Masterpieces Complete works

Ioan IvanoviciThe great classical music conductors
1845-1902 (Romantic)
Composer & Conductor

Leoš JanáčekThe great classical music conductors
1854-1928 (Romantic)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Masterpieces Complete works

Mariss JansonsThe great classical music conductors
1943-2019 (20th century)
Conductor

Paavo JärviThe great classical music conductors
age 58 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor

Neeme JärviThe great classical music conductors
age 84 (20th century)
Conductor

Joseph JoachimThe great classical music conductors
1831-1907 (Romantic)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Eugen JochumThe great classical music conductors
1902-1987 (20th century)
Conductor

K
  Dmitri KabalevskyThe great classical music conductors  
1904-1986 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
  Emmerich KálmánThe great classical music conductors  
1882-1953 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Conductor 
  Herbert von KarajanThe great classical music conductors  
1908-1989 (20th century)
                        
Conductor 
  Rudolf KempeThe great classical music conductors  
1910-1976 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Conductor 
  Aram KhachaturianThe great classical music conductors  
1903-1978 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
  Erich KleiberThe great classical music conductors  
1890-1956 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Conductor 
  Carlos KleiberThe great classical music conductors  
1930-2004 (20th century)
                        
Conductor 
  Otto KlempererThe great classical music conductors  
1885-1973 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Conductor 
  Hans KnappertsbuschThe great classical music conductors  
1888-1965 (20th century)
                        
Conductor 
  Zoltán KodályThe great classical music conductors  
1882-1967 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Serge KoussevitzkyThe great classical music conductors  
1874-1951 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
  Gidon KremerThe great classical music conductors  
age 74 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Conductor 
  Rafael KubelíkThe great classical music conductors  
1914-1996 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 

Franz LachnerThe great classical music conductors
1803-1890 (Romantic)
Composer & Conductor

Michel LegrandThe great classical music conductors
1932-2019 (20th century)
Composer, Lyrical singer, Performer & Conductor

Franz LehárThe great classical music conductors
1870-1948 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Masterpieces Complete works

Erich LeinsdorfThe great classical music conductors
1912-1993 (20th century)
Conductor

Gustav LeonhardtThe great classical music conductors
1928-2012 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Franz LisztThe great classical music conductors
1811-1886 (Romantic)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Masterpieces Complete works

Witold LutosławskiThe great classical music conductors
1913-1994 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Mykola LysenkoThe great classical music conductors
1842-1912 (Romantic)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Muslim MagomayevThe great classical music conductors
1942-2008 (20th century)
Composer, Lyrical singer & Conductor

... M
  Gustav MahlerThe great classical music conductors  
1860-1911 (Romantic)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Neville MarrinerThe great classical music conductors  
1924-2016 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
  Frank MartinThe great classical music conductors  
1890-1974 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
  Pietro MascagniThe great classical music conductors  
1863-1945 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Conductor 
  Kurt MasurThe great classical music conductors  
1927-2015 (20th century)
                        
Conductor 
  Erkki MelartinThe great classical music conductors  
1875-1937 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Conductor 
  Willem MengelbergThe great classical music conductors  
1871-1951 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Conductor 
  Yehudi MenuhinThe great classical music conductors  
1916-1999 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Conductor 
  Oskar MerikantoThe great classical music conductors  
1868-1924 (Romantic)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
  Darius MilhaudThe great classical music conductors  
1892-1974 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Dimitri MitropoulosThe great classical music conductors  
1896-1960 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
  Ennio MorriconeThe great classical music conductors  
1928-2020 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
  Moritz MoszkowskiThe great classical music conductors  
1854-1925 (Romantic)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
  Yevgeny MravinskyThe great classical music conductors  
1903-1988 (20th century)
                        
Conductor 
  Riccardo MutiThe great classical music conductors  
age 80 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Conductor 

Oskar NedbalThe great classical music conductors
1874-1930 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Andris NelsonsThe great classical music conductors
age 42 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor

Carl NielsenThe great classical music conductors
1865-1931 (Romantic)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Arthur NikischThe great classical music conductors
1855-1922 (Romantic)
Performer & Conductor

Luigi NonoThe great classical music conductors
1924-1990 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Jacques OffenbachThe great classical music conductors
1819-1880 (Romantic)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Masterpieces Complete works

David OistrakhThe great classical music conductors
1908-1974 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor

Eugene OrmandyThe great classical music conductors
1899-1985 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor

P
  Andrzej PanufnikThe great classical music conductors  
1914-1991 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
  Krzysztof PendereckiThe great classical music conductors  
1933-2020 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
  Mikhail PletnevThe great classical music conductors  
age 64 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
  Maurizio PolliniThe great classical music conductors  
age 79 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
  Amilcare PonchielliThe great classical music conductors  
1834-1886 (Romantic)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
  Georges PrêtreThe great classical music conductors  
1924-2017 (20th century)
                        
Conductor 
  André PrevinThe great classical music conductors  
1929-2019 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
  Sergei ProkofievThe great classical music conductors  
1891-1953 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Giacomo PucciniThe great classical music conductors  
1858-1924 (Romantic)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
MasterpiecesComplete works 

R
  Henri RabaudThe great classical music conductors  
1873-1949 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Conductor 
  Sergei RachmaninoffThe great classical music conductors  
1873-1943 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Simon RattleThe great classical music conductors  
age 66 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Conductor 
  Maurice RavelThe great classical music conductors  
1875-1937 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Max RegerThe great classical music conductors  
1873-1916 (Romantic)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
  Carl ReineckeThe great classical music conductors  
1824-1910 (Romantic)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
  Fritz ReinerThe great classical music conductors  
1888-1963 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
  Ottorino RespighiThe great classical music conductors  
1879-1936 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
  Hans RichterThe great classical music conductors  
1843-1916 (Romantic)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
  Karl RichterThe great classical music conductors  
1926-1981 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
  André RieuThe great classical music conductors  
age 71 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
  Nikolai Rimsky-KorsakovThe great classical music conductors  
1844-1908 (Romantic)
                        
Composer & Conductor 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Mstislav RostropovichThe great classical music conductors  
1927-2007 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
  Nino RotaThe great classical music conductors  
1911-1979 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
  Gennady RozhdestvenskyThe great classical music conductors  
1931-2018 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
  Miklós RózsaThe great classical music conductors  
1907-1995 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
  Nikolai RubinsteinThe great classical music conductors  
1835-1881 (Romantic)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
  Anton RubinsteinThe great classical music conductors  
1829-1894 (Romantic)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
  John RutterThe great classical music conductors  
age 75 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Conductor 

S
  Camille Saint-SaënsThe great classical music conductors  
1835-1921 (Romantic)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Esa-Pekka SalonenThe great classical music conductors  
age 63 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Conductor 
  Pablo de SarasateThe great classical music conductors  
1844-1908 (Romantic)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
  Jordi SavallThe great classical music conductors  
age 79 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
  Wolfgang SawallischThe great classical music conductors  
1923-2013 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Conductor 
  András SchiffThe great classical music conductors  
age 67 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
  Arnold SchoenbergThe great classical music conductors  
1874-1951 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Peter SchreierThe great classical music conductors  
1935-2019 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Lyrical singer & Conductor 
  Jean SibeliusThe great classical music conductors  
1865-1957 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Bedřich SmetanaThe great classical music conductors  
1824-1884 (Romantic)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Georg SoltiThe great classical music conductors  
1912-1997 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
  Alexander SpendiaryanThe great classical music conductors  
1871-1928 (Romantic)
                        
Composer & Conductor 
  Wilhelm StenhammarThe great classical music conductors  
1871-1927 (Romantic)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
  Stevan Stojanović MokranjacThe great classical music conductors  
1856-1914 (Romantic)
                        
Composer & Conductor 
  Leopold StokowskiThe great classical music conductors  
1882-1977 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
  Robert StolzThe great classical music conductors  
1880-1975 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Conductor 
  Oscar StrausThe great classical music conductors  
1870-1954 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Conductor 
  Eduard StraussThe great classical music conductors  
1835-1916 (Romantic)
                        
Composer & Conductor 
  Richard StraussThe great classical music conductors  
1866-1949 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Johann Strauss IIThe great classical music conductors  
1825-1899 (Romantic)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Igor StravinskyThe great classical music conductors  
1882-1971 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Arthur SullivanThe great classical music conductors  
1842-1900 (Romantic)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
  Franz von SuppéThe great classical music conductors  
1819-1895 (Romantic)
                        
Composer & Conductor 
  Johan SvendsenThe great classical music conductors  
1840-1911 (Romantic)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
  Yevgeny SvetlanovThe great classical music conductors  
1928-2002 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
  George SzellThe great classical music conductors  
1897-1970 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 

Yuri TemirkanovThe great classical music conductors
age 82 (20th century)
Conductor

Paul TortelierThe great classical music conductors
1914-1990 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Arturo ToscaniniThe great classical music conductors
1867-1957 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Eduard TubinThe great classical music conductors
1905-1982 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor

Joaquín TurinaThe great classical music conductors
1882-1949 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Viktor UllmannThe great classical music conductors
1898-1944 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Edgard VarèseThe great classical music conductors
1883-1965 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor

Ralph Vaughan WilliamsThe great classical music conductors
1872-1958 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Maxim VengerovThe great classical music conductors
age 46 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor

Giuseppe VerdiThe great classical music conductors
1813-1901 (Romantic)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Masterpieces Complete works

Pancho VladigerovThe great classical music conductors
1899-1978 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

W
  Richard WagnerThe great classical music conductors  
1813-1883 (Romantic)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Émile WaldteufelThe great classical music conductors  
1837-1915 (Romantic)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
  Bruno WalterThe great classical music conductors  
1876-1962 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
  William WaltonThe great classical music conductors  
1902-1983 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
  Anton WebernThe great classical music conductors  
1883-1945 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
  Kurt WeillThe great classical music conductors  
1900-1950 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
  Felix von WeingartnerThe great classical music conductors  
1863-1942 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
  Hans Werner HenzeThe great classical music conductors  
1926-2012 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
  Erich Wolfgang KorngoldThe great classical music conductors  
1897-1957 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Conductor 
MasterpiecesComplete works 

Eugène YsaÿeThe great classical music conductors
1858-1931 (Romantic)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Riccardo ZandonaiThe great classical music conductors
1883-1944 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor

Krystian ZimermanThe great classical music conductors
age 64 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

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