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

 

Banks or Niese? Barker or Grice? 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.

Performers / Musicians

1950-2000+, Oceania


a. Timeline

b. Top 10, the most famous

c. Some others also well-known


The information presented below (timeline, top 10, alphabetical index) is absolutely neutral. They are the result of a strictly quantitative analysis, based only on global and independent sources. They were treated without favouring any particular musician or excluding any artist deemed less relevant by elitism, conformism or for any other reason.

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

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 : Banks (Australian guitarist) or Niese (Operatic soprano) ? Houstoun (Concert pianist from New Zealand) or Gavrylyuk (Ukrainian pianist, and a naturalised Australian citizen) ? 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 Oceania, 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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Cheryl Barker 1960
Fiona Joy Hawkins 1964
<span class="d-none d-md-inline-block text-muted mr-1">Peter  </span>SculthorpePeter Sculthorpe 19292014
Slava Grigoryan 1976
Carl Vine 1954
Malcolm Williamson 19312003
Brenton Broadstock 1952
Geoffrey Tozer 19542009
<span class="d-none d-md-inline-block text-muted mr-1">Simone  </span>YoungSimone Young 1961<span class="d-none d-md-inline-block text-muted mr-1">Arthur  </span>BenjaminArthur Benjamin 18931960
Lance Dossor 19162005
<span class="d-none d-md-inline-block text-muted mr-1">Danielle de  </span>NieseDanielle de Niese 1979Gertrude Concannon 18991978
<span class="d-none d-md-inline-block text-muted mr-1">Charles  </span>MackerrasCharles Mackerras 19252010
Jonathan Mills 1963
<span class="d-none d-md-inline-block text-muted mr-1">Barry  </span>TuckwellBarry Tuckwell 19312020
<span class="d-none d-md-inline-block text-muted mr-1">Kiri Te  </span>KanawaKiri Te Kanawa 1944
Mary-Jean O'Doherty 1982Margaret Sutherland 18971984
<span class="d-none d-md-inline-block text-muted mr-1">Edwin  </span>CarrEdwin Carr 19262003
<span class="d-none d-md-inline-block text-muted mr-1">Percy  </span>GraingerPercy Grainger 18821961<span class="d-none d-md-inline-block text-muted mr-1">Ray  </span>ChenRay Chen 1989
Andrew Goodwin 1979
Leslie Howard 1948
<span class="d-none d-md-inline-block text-muted mr-1">John  </span>WilliamsJohn Williams 1941
Ian Munro 1963
<span class="d-none d-md-inline-block text-muted mr-1">Alexander  </span>GavrylyukAlexander Gavrylyuk 1984Don Banks 19231980
David Helfgott 1947
Siobhan Owen 1993Vera Moore 18961997
Phillip Wilcher 1958
<span class="d-none d-md-inline-block text-muted mr-1">Richard  </span>BonyngeRichard Bonynge 1930
Gillian Whitehead 1941
Larry Sitsky 1934
<span class="d-none d-md-inline-block text-muted mr-1">Stephen  </span>HoughStephen Hough 1961
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ComposersConductorsLyrical singersPerformersTReduce to performers only WorldwideEuropeNorth AmericaSouth AmericaAsiaOceaniaAfrica 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 Oceania for the years 1950-2000+

Who are these greatest performers, the most famous over the 1950-2000+ era in Oceania? 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:

10

  • Bonynge Bonynge R.
  • Chen Chen R.
  • Gavrylyuk Gavrylyuk A.
  • Helfgott D.
  • Kanawa Kanawa KT.
  • Niese Niese D.
  • O'Doherty MJ.
  • Tozer G.
  • Tuckwell Tuckwell B.
  • Young Young S.

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. Young, Loveday, Grigoryan, Tuckwell, Dix, Gillham, Ogden...

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

B

Zane BanksThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 35 (20th century)
Composer & Performer

Alan BanksThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 48 (20th century)
Performer

Don BanksThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
1923-1980 (20th century)
Composer & Performer

Cheryl BarkerThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 60 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer

Arthur <strong>Benjamin</strong> Arthur BenjaminThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
1893-1960 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer

Richard <strong>Bonynge</strong> Richard BonyngeThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 90 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer

Gary BrainThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
1943-2015 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer

Brenton BroadstockThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 68 (20th century)
Composer & Performer


C

Edwin <strong>Carr</strong> Edwin CarrThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
1926-2003 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer

Ray <strong>Chen</strong> Ray ChenThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 31 (20th century)
Performer

Peter Coleman-WrightThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 63 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer

Gertrude ConcannonThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
1899-1978 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer


D

Steve DavislimThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 54 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer

Helena <strong>Dix</strong> Helena DixThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 41 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer

Lance DossorThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
1916-2005 (20th century)
Composer & Performer

Grant <strong>Doyle</strong> Grant DoyleThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 49 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer


F

Chris FreemanThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
1950-1992 (20th century)
Performer


G

Alexander <strong>Gavrylyuk</strong> Alexander GavrylyukThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 36 (20th century)
Performer

Jayson GillhamThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 34 (20th century)
Performer

Andrew GoodwinThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 42 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer

Percy <strong>Grainger</strong> Percy GraingerThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
1882-1961 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer

Jeffrey GriceThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 67 (20th century)
Performer

Slava GrigoryanThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 45 (20th century)
Performer

Nicholas GrigsbyThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 46 (20th century)
Performer

Eric GrossThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
1926-2011 (20th century)
Composer & Performer


H

Fiona Joy HawkinsThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 57 (20th century)
Composer & Performer

Sam HaywoodThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 48 (20th century)
Performer

David HelfgottThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 73 (20th century)
Performer

Stephen <strong>Hough</strong> Stephen HoughThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 59 (20th century)
Composer & Performer

... H

Michael HoustounThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 68 (20th century)
Performer

Leslie HowardThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 72 (20th century)
Composer & Performer


I

Milica IlicThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 40 (20th century)
Performer


K

Kiri Te <strong>Kanawa</strong> Kiri Te KanawaThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 76 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer


L

Alan <strong>Loveday</strong> Alan LovedayThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
1928-2016 (20th century)
Performer


M

Charles <strong>Mackerras</strong> Charles MackerrasThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
1925-2010 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer

Marshall McGuireThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 56 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer

Jonathan MillsThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 57 (20th century)
Composer & Performer

Vera MooreThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
1896-1997 (20th century)
Performer

Ian MunroThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 57 (20th century)
Composer & Performer


N

Danielle de <strong>Niese</strong> Danielle de NieseThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 41 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer


O

Mary-Jean O'DohertyThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 38 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer

Craig OgdenThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 71 (20th century)
Performer

Siobhan OwenThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 27 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer


R

Kris Chetan RamluThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 31 (20th century)
Performer


S

Peter <strong>Sculthorpe</strong> Peter SculthorpeThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
1929-2014 (20th century)
Composer & Performer

Larry SitskyThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 86 (20th century)
Composer & Performer

Margaret SutherlandThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
1897-1984 (20th century)
Composer & Performer


T

Geoffrey TozerThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
1954-2009 (20th century)
Performer

Barry <strong>Tuckwell</strong> Barry TuckwellThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
1931-2020 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer


V

Lindsay VickeryThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 56 (20th century)
Composer & Performer

Carl VineThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 66 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer

Linda VogtThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
1922-2013 (20th century)
Performer


W

Gillian WhiteheadThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 79 (20th century)
Composer & Performer

Sally WhitwellThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 47 (20th century)
Composer & Performer

Phillip WilcherThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 62 (20th century)
Composer & Performer

John <strong>Williams</strong> John WilliamsThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 79 (20th century)
Composer & Performer

Malcolm WilliamsonThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
1931-2003 (20th century)
Composer & Performer


Y

Simone <strong>Young</strong> Simone YoungThe great 20th-century performers (1950-2000)
age 59 (20th century)
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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