The great 20th-century performers (1950-2000) Asia

Lanfang or Buniatishvili? Jo or Maisky? 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 1950 and 2000+ 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 : Lanfang (Peking opera artist (1894-1961)) or Buniatishvili (pianist) ? Papian (singer) or Chung (South Korean pianist and conductor) ? 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 1950 and 2000+. And this objectively, and for the first time (soClassiQ exclusivity).

Performers rendered as a timeline to bring a little perspective:

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Timeline :

Composers Conductors Lyrical singersPerformers TReduce to performers only 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 classical musicians in Asia for the years 1950-2000+

Who are these greatest performers, the most famous over the 1950-2000+ 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. Barenboim, Tsitsikian, Suwanai, Wang, Comissiona, Gitlis, Chung...

At this time, soClassiQ has listed more than 11000 performers. So here is a selection of some performers for the years 1950-2000+, 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.

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  Behzod AbdurahimovThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 29 (20th century)
                        
Performer 
 Kōmei AbeThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
1911-2006 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
  Keiko AbeThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 83 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
  Vasif AdigozalovThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
1935-2006 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
 Ruben AharonyanThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 73 (20th century)
                        
Performer 
 Masafumi AkikawaThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 52 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer & Performer 
 Yasushi AkutagawaThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
1925-1989 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
 Shovkat AlakbarovaThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
1922-1993 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer & Performer 
  Franghiz Ali-ZadehThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 73 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
 Hiroshi AoshimaThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 65 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
  Nareh ArghamanyanThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 31 (20th century)
                        
Performer 
 Alexander ArutiunianThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
1920-2012 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
 Takashi AsahinaThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
1908-2001 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Performer 
 Yuval AvitalThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 43 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
  Avi AvitalThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 41 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 

B
  Sergei BabayanThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 59 (20th century)
                        
Performer 
 Abdel Rahman El BachaThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 61 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
 Jenny BaeThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 40 (20th century)
                        
Performer 
 Roza BaglanovaThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
1922-2011 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer & Performer 
  Daniel BarenboimThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 77 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Performer 
 Elena BashkirovaThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 62 (20th century)
                        
Performer 
  Lisa BatiashviliThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 41 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
 Ani BatikianThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 37 (20th century)
                        
Performer 
 Bart BermanThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 81 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
 Elisso BolkvadzeThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 53 (20th century)
                        
Performer 
  Guy BraunsteinThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 49 (20th century)
                        
Performer 
 Shirley BrillThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 38 (20th century)
                        
Performer 
  Khatia BuniatishviliThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 33 (20th century)
                        
Performer 
 Stanislav BuninThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 54 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 

Kim Chee-yunThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 50 (20th century)
Performer

Seong-Jin ChoThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 26 (20th century)
Composer & Performer

Kyung-wha ChungThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 72 (20th century)
Performer

Myung-whun ChungThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 67 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer

Sergiu ComissionaThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
1928-2005 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer

Bilegiin DamdinsürenThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
1919-1992 (20th century)
Composer & Performer

Hossein DehlaviThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
1927-2019 (20th century)
Composer & Performer

DelkashThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
1924-2004 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer

Tan DunThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 63 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer

Angelo EphrikianThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
1913-1982 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer

Mahan EsfahaniThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 36 (20th century)
Performer

Dan EttingerThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 49 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer

Yoshie FujiwaraThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
1898-1976 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer

Kotaro FukumaThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 38 (20th century)
Performer

G
  Ivan GalamianThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
1903-1981 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
 Vyacheslav GanelinThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 75 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
 Faraj GarayevThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 76 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
  Gara GarayevThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
1918-1982 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
 Fidan GasimovaThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 73 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer & Performer 
 Khuraman GasimovaThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 69 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer & Performer 
 Andrei GavrilovThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 65 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Performer 
  Boris GiltburgThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 36 (20th century)
                        
Performer 
  Ivry GitlisThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 98 (20th century)
                        
Performer 
  Vadim GluzmanThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 47 (20th century)
                        
Performer 
  Itamar GolanThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 50 (20th century)
                        
Performer 
  David GreilsammerThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 43 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Performer 
 Gegham GrigoryanThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
1951-2016 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer & Performer 

H
 Fidan Hacı Ağa qizi HacıyevaThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 44 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer & Performer 
  Matt HaimovitzThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 49 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
 Soltan HajibeyovThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
1919-1974 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
  Jovdat HajiyevThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
1917-2002 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
 Narek HakhnazaryanThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 31 (20th century)
                        
Performer 
 Ofra HarnoyThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 55 (20th century)
                        
Performer 
 Hikaru HayashiThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
1931-2012 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
  Ziyu HeThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 21 (20th century)
                        
Performer 
  Joe HisaishiThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 69 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor, Lyrical singer & Performer 
  Toshio HosokawaThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 64 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 

I
 Toshi IchiyanagiThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 87 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
  Akira IfukubeThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
1914-2006 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
 Shin'ichirō IkebeThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 77 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
 Tomojirō IkenouchiThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
1906-1991 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
  Nobuko ImaiThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 77 (20th century)
                        
Performer 
 Liana IsakadzeThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 74 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Performer 
 Kan IshiiThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
1921-2009 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
 Daisuke IshiwatariThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 47 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
 Yasuhide ItoThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 59 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 

Malek JandaliThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 47 (20th century)
Composer & Performer

Wang JianThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 52 (20th century)
Performer

Sumi JoThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 57 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer

Dina JoffeThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 67 (20th century)
Composer & Performer

K
  Sharon KamThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 49 (20th century)
                        
Performer 
 Joseph KaminskiThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
1903-1972 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
 Mayuko KamioThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 34 (20th century)
                        
Performer 
 Toshiyuki KamiokaThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 60 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Performer 
  Yoko KannoThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 56 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Lyrical singer & Performer 
 Mine KawakamiThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 51 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
  Sergey KhachatryanThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 35 (20th century)
                        
Performer 
 Karen KhachaturianThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
1920-2011 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
 Hooman KhalatbariThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 51 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Performer 
 Zeynab KhanlarovaThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 83 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer & Performer 
 Sunwook KimThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 32 (20th century)
                        
Performer 
  Evgeny KissinThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 48 (20th century)
                        
Performer 
 Yasuji KiyoseThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
1900-1981 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
  Aimi KobayashiThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 25 (20th century)
                        
Performer 
 Momo KodamaThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 48 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
  Koji KondoThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 59 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
 Mayako KuboThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 72 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
 Mina KubotaThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 48 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
 Maya KuliyevaThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
1920-2018 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer & Performer 

Mei LanfangThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
1894-1961 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer

Lang LangThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 38 (20th century)
Performer

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Giorgi LatsabidzeThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 42 (20th century)
Composer & Performer

Elisabeth LeonskajaThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 74 (20th century)
Performer

Ming-Qiang LiThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 84 (20th century)
Composer & Performer

Yundi LiThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 37 (20th century)
Composer & Performer

Cho-Liang LinThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 60 (20th century)
Performer

Kate LiuThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 26 (20th century)
Composer & Performer

M
  Yo-Yo MaThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 64 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
 Ibrahim MaaloufThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 39 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
  Nino MachaidzeThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 37 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer & Performer 
 MahastiThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
1946-2007 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer & Performer 
  Mischa MaiskyThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 72 (20th century)
                        
Performer 
 Arif MalikovThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
1933-2019 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
 Anna MalikovaThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 55 (20th century)
                        
Performer 
 Michio MamiyaThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 91 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
 Shovkat MammadovaThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
1897-1981 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer & Performer 
 Tigran MansurianThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 81 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
 Fuat MansurovThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
1928-2010 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Performer 
 Yoritsune MatsudairaThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
1907-2001 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
 Alexander Melik-PashayevThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
1905-1964 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
 Minoru MikiThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
1930-2011 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
 Shlomo MintzThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 62 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Performer 
 Emiri MiyamotoThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 36 (20th century)
                        
Performer 
 Fatma MukhtarovaThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
1893-1972 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer & Performer 
 Rubaba MuradovaThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
1933-1983 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer & Performer 
 Kaori MurajiThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 42 (20th century)
                        
Performer 

Hu Nai-yuanThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 59 (20th century)
Performer

Hiroko NakamuraThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
1944-2016 (20th century)
Composer & Performer

Svetlana NavasardyanThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 73 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer

Eldar NebolsinThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 46 (20th century)
Performer

Takako NishizakiThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 76 (20th century)
Performer

Knyaz NiyaziThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
1912-1984 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer

Halima NosirovaThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
1913-2003 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer

Noriko OgawaThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 58 (20th century)
Performer

Hiroshi OhguriThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
1918-1982 (20th century)
Composer & Performer

Kazushi ŌnoThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 60 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer

Tadaaki OtakaThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 73 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer

Kun-Woo PaikThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 74 (20th century)
Performer

Hasmik PapianThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 59 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer

Ji-hae ParkThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 35 (20th century)
Performer

Itzhak PerlmanThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 75 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer

Đặng Hữu PhúcThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 67 (20th century)
Composer & Performer

Menahem PresslerThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 96 (20th century)
Performer

Ali RahbariThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 72 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer

Benjamin Rawitz-CastelThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
1946-2006 (20th century)
Performer

Hagigat RzayevaThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
1907-1969 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer

S
 Toshihiko SahashiThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 60 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
 Hideo SaitoThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
1902-1974 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
  Ryuichi SakamotoThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 68 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
  Lea SalongaThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 49 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer & Performer 
 Konstantin SaradzhevThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
1877-1954 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Performer 
 Shunsuke SatoThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 36 (20th century)
                        
Performer 
 Vladimir ShainskyThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
1925-2017 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
 David ShallonThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
1950-2000 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Performer 
  Lahav ShaniThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 31 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Performer 
  Anoushka ShankarThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 39 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Lyrical singer & Performer 
 Bright ShengThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 64 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
 Liu ShikunThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 81 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
 Hyun Su ShinThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 33 (20th century)
                        
Performer 
  Sayaka ShojiThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 37 (20th century)
                        
Performer 
 Sergey SmbatyanThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 33 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Performer 
  Yeol Eum SonThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 34 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
  Dang Thai SonThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 62 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
 Pinchas SteinbergThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 74 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Performer 
 Nejiko SuwaThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
1920-2012 (20th century)
                        
Performer 
 Akiko SuwanaiThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 48 (20th century)
                        
Performer 
 Airi SuzukiThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 31 (20th century)
                        
Performer 
 Shinichi SuzukiThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
1898-1998 (20th century)
                        
Performer 
  Masaaki SuzukiThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 66 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 

T
 Yūji TakahashiThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 82 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
  Toru TakemitsuThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
1930-1996 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
 Josef TalThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
1910-2008 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
 Muhai TangThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 71 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
  Loris TjeknavorianThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 82 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
  Isao TomitaThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
1932-2016 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
 Yu-Chien TsengThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 26 (20th century)
                        
Performer 
  Yu-Chien TsengThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 26 (20th century)
                        
Performer 
 Sulkhan TsintsadzeThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
1925-1991 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
 Anahit TsitsikianThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
1926-1999 (20th century)
                        
Performer 
 Fou Ts'ongThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 86 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
 Nobuyuki TsujiiThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)  
age 32 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 

Mitsuko UchidaThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 71 (20th century)
Composer & Performer

Ayako UeharaThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 40 (20th century)
Performer

Monir VakiliThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
1923-1983 (20th century)
Conductor, Lyrical singer & Performer

Vanessa Vanessa-MaeThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 41 (20th century)
Composer & Performer

Arie VardiThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 83 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer

Maxim VengerovThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 46 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer

Eliso VirsaladzeThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 78 (20th century)
Performer

Kaoru WadaThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 58 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer

Yuja WangThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 33 (20th century)
Performer

Shai WosnerThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 44 (20th century)
Performer

Zhu Xiao-MeiThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 71 (20th century)
Performer

Kazuo YamadaThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
1912-1991 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer

Hiroyuki YamamotoThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 53 (20th century)
Composer & Performer

Stomu YamashtaThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 73 (20th century)
Composer & Performer

Xuefei YangThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 43 (20th century)
Performer

Yitzhak YedidThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 49 (20th century)
Composer & Performer

Chen YiThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 67 (20th century)
Composer & Performer

Azər ZeynalovThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 55 (20th century)
Composer, Lyrical singer & Performer

Haochen ZhangThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 30 (20th century)
Performer

Pinchas ZukermanThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 72 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer

Some performers 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 performers:

on 4, Malena Ernman (1970- ), 50th anniversary,
on 19, Maria Yudina (1899-1970), 50th anniversary (Death),
on 21, Hŭi-ho Kim (1920-2001), 100th anniversary (Birth),
on 26, Nathan Gunn (1970- ), 50th anniversary,
...

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...

The great 20th-century performers (1950-2000) Asia

Timeline of classical musicians, between 1950 and 2000+ in Asia

Top 10 classical musicians in Asia for the years 1950-2000+

What about the others? 25, 50 or more?

Some performers to be celebrated very soon

See also...

Timelines : Performers

Indexes

Other timelines

Commemorations 2020, 2021, ...