The great 19th-century performers (1850-1900) Asia
Yellin or Suzuki? Mukhtarova or Kō? It is difficult for inquiring minds to tackle a field as large and diverse as classical music, covering 10 centuries of history: there are uncountable numbers of classical music performers in the world. 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 performer/musician not be instinctively privileged by an English critic?
For example: in Canada, Marc-André Hamelin, a Quebec pianist and composer, is at least as popular as the German violinist Anne-Sofie Mutter, who is more internationally renowned.
Timeline of classical musicians, between 1850 and 1900 in Asia
Whoever wants to discover classical music 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 this field. So : Yellin (Israeli cellist) or Suzuki (Japanese violinist and pioneer of musical pedagogy (1898-1998)) ? Ono (Japanese violinist) or Lody ? However, the knowledge available about musicians is enormous. It was processed to select the 10, 25, 50... most popular performers around the world, for those living or having lived en Asia, between 1850 and 1900. And this objectively, and for the first time (soclassiq exclusivity).
Performers rendered as a timeline to bring a little perspective:
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ComposersConductorsLyrical singersPerformersT 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 classical musicians in Asia for the years 1850-1900
Who are these greatest performers, the most famous over the 1850-1900 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 performers, renowned artists from around the world:
The musicians and artists who also composed were removed from this ranking.
The selections of musicians (performers) proposed by soclassiq are based exclusively on algorithms. The same applies to the composers, their works, the lyrical singers, les orchestras, the conductors 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 well, for those who can easily name 50 or more classical music performers. Bulbul, Tsuji, Muck, Fujiwara, Hisa, Mammadova, Taya...
At this time, soclassiq has listed more than 13000 performers. So here is a selection of some performers for the years 1850-1900, 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 performers who have been or are composers, some more renowned for the work they have left than for their careers as musicians.
Meliton Balanchivadze The great 19th-century performers (1850-1900)
1862-1937 (Romantic)
Composer, Lyrical singer & Performer
Paul Ben-Haim The great 19th-century performers (1850-1900)
1897-1984 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Bulbul The great 19th-century performers (1850-1900)
1897-1961 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Tigran Chukhajian The great 19th-century performers (1850-1900)
1837-1898 (Romantic)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Victor Dolidze The great 19th-century performers (1850-1900)
1890-1933 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Manuel de Falla The great 19th-century performers (1850-1900)
1876-1946 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Aryeh Friedman-Lvov The great 19th-century performers (1850-1900)
1884-1955 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Yoshie Fujiwara The great 19th-century performers (1850-1900)
1898-1976 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Uzeyir Hajibeyov The great 19th-century performers (1850-1900)
1885-1948 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Kuno Hisa The great 19th-century performers (1850-1900)
1886-1925 (20th century)
Performer
Yanagi Kaneko The great 19th-century performers (1850-1900)
1892-1984 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Andō Kō The great 19th-century performers (1850-1900)
1878-1963 (20th century)
Performer
Nobu Kōda The great 19th-century performers (1850-1900)
1870-1946 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Shin Kusakawa The great 19th-century performers (1850-1900)
1893-1948 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Zoya Lody The great 19th-century performers (1850-1900)
1886-1957 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Shovkat Mammadova The great 19th-century performers (1850-1900)
1897-1981 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Karl Muck The great 19th-century performers (1850-1900)
1859-1940 (Romantic)
Conductor & Performer
Fatma Mukhtarova The great 19th-century performers (1850-1900)
1893-1972 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Zacharia Paliashvili The great 19th-century performers (1850-1900)
1871-1933 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Konstantin Saradzhev The great 19th-century performers (1850-1900)
1877-1954 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Shin'ichi Suzuki The great 19th-century performers (1850-1900)
1898-1998 (20th century)
Performer
Rentarō Taki The great 19th-century performers (1850-1900)
1879-1903 (Romantic)
Composer & Performer
Rikizō Taya The great 19th-century performers (1850-1900)
1899-1988 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Anushavan Ter-Ghevondyan The great 19th-century performers (1850-1900)
1887-1961 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Kichinosuke Tsuji The great 19th-century performers (1850-1900)
1898-1985 (20th century)
Performer
Kemençeci Vasilaki The great 19th-century performers (1850-1900)
1845-(?) (20th century)
Performer
Thelma Yellin The great 19th-century performers (1850-1900)
1895-1959 (20th century)
Performer
Kisu Yoshinoshin The great 19th-century performers (1850-1900)
1867-1951 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
See also...
Timelines : Performers
- The great classical music performers
- Europe * North America * South America * Asia * Oceania * Africa
- The great 20th-century performers [II.] (1950 - 2000)
- Europe * North America * South America * Asia * Oceania * Africa
- The great 20th-century performers [I.] (1900 - 1950)
- Europe * North America * South America * Asia * Oceania * Africa
- The great 19th-century performers (1850 - 1900)
Indexes
- All performers : by instrument * 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 (Performers)
Other timelines
- Composers : 10 centuries of classical music
- The great classical music conductors
- The great lyrical singers
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Last update : 2024-04-10