The great classical music conductors South America
Valdés or Menezes? Carlos Martins or Harth-Bedoya? 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 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 : Valdés (American conductor) or Menezes (Italo-Brazilian conductor) ? Rivas (Venezuelan-American conductor) or Figueiredo (musicologist) ? 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, . 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 ).
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
Who are these greatest conductors, the most famous over the 1880-2020 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. Karabtchevsky, Herzog, Luis-Bassa, Procopio, Payare, Munakata, Waldman...
At this time, soclassiq has listed more than 5000 conductors. So here is a selection of some conductors for the years 1880-2020, 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.
José Antonio de Abreu The great classical music conductors
1939-2018 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Facundo Agudin The great classical music conductors
age 52 (20th century)
Conductor
Eduardo Alonso-Crespo The great classical music conductors
age 68 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Celso Antunes The great classical music conductors
age 64 (20th century)
Conductor
Ricardo Araujo The great classical music conductors
age 45 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Blas Emilio Atehortúa Amaya The great classical music conductors
1943-2020 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Luis Bacalov The great classical music conductors
1933-2017 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Silvio Barbato The great classical music conductors
1959-2009 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Daniel Barenboim The great classical music conductors
age 81 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Vicente Bianchi Alarcón The great classical music conductors
1920-2018 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Daniel Binelli The great classical music conductors
age 77 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Alceo Bocchino The great classical music conductors
1918-2013 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
José Bragato The great classical music conductors
1915-2017 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Roberto Caamaño The great classical music conductors
1923-1993 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
João Carlos Martins The great classical music conductors
age 83 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Teresa Carreño The great classical music conductors
1853-1917 (Romantic)
Composer, Lyrical singer, Performer & Conductor
Eleazar de Carvalho The great classical music conductors
1912-1996 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Juan Casanova Vicuña The great classical music conductors
1894-1976 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Juan José Castro The great classical music conductors
1895-1968 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Maximianno Cobra The great classical music conductors
age 54 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
José Cura The great classical music conductors
age 61 (20th century)
Composer, Lyrical singer, Performer & Conductor
Juan de Dios Filiberto The great classical music conductors
1885-1964 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Plácido Domingo The great classical music conductors
age 83 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Conductor
Rubén Dubrovsky The great classical music conductors
age 55 (20th century)
Conductor
Gustavo Dudamel The great classical music conductors
age 43 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Antonio Estévez The great classical music conductors
1916-1988 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Constantino Gaito The great classical music conductors
1878-1945 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Gerardo Gandini The great classical music conductors
1936-2013 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Leonardo García Alarcón The great classical music conductors
age 47 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Gilardo Gilardi The great classical music conductors
1889-1963 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Chiquinha Gonzaga The great classical music conductors
1847-1935 (Romantic)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Camargo Guarnieri The great classical music conductors
1907-1993 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
César Guerra-Peixe The great classical music conductors
1914-1993 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Alberto Guerrero The great classical music conductors
1886-1959 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Gerardo Guevara The great classical music conductors
age 93 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Salomão Habib The great classical music conductors
age 58 (20th century)
Conductor
Reynaldo Hahn The great classical music conductors
1874-1947 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Miguel Harth-Bedoya The great classical music conductors
age 56 (20th century)
Conductor
Rodrigo Herrmann The great classical music conductors
1916-1971 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Myrna Herzog The great classical music conductors
age 72 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Domingo Hindoyan The great classical music conductors
age 44 (20th century)
Conductor
Mauricio Kagel The great classical music conductors
1931-2008 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Carlos Kalmar The great classical music conductors
age 66 (20th century)
Conductor
Isaac Karabtchevsky The great classical music conductors
age 89 (20th century)
Conductor
Erich Kleiber The great classical music conductors
1890-1956 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Edino Krieger The great classical music conductors
1928-2022 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Jaime Laredo The great classical music conductors
age 82 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
José María Ponce de León The great classical music conductors
1845-1882 (Romantic)
Composer & Conductor
Carlos López Buchardo The great classical music conductors
1881-1948 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Natalia Luis-Bassa The great classical music conductors
age 57 (20th century)
Conductor
Ernst Mahle The great classical music conductors
age 95 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Juan María Solare The great classical music conductors
age 57 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Eduardo Marturet The great classical music conductors
age 70 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Martín Matalon The great classical music conductors
age 65 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Diego Matheuz The great classical music conductors
age 39 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Moicelí Medina The great classical music conductors
age 45 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Simone Menezes The great classical music conductors
age 47 (20th century)
Conductor
Francisco Mignone The great classical music conductors
1897-1986 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Cholo Montironi The great classical music conductors
age 92 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Henrique Morelenbaum The great classical music conductors
1931-2022 (20th century)
Conductor
Eli-Eri Moura The great classical music conductors
age 61 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Naomi Munakata The great classical music conductors
1955-2020 (20th century)
Conductor
Alberto Nepomuceno The great classical music conductors
1864-1920 (Romantic)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
John Neschling The great classical music conductors
age 76 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Marlos Nobre The great classical music conductors
age 85 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Juan Carlos Núñez The great classical music conductors
age 77 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Andrés Orozco-Estrada The great classical music conductors
age 46 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Luis Otero Martínez-Siegenthaler The great classical music conductors
age 59 (20th century)
Composer, Lyrical singer, Performer & Conductor
Diogo Pacheco The great classical music conductors
age 98 (20th century)
Conductor
Carlos Païta The great classical music conductors
1932-2015 (20th century)
Conductor
Martín Palmeri The great classical music conductors
age 58 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Fabián Panisello The great classical music conductors
age 60 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Ettore Panizza The great classical music conductors
1875-1967 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Rafael Payare The great classical music conductors
age 44 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Alejo Pérez The great classical music conductors
age 49 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Astor Piazzolla The great classical music conductors
1921-1992 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Emilio Pomarico The great classical music conductors
age 69 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Bruno Procopio The great classical music conductors
age 48 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Edward Pulgar The great classical music conductors
age 49 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Ilyich Rivas The great classical music conductors
age 30 (20th century)
Conductor
Fernando Rosas Pfingsthorn The great classical music conductors
1931-2007 (20th century)
Conductor
Victoria Sánchez The great classical music conductors
age 37 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Lalo Schifrin The great classical music conductors
age 91 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Alfredo Schiuma The great classical music conductors
1885-1963 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
José Serebrier The great classical music conductors
age 85 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
João de Souza Lima The great classical music conductors
1898-1982 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Oscar Strasnoy The great classical music conductors
age 53 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Maximiano Valdés The great classical music conductors
age 74 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Christian Vásquez The great classical music conductors
age 40 (20th century)
Conductor
Heitor Villa-Lobos The great classical music conductors
1887-1959 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Udo Zimmermann The great classical music conductors
1943-2021 (20th century)
Composer & 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)
Other timelines
- Composers : 10 centuries of classical music
- The great lyrical singers
- The great classical music performers
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Last update : 2024-04-10