The great classical music conductors South America
Cura or Figueiredo? Vásquez or Matheuz? 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 : Cura (Argentine-Spanish operatic tenor, conductor, director, scenographer and photographer) or Figueiredo (musicologist) ? Alarcón (Argentine conductor) or Luis-Bassa (Venezuelan 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, . 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 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 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. Pfingsthorn, Harth-Bedoya, Martins, Payare, Orozco-Estrada, Procopio, Antunes...
At this time, soClassiQ has listed more than 4500 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.
Juan Manuel AbrasThe great classical music conductors
age 45 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Facundo AgudinThe great classical music conductors
age 48 (20th century)
Conductor
Vicente Bianchi AlarcónThe great classical music conductors
1920-2018 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Leonardo García AlarcónThe great classical music conductors
age 44 (20th century)
Conductor
Eduardo Alonso-CrespoThe great classical music conductors
age 64 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Blas Emilio Atehortúa AmayaThe great classical music conductors
1943-2020 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
José Antonio Abreu AnselmiThe great classical music conductors
1939-2018 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Celso AntunesThe great classical music conductors
age 60 (20th century)
Conductor
Ricardo AraujoThe great classical music conductors
age 42 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Luis BacalovThe great classical music conductors
1933-2017 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Silvio BarbatoThe great classical music conductors
1959-2009 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Daniel BarenboimThe great classical music conductors
age 77 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Daniel BinelliThe great classical music conductors
age 74 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Alceo BocchinoThe great classical music conductors
1918-2013 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Carlos López BuchardoThe great classical music conductors
1881-1948 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Roberto CaamañoThe great classical music conductors
1923-1993 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Teresa CarreñoThe great classical music conductors
1853-1917 (Romantic)
Composer, Lyrical singer, Performer & Conductor
Eleazar de CarvalhoThe great classical music conductors
1912-1996 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Juan José CastroThe great classical music conductors
1895-1968 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Maximianno CobraThe great classical music conductors
age 50 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
José CuraThe great classical music conductors
age 57 (20th century)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Conductor
Juan de Dios FilibertoThe great classical music conductors
1885-1964 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Plácido DomingoThe great classical music conductors
age 79 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Conductor
Gustavo DudamelThe great classical music conductors
age 39 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Antonio EstévezThe great classical music conductors
1916-1988 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Constantino GaitoThe great classical music conductors
1878-1945 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Gerardo GandiniThe great classical music conductors
1936-2013 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Gilardo GilardiThe great classical music conductors
1889-1963 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Chiquinha GonzagaThe great classical music conductors
1847-1935 (Romantic)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Camargo GuarnieriThe great classical music conductors
1907-1993 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
César Guerra-PeixeThe great classical music conductors
1914-1993 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Alberto GuerreroThe great classical music conductors
1886-1959 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Gerardo GuevaraThe great classical music conductors
age 90 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Salomão HabibThe great classical music conductors
age 54 (20th century)
Conductor
Reynaldo HahnThe great classical music conductors
1874-1947 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Miguel Harth-BedoyaThe great classical music conductors
age 52 (20th century)
Conductor
Rodrigo HerrmannThe great classical music conductors
1916-1971 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Myrna HerzogThe great classical music conductors
age 68 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Domingo HindoyanThe great classical music conductors
age 40 (20th century)
Conductor
Mauricio KagelThe great classical music conductors
1931-2008 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Carlos KalmarThe great classical music conductors
age 62 (20th century)
Conductor
Isaac KarabtchevskyThe great classical music conductors
age 85 (20th century)
Conductor
Erich KleiberThe great classical music conductors
1890-1956 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Edino KriegerThe great classical music conductors
age 92 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Jaime LaredoThe great classical music conductors
age 79 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Natalia Luis-BassaThe great classical music conductors
age 54 (20th century)
Conductor
Ernst MahleThe great classical music conductors
age 91 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Luis Otero Martínez-SiegenthalerThe great classical music conductors
age 56 (20th century)
Composer, Lyrical singer, Performer & Conductor
João Carlos MartinsThe great classical music conductors
age 80 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Eduardo MarturetThe great classical music conductors
age 67 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Martín MatalonThe great classical music conductors
age 61 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Diego MatheuzThe great classical music conductors
age 36 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Moicelí MedinaThe great classical music conductors
age 42 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Cholo MontironiThe great classical music conductors
age 88 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Henrique MorelenbaumThe great classical music conductors
age 89 (20th century)
Conductor
Eli-Eri MouraThe great classical music conductors
age 57 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Naomi MunakataThe great classical music conductors
1955-2020 (20th century)
Conductor
Alberto NepomucenoThe great classical music conductors
1864-1920 (Romantic)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
John NeschlingThe great classical music conductors
age 73 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Marlos NobreThe great classical music conductors
age 81 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Juan Carlos NúñezThe great classical music conductors
age 73 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Andrés Orozco-EstradaThe great classical music conductors
age 42 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Carlos PaïtaThe great classical music conductors
1932-2015 (20th century)
Conductor
Martín PalmeriThe great classical music conductors
age 55 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Fabián PaniselloThe great classical music conductors
age 57 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Ettore PanizzaThe great classical music conductors
1875-1967 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Rafael PayareThe great classical music conductors
age 40 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Alejo PérezThe great classical music conductors
age 46 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Fernando Rosas PfingsthornThe great classical music conductors
1931-2007 (20th century)
Conductor
Astor PiazzollaThe great classical music conductors
1921-1992 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Bruno ProcopioThe great classical music conductors
age 44 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Edward PulgarThe great classical music conductors
age 46 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Victoria SánchezThe great classical music conductors
age 34 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Lalo SchifrinThe great classical music conductors
age 88 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Alfredo SchiumaThe great classical music conductors
1885-1963 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
José SerebrierThe great classical music conductors
age 81 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Juan María SolareThe great classical music conductors
age 54 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
João de Souza LimaThe great classical music conductors
1898-1982 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Oscar StrasnoyThe great classical music conductors
age 49 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Christian VásquezThe great classical music conductors
age 36 (20th century)
Conductor
Juan Casanova VicuñaThe great classical music conductors
1894-1976 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Heitor Villa-LobosThe great classical music conductors
1887-1959 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Udo ZimmermannThe great classical music conductors
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 November 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 2, Dimitri Mitropoulos (1896-1960), 60th anniversary (Death),
on 7, Ferenc Erkel (1810-1893), 210th anniversary (Birth),
on 12, Oscar Strasnoy (1970- ), 50th anniversary,
on 14, Aaron Copland (1900-1990), 120th anniversary (Birth),
on 22, Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900), 120th anniversary (Death),
...
There are others to discover. And it is not too late to focus on the October 2020 celebrations (30+).
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 : 2020-10-01