The great 20th-century performers, Europe (timeline, top 10...)

Maisky or Menuhin? Mercedes or Barenboim? 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 1900 and 2000+ in Europe

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 : Maisky (Latvian-Israeli cellist) or Menuhin (American violinist and conductor (1916–1999)) ? Kogan (Soviet musician) or Szeryng (Polish-Mexican violinist) ? 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 Europe, between 1900 and 2000+. And this objectively, and for the first time (soclassiq exclusivity).

Performers rendered as a timeline to bring a little perspective:

18801880 18901890 19001900 19101910 19201920 19301930 19401940 19501950 19601960 19701970 19801980 19901990 20002000 20102010

Alexander Glazunov 18651936

Simon Rattle 1955

Sergei Prokofiev 18911953

Yo-Yo Ma 1955

Maurice Ravel 18751937

Jacqueline du Pré 19451987

Alban Berg 18851935

Sofia Gubaidulina 1931

Mily Balakirev 18371910

Sviatoslav Richter 19151997

Giacomo Puccini 18581924

Krzysztof Penderecki 19332020

Theodor W. Adorno 19031969

Janine Jansen 1978

Alexander Scriabin 18721915

Maria Callas De Las Mercedes 19231977

Jean Sibelius 18651957

Evgeny Kissin 1971

Arnold Schoenberg 18741951

Valentina Lisitsa 1973

Gabriel Fauré 18451924

Daniel Barenboim 1942

Edvard Grieg 18431907

Mstislav Rostropovich 19272007

Jules Massenet 18421912

Vladimir Ashkenazy 1937

Arthur Rubinstein 18871982

Gustav Mahler 18601911

Ennio Morricone 19282020

Camille Saint-Saëns 18351921

Henryk Gorecki 19332010

Erik Satie 18661925

Claudio Abbado 19332014

Igor Stravinsky 18821971 Lena Belkina 1987

Leoš Janáček 18541928

Pierre Boulez 19252016

Béla Bartók 18811945

André Rieu 1949

Antonín Dvořák 18411904

Arvo Pärt 1935

Pablo de Sarasate 18441908

Benjamin Britten 19131976

Richard Strauss 18641949

Anne-Sophie Mutter 1963

Giuseppe Verdi 18131901

Vladimir Horowitz 19031989

Gustav Holst 18741934

Paco de Lucía 19472014

Dmitri Shostakovich 19061975

Claude Debussy 18621918

Andrea Bocelli 1958

Aram Khachaturian 19031978

Isaac Albéniz 18601909

Witold Lutosławski 19131994

Sergei Rachmaninoff 18731943

Hans Zimmer 1957

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 Europe for the years 1900-2000+

Who are these greatest performers, the most famous over the 1900-2000+ era in Europe? 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. Buniatishvili, Cortot, Gilels, Bashmet, Pires, Lisitsa, Mutter...

At this time, soclassiq has listed more than 11000 performers. So here is a selection of some performers for the years 1900-2000+, in Europe, 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.

A
  Claudio AbbadoThe great 20th-century performers  
1933-2014 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
  Salvatore AccardoThe great 20th-century performers  
age 79 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Performer 
  Theodor W. AdornoThe great 20th-century performers  
1903-1969 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
  Jehan AlainThe great 20th-century performers  
1911-1940 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
  Isaac AlbénizThe great 20th-century performers  
1860-1909 (Romantic)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Géza AndaThe great 20th-century performers  
1921-1976 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
  Anton ArenskyThe great 20th-century performers  
1861-1906 (Romantic)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
  Vladimir AshkenazyThe great 20th-century performers  
age 83 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
  Leopold von AuerThe great 20th-century performers  
1845-1930 (Romantic)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 

B
  Mily BalakirevThe great 20th-century performers  
1837-1910 (Romantic)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
  Daniel BarenboimThe great 20th-century performers  
age 78 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Performer 
  John BarryThe great 20th-century performers  
1933-2011 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
  Rudolf BarshaiThe great 20th-century performers  
1924-2010 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
  Béla BartókThe great 20th-century performers  
1881-1945 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Yury BashmetThe great 20th-century performers  
age 68 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Performer 
 Lena BelkinaThe great 20th-century performers  
age 33 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer & Performer 
  Alban BergThe great 20th-century performers  
1885-1935 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Luciano BerioThe great 20th-century performers  
1925-2003 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
  İdil BiretThe great 20th-century performers  
age 79 (20th century)
                        
Performer 
  Andrea BocelliThe great 20th-century performers  
age 62 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Lyrical singer & Performer 
  Victor BorgeThe great 20th-century performers  
1909-2000 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
  Nadia BoulangerThe great 20th-century performers  
1887-1979 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
  Pierre BoulezThe great 20th-century performers  
1925-2016 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Julian BreamThe great 20th-century performers  
1933-2020 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
  Benjamin BrittenThe great 20th-century performers  
1913-1976 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Khatia BuniatishviliThe great 20th-century performers  
age 33 (20th century)
                        
Performer 
  Ferruccio BusoniThe great 20th-century performers  
1866-1924 (Romantic)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 

Pau CasalsThe great 20th-century performers
1876-1973 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer

Alfredo CasellaThe great 20th-century performers
1883-1947 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer

Boris ChristoffThe great 20th-century performers
1914-1993 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer

Francesco CileaThe great 20th-century performers
1866-1950 (20th century)
Composer & Performer

Alfred CortotThe great 20th-century performers
1877-1962 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer

György CziffraThe great 20th-century performers
1921-1994 (20th century)
Composer & Performer

D
  Eugen d'd'AlbertThe great 20th-century performers  
1864-1932 (Romantic)
                        
Composer & Performer 
  Luigi DallapiccolaThe great 20th-century performers  
1904-1975 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
  Peter Maxwell DaviesThe great 20th-century performers  
1934-2016 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
  Claude DebussyThe great 20th-century performers  
1862-1918 (Romantic)
                        
Composer & Performer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Frederick DeliusThe great 20th-century performers  
1862-1934 (Romantic)
                        
Composer & Performer 
  Ernő von DohnányiThe great 20th-century performers  
1877-1960 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
  Paul DukasThe great 20th-century performers  
1865-1935 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
  Marcel DupréThe great 20th-century performers  
1886-1971 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
  Antonín DvořákThe great 20th-century performers  
1841-1904 (Romantic)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 

George EnescuThe great 20th-century performers
1881-1955 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer

Manuel de FallaThe great 20th-century performers
1876-1946 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Masterpieces Complete works

Gabriel FauréThe great 20th-century performers
1845-1924 (Romantic)
Composer & Performer

Julia FischerThe great 20th-century performers
age 37 (20th century)
Performer

Dietrich Fischer-DieskauThe great 20th-century performers
1925-2012 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor, Lyrical singer & Performer

Wilhelm FurtwänglerThe great 20th-century performers
1886-1954 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer

G
  John Eliot GardinerThe great 20th-century performers  
age 77 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
  Aida GarifullinaThe great 20th-century performers  
age 33 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer & Performer 
  Emil GilelsThe great 20th-century performers  
1916-1985 (20th century)
                        
Performer 
  Ivry GitlisThe great 20th-century performers  
1922-2020 (20th century)
                        
Performer 
  Alexander GlazunovThe great 20th-century performers  
1865-1936 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Henryk GoreckiThe great 20th-century performers  
1933-2010 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
  Enrique GranadosThe great 20th-century performers  
1867-1916 (Romantic)
                        
Composer & Performer 
  Edvard GriegThe great 20th-century performers  
1843-1907 (Romantic)
                        
Composer & Performer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Sofia GubaidulinaThe great 20th-century performers  
age 89 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 

Ida HaendelThe great 20th-century performers
1928-2020 (20th century)
Performer

Bernard HaitinkThe great 20th-century performers
age 91 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer

Nikolaus HarnoncourtThe great 20th-century performers
1929-2016 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer

Clara HaskilThe great 20th-century performers
1895-1960 (20th century)
Performer

Jascha HeifetzThe great 20th-century performers
1901-1987 (20th century)
Performer

Paul HindemithThe great 20th-century performers
1895-1963 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer

Gustav HolstThe great 20th-century performers
1874-1934 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Masterpieces Complete works

Vladimir HorowitzThe great 20th-century performers
1903-1989 (20th century)
Composer & Performer

Jacques IbertThe great 20th-century performers
1890-1962 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer

Ermonela JahoThe great 20th-century performers
age 47 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer

Leoš JanáčekThe great 20th-century performers
1854-1928 (Romantic)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Masterpieces Complete works

Janine JansenThe great 20th-century performers
age 43 (20th century)
Performer

Philippe JarousskyThe great 20th-century performers
age 42 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer

Paavo JärviThe great 20th-century performers
age 58 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer

Joseph JoachimThe great 20th-century performers
1831-1907 (Romantic)
Composer, Conductor & Performer

K
  Dmitri KabalevskyThe great 20th-century performers  
1904-1986 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
  Aram KhachaturianThe great 20th-century performers  
1903-1978 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
  Wojciech KilarThe great 20th-century performers  
1932-2013 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
  Evgeny KissinThe great 20th-century performers  
age 49 (20th century)
                        
Performer 
  Zoltán KodályThe great 20th-century performers  
1882-1967 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Leonid KoganThe great 20th-century performers  
1924-1982 (20th century)
                        
Performer 
  Erich Wolfgang KorngoldThe great 20th-century performers  
1897-1957 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Jason KouchakThe great 20th-century performers  
age 52 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Lyrical singer & Performer 
  Fritz KreislerThe great 20th-century performers  
1875-1962 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
  Gidon KremerThe great 20th-century performers  
age 73 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Performer 
  Jan KubelíkThe great 20th-century performers  
1880-1940 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
  Rafael KubelíkThe great 20th-century performers  
1914-1996 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 

L
  Wanda LandowskaThe great 20th-century performers  
1879-1959 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
  Alicia de LarrochaThe great 20th-century performers  
1923-2009 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
  Ruggero LeoncavalloThe great 20th-century performers  
1857-1919 (Romantic)
                        
Composer & Performer 
  Gustav LeonhardtThe great 20th-century performers  
1928-2012 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
  György LigetiThe great 20th-century performers  
1923-2006 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
  Dinu LipattiThe great 20th-century performers  
1917-1950 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
  Valentina LisitsaThe great 20th-century performers  
age 47 (20th century)
                        
Performer 
  Leonardo De de LorenzoThe great 20th-century performers  
1875-1962 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
  Victoria de los ÁngelesThe great 20th-century performers  
1923-2005 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer & Performer 
  Paco de LucíaThe great 20th-century performers  
1947-2014 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
  Christa LudwigThe great 20th-century performers  
age 92 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer & Performer 
  Witold LutosławskiThe great 20th-century performers  
1913-1994 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 

Yo-Yo MaThe great 20th-century performers
age 65 (20th century)
Composer & Performer

Peter MachajdíkThe great 20th-century performers
age 59 (20th century)
Composer & Performer

Gustav MahlerThe great 20th-century performers
1860-1911 (Romantic)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Masterpieces Complete works

Mischa MaiskyThe great 20th-century performers
age 73 (20th century)
Performer

... M
  Clint MansellThe great 20th-century performers  
age 58 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Lyrical singer & Performer 
  Neville MarrinerThe great 20th-century performers  
1924-2016 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
  Bohuslav MartinůThe great 20th-century performers  
1890-1959 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
  Jules MassenetThe great 20th-century performers  
1842-1912 (Romantic)
                        
Composer & Performer 
  Yehudi MenuhinThe great 20th-century performers  
1916-1999 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Performer 
  Maria Callas De Las MercedesThe great 20th-century performers  
1923-1977 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer & Performer 
  Olivier MessiaenThe great 20th-century performers  
1908-1992 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Arturo Benedetti MichelangeliThe great 20th-century performers  
1920-1995 (20th century)
                        
Performer 
  Darius MilhaudThe great 20th-century performers  
1892-1974 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Nathan MilsteinThe great 20th-century performers  
1902-1992 (20th century)
                        
Performer 
  Dimitri MitropoulosThe great 20th-century performers  
1896-1960 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
  Ennio MorriconeThe great 20th-century performers  
1928-2020 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
  Moritz MoszkowskiThe great 20th-century performers  
1854-1925 (Romantic)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
  Maksim MrvicaThe great 20th-century performers  
age 45 (20th century)
                        
Performer 
  Riccardo MutiThe great 20th-century performers  
age 80 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Performer 
  Anne-Sophie MutterThe great 20th-century performers  
age 57 (20th century)
                        
Performer 

Heinrich NeuhausThe great 20th-century performers
1888-1964 (20th century)
Performer

Carl NielsenThe great 20th-century performers
1865-1931 (Romantic)
Composer, Conductor & Performer

Arthur NikischThe great 20th-century performers
1855-1922 (Romantic)
Conductor & Performer

David OistrakhThe great 20th-century performers
1908-1974 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer

Carl OrffThe great 20th-century performers
1895-1982 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Masterpieces Complete works

Eugene OrmandyThe great 20th-century performers
1899-1985 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer

P
  Ignacy Jan PaderewskiThe great 20th-century performers  
1860-1941 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
  Arvo PärtThe great 20th-century performers  
age 85 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
  Krzysztof PendereckiThe great 20th-century performers  
1933-2020 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
  Gregor PiatigorskyThe great 20th-century performers  
1903-1976 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
  Maria João PiresThe great 20th-century performers  
age 76 (20th century)
                        
Performer 
  Ivo PogorelićThe great 20th-century performers  
age 62 (20th century)
                        
Performer 
  Maurizio PolliniThe great 20th-century performers  
age 79 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
  Francis PoulencThe great 20th-century performers  
1899-1963 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Jacqueline du PréThe great 20th-century performers  
1945-1987 (20th century)
                        
Performer 
  Zbigniew PreisnerThe great 20th-century performers  
age 65 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
  André PrevinThe great 20th-century performers  
1929-2019 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
  Sergei ProkofievThe great 20th-century performers  
1891-1953 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Giacomo PucciniThe great 20th-century performers  
1858-1924 (Romantic)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 

R
  Sergei RachmaninoffThe great 20th-century performers  
1873-1943 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Simon RattleThe great 20th-century performers  
age 66 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Performer 
  Maurice RavelThe great 20th-century performers  
1875-1937 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Ivan RebroffThe great 20th-century performers  
1931-2008 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer & Performer 
  Max RegerThe great 20th-century performers  
1873-1916 (Romantic)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
  Carl ReineckeThe great 20th-century performers  
1824-1910 (Romantic)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
  Ottorino RespighiThe great 20th-century performers  
1879-1936 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
  Karl RichterThe great 20th-century performers  
1926-1981 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
  Sviatoslav RichterThe great 20th-century performers  
1915-1997 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
  André RieuThe great 20th-century performers  
age 71 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
  Clara RockmoreThe great 20th-century performers  
1911-1998 (20th century)
                        
Performer 
  Joaquín RodrigoThe great 20th-century performers  
1901-1999 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
  Mstislav RostropovichThe great 20th-century performers  
1927-2007 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
  Nino RotaThe great 20th-century performers  
1911-1979 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
  Albert RousselThe great 20th-century performers  
1869-1937 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
  Gennady RozhdestvenskyThe great 20th-century performers  
1931-2018 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
  Miklós RózsaThe great 20th-century performers  
1907-1995 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
  Arthur RubinsteinThe great 20th-century performers  
1887-1982 (20th century)
                        
Performer 

S
  Camille Saint-SaënsThe great 20th-century performers  
1835-1921 (Romantic)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Pablo de SarasateThe great 20th-century performers  
1844-1908 (Romantic)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
  Erik SatieThe great 20th-century performers  
1866-1925 (Romantic)
                        
Composer & Performer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Jordi SavallThe great 20th-century performers  
age 79 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
  Wolfgang SawallischThe great 20th-century performers  
1923-2013 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Performer 
  András SchiffThe great 20th-century performers  
age 67 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
  Artur SchnabelThe great 20th-century performers  
1882-1951 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
  Alfred SchnittkeThe great 20th-century performers  
1934-1998 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
  Arnold SchoenbergThe great 20th-century performers  
1874-1951 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Alexander ScriabinThe great 20th-century performers  
1872-1915 (Romantic)
                        
Composer & Performer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Rudolf SerkinThe great 20th-century performers  
1903-1991 (20th century)
                        
Performer 
  Rodion ShchedrinThe great 20th-century performers  
age 88 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
  Dmitri ShostakovichThe great 20th-century performers  
1906-1975 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Jean SibeliusThe great 20th-century performers  
1865-1957 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Georg SoltiThe great 20th-century performers  
1912-1997 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
  Karlheinz StockhausenThe great 20th-century performers  
1928-2007 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Leopold StokowskiThe great 20th-century performers  
1882-1977 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
  Richard StraussThe great 20th-century performers  
1864-1949 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Igor StravinskyThe great 20th-century performers  
1882-1971 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Josef SukThe great 20th-century performers  
1874-1935 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
  Arthur SullivanThe great 20th-century performers  
1842-1900 (Romantic)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
  Johan SvendsenThe great 20th-century performers  
1840-1911 (Romantic)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Performer 
  Georgy SviridovThe great 20th-century performers  
1915-1998 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
  Henryk SzeryngThe great 20th-century performers  
1918-1988 (20th century)
                        
Performer 
  Władysław SzpilmanThe great 20th-century performers  
1911-2000 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 
  Karol SzymanowskiThe great 20th-century performers  
1882-1937 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Performer 

Sergei Ivanovich TaneyevThe great 20th-century performers
1856-1915 (Romantic)
Composer & Performer

Francisco TárregaThe great 20th-century performers
1852-1909 (Romantic)
Composer & Performer

Andrés Segovia TorresThe great 20th-century performers
1893-1987 (20th century)
Composer & Performer

Arturo ToscaniniThe great 20th-century performers
1867-1957 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer

Viktor UllmannThe great 20th-century performers
1898-1944 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer

Vanessa Vanessa-MaeThe great 20th-century performers
age 42 (20th century)
Composer & Performer

Giuseppe VerdiThe great 20th-century performers
1813-1901 (Romantic)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Masterpieces Complete works

Pauline ViardotThe great 20th-century performers
1821-1910 (Romantic)
Composer, Lyrical singer & Performer

Louis VierneThe great 20th-century performers
1870-1937 (20th century)
Composer & Performer

Émile WaldteufelThe great 20th-century performers
1837-1915 (Romantic)
Composer, Conductor & Performer

Bruno WalterThe great 20th-century performers
1876-1962 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer

William WaltonThe great 20th-century performers
1902-1983 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer

Anton WebernThe great 20th-century performers
1883-1945 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer

Kurt WeillThe great 20th-century performers
1900-1950 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer

Charles-Marie WidorThe great 20th-century performers
1844-1937 (Romantic)
Composer & Performer

Ralph Vaughan WilliamsThe great 20th-century performers
1872-1958 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer

Iannis XenakisThe great 20th-century performers
1922-2001 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Masterpieces Complete works

Narciso YepesThe great 20th-century performers
1927-1997 (20th century)
Composer & Performer

Eugène YsaÿeThe great 20th-century performers
1858-1931 (Romantic)
Composer, Conductor & Performer

Krystian ZimermanThe great 20th-century performers
age 64 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer

Hans ZimmerThe great 20th-century performers
age 63 (20th century)
Composer & Performer

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