The great 20th-century performers Oceania except composers
Tuckwell or Chen? Grice or Kanawa? 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 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 : Tuckwell (Australian horn player) or Chen (Taiwanese-Australian violinist) ? Welch (Australian opera singer, choral conductor) or Goodwin (Australian opera singer) ? 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 1900 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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ComposersConductorsLyrical singersPerformersT 2024
This timeline is interactive to navigate through the ages or across continents (with ).
Composers are not 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 1900-2000+
Who are these greatest performers, the most famous over the 1900-2000+ 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:
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. Doyle, Niese, O'Doherty, Young, Moore, Barker, Helfgott...
At this time, soclassiq has listed more than 13000 performers. So here is a selection of some performers for the years 1900-2000+, 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.
Alan Banks The great 20th-century performers
age 51 (20th century)
Performer
Zane Banks The great 20th-century performers
age 38 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Don Banks The great 20th-century performers
1923-1980 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Cheryl Barker The great 20th-century performers
age 63 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Alison Bauld The great 20th-century performers
age 79 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Arthur Benjamin The great 20th-century performers
1893-1960 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Kristian Bezuidenhout The great 20th-century performers
age 45 (20th century)
Performer
Julius Bittner The great 20th-century performers
1874-1939 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Richard Bonynge The great 20th-century performers
age 93 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Gary Brain The great 20th-century performers
1943-2015 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Brenton Broadstock The great 20th-century performers
age 71 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Rosina Buckman The great 20th-century performers
1881-1948 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Edwin Carr The great 20th-century performers
1926-2003 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Janice Chapman The great 20th-century performers
age 86 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Eddy Chen The great 20th-century performers
age 31 (20th century)
Performer
Ray Chen The great 20th-century performers
age 35 (20th century)
Performer
Kris Chetan Ramlu The great 20th-century performers
age 34 (20th century)
Performer
Peter Coleman-Wright The great 20th-century performers
age 66 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Gertrude Concannon The great 20th-century performers
1899-1978 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Eos Counsell The great 20th-century performers
age 48 (20th century)
Performer
Edward Harold Davies The great 20th-century performers
1867-1947 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Steve Davislim The great 20th-century performers
age 57 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Helena Dix The great 20th-century performers
age 44 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Diana Doherty The great 20th-century performers
age 58 (20th century)
Performer
Lance Dossor The great 20th-century performers
1916-2005 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Grant Doyle The great 20th-century performers
age 52 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Bryan Drake The great 20th-century performers
1925-2001 (20th century)
Composer, Lyrical singer & Performer
Taryn Fiebig The great 20th-century performers
1972-2021 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Chris Freeman The great 20th-century performers
1950-1992 (20th century)
Performer
Michael F. Williams The great 20th-century performers
age 61 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Alexander Gavrylyuk The great 20th-century performers
age 39 (20th century)
Performer
Lisa Gerrard The great 20th-century performers
age 62 (20th century)
Composer, Lyrical singer & Performer
Jayson Gillham The great 20th-century performers
age 37 (20th century)
Performer
William G. James The great 20th-century performers
1892-1977 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Andrew Goodwin The great 20th-century performers
age 45 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Percy Grainger The great 20th-century performers
1882-1961 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Jeffrey Grice The great 20th-century performers
age 70 (20th century)
Performer
Slava Grigoryan The great 20th-century performers
age 48 (20th century)
Performer
Nicholas Grigsby The great 20th-century performers
age 49 (20th century)
Performer
Eric Gross The great 20th-century performers
1926-2011 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Fiona Joy Hawkins The great 20th-century performers
age 60 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Sam Haywood The great 20th-century performers
age 51 (20th century)
Performer
David Helfgott The great 20th-century performers
age 76 (20th century)
Performer
Mirrie Hill The great 20th-century performers
1889-1986 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Clytie Hine The great 20th-century performers
1887-1983 (20th century)
Composer, Lyrical singer & Performer
Jared Holt The great 20th-century performers
age 49 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Emelie Hooke The great 20th-century performers
1912-1974 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
John Hopkins The great 20th-century performers
1927-2013 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Stephen Hough The great 20th-century performers
age 62 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Michael Houstoun The great 20th-century performers
age 71 (20th century)
Performer
Leslie Howard The great 20th-century performers
age 75 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Kiri Te Kanawa The great 20th-century performers
age 80 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
John Kennedy The great 20th-century performers
1922-1980 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Genevieve Lacey The great 20th-century performers
age 52 (20th century)
Performer
Alan Loveday The great 20th-century performers
1928-2016 (20th century)
Performer
Charles Mackerras The great 20th-century performers
1925-2010 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Gustav Mahler The great 20th-century performers
1860-1911 (Romantic)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Malvina Major The great 20th-century performers
age 81 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Marshall McGuire The great 20th-century performers
age 59 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Jonathan Mills The great 20th-century performers
age 61 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Vera Moore The great 20th-century performers
1896-1997 (20th century)
Performer
Ian Munro The great 20th-century performers
age 60 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Danielle de Niese The great 20th-century performers
age 44 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Mary-Jean O'Doherty The great 20th-century performers
age 41 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Craig Ogden The great 20th-century performers
age 74 (20th century)
Performer
Siobhan Owen The great 20th-century performers
age 30 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Dorothy Quita Buchanan The great 20th-century performers
age 78 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Peter Sculthorpe The great 20th-century performers
1929-2014 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Larry Sitsky The great 20th-century performers
age 89 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Richard Strauss The great 20th-century performers
1864-1949 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Margaret Sutherland The great 20th-century performers
1897-1984 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Peter Tahourdin The great 20th-century performers
1928-2009 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Geoffrey Tozer The great 20th-century performers
1954-2009 (20th century)
Performer
Barry Tuckwell The great 20th-century performers
1931-2020 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Lindsay Vickery The great 20th-century performers
age 59 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Carl Vine The great 20th-century performers
age 69 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Linda Vogt The great 20th-century performers
1922-2013 (20th century)
Performer
Jonathon Welch The great 20th-century performers
age 65 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Gillian Whitehead The great 20th-century performers
age 82 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Sally Whitwell The great 20th-century performers
age 50 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Phillip Wilcher The great 20th-century performers
age 66 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Wanda Wiłkomirska The great 20th-century performers
1929-2018 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Harold Williams The great 20th-century performers
1893-1976 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
John Williams The great 20th-century performers
age 82 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Malcolm Williamson The great 20th-century performers
1931-2003 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Brett Yang The great 20th-century performers
age 32 (20th century)
Performer
Simone Young The great 20th-century performers
age 63 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Alberto Zelman The great 20th-century performers
1832-1907 (Romantic)
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 : 2024-03-28