Gelber or Kiehr? Tiempo or Pierri? 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 South America
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 : Gelber (pianist) or Kiehr (Argentine opera singer) ? Tagliaferro (French-Brazilian pianist) or Martins (Brazilian 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 South America, 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 2020
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 South America for the years 1900-2000+
Who are these greatest performers, the most famous over the 1900-2000+ era in South America? 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. Cura, Blumental, Álvarez, Serrano, Orozco-Estrada, Schrott, Parisot...
At this time, soClassiQ has listed more than 10000 performers. So here is a selection of some performers for the years 1900-2000+, in South America, 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.
Vicente Bianchi AlarcónThe great 20th-century performers
1920-2018 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Jorge Pepi AlósThe great 20th-century performers
age 58 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Blas Emilio Atehortúa AmayaThe great 20th-century performers
1943-2020 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
José Antonio Abreu AnselmiThe great 20th-century performers
1939-2018 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Ricardo AraujoThe great 20th-century performers
age 41 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Martha ArgerichThe great 20th-century performers
age 78 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Diana ArismendiThe great 20th-century performers
age 57 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Claudio ArrauThe great 20th-century performers
1903-1991 (20th century)
Performer
Sérgio AssadThe great 20th-century performers
age 67 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Luis BacalovThe great 20th-century performers
1933-2017 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Eduardo BanksThe great 20th-century performers
age 41 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Carlos Barbosa-LimaThe great 20th-century performers
age 75 (20th century)
Performer
Daniel BarenboimThe great 20th-century performers
age 77 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Pedro BarretoThe great 20th-century performers
age 28 (20th century)
Performer
Daniel BinelliThe great 20th-century performers
age 74 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Paulo BitencourtThe great 20th-century performers
age 53 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Felicja BlumentalThe great 20th-century performers
1908-1991 (20th century)
Performer
Alceo BocchinoThe great 20th-century performers
1918-2013 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Luiz BonfáThe great 20th-century performers
1922-2001 (20th century)
Composer, Lyrical singer & Performer
Cristina BragaThe great 20th-century performers
age 53 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Octavio BrunettiThe great 20th-century performers
1975-2014 (20th century)
Performer
Carlos López BuchardoThe great 20th-century performers
1881-1948 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Roberto CaamañoThe great 20th-century performers
1923-1993 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Pedriyo Sanchez CarapelicanoThe great 20th-century performers
1885-1944 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Jorge CardosoThe great 20th-century performers
age 71 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Teresa CarreñoThe great 20th-century performers
1853-1917 (Romantic)
Composer, Conductor, Lyrical singer & Performer
Eleazar de CarvalhoThe great 20th-century performers
1912-1996 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Evencio CastellanosThe great 20th-century performers
1915-1984 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
José María CastroThe great 20th-century performers
1892-1964 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Juan José CastroThe great 20th-century performers
1895-1968 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Maximianno CobraThe great 20th-century performers
age 50 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
CorciolliThe great 20th-century performers
age 52 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
José CuraThe great 20th-century performers
age 57 (20th century)
Conductor, Lyrical singer & Performer
Mario DavidovskyThe great 20th-century performers
1934-2019 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Alirio DíazThe great 20th-century performers
1923-2016 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Juan de Dios FilibertoThe great 20th-century performers
1885-1964 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Ernesto DrangoschThe great 20th-century performers
1882-1925 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Carlos DuarteThe great 20th-century performers
1957-2003 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Gustavo DudamelThe great 20th-century performers
age 39 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Antonio EstévezThe great 20th-century performers
1916-1988 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Giora FeidmanThe great 20th-century performers
age 84 (20th century)
Performer
Polly FermanThe great 20th-century performers
age 75 (20th century)
Performer
Maria Helena Rosas FernandesThe great 20th-century performers
age 86 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Marcos FinkThe great 20th-century performers
age 69 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Ingrid FliterThe great 20th-century performers
age 46 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Homero FranceschThe great 20th-century performers
age 72 (20th century)
Performer
Nelson FreireThe great 20th-century performers
age 75 (20th century)
Performer
Andres GabettaThe great 20th-century performers
age 44 (20th century)
Performer
Sol GabettaThe great 20th-century performers
age 39 (20th century)
Performer
Constantino GaitoThe great 20th-century performers
1878-1945 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Gerardo GandiniThe great 20th-century performers
1936-2013 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Juan Francisco GatellThe great 20th-century performers
age 41 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Bruno Leonardo GelberThe great 20th-century performers
age 79 (20th century)
Performer
Gilardo GilardiThe great 20th-century performers
1889-1963 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Maria Isabel Curubeto GodoyThe great 20th-century performers
1904-1959 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Nelson GoernerThe great 20th-century performers
age 51 (20th century)
Performer
Osvaldo GolijovThe great 20th-century performers
age 59 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Chiquinha GonzagaThe great 20th-century performers
1847-1935 (Romantic)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Remigio Acevedo GuajardoThe great 20th-century performers
1863-1911 (Romantic)
Composer & Performer
Camargo GuarnieriThe great 20th-century performers
1907-1993 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Carlos GuastavinoThe great 20th-century performers
1912-2000 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
César Guerra-PeixeThe great 20th-century performers
1914-1993 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Alberto GuerreroThe great 20th-century performers
1886-1959 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Gerardo GuevaraThe great 20th-century performers
age 89 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Gloria GuzmánThe great 20th-century performers
1902-1979 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Reynaldo HahnThe great 20th-century performers
1874-1947 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Myrna HerzogThe great 20th-century performers
age 68 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
María Cristina KiehrThe great 20th-century performers
age 53 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Humberto Bruni LamannaThe great 20th-century performers
age 63 (20th century)
Performer
Javier LanisThe great 20th-century performers
age 48 (20th century)
Performer
Jaime LaredoThe great 20th-century performers
age 78 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Antonio LauroThe great 20th-century performers
1917-1986 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Mario LecarosThe great 20th-century performers
age 70 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Beatriz Méndez LeclereThe great 20th-century performers
age 52 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
José LemosThe great 20th-century performers
age 45 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Arthur Moreira LimaThe great 20th-century performers
age 79 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Gábor MagyarThe great 20th-century performers
1914-2011 (20th century)
Performer
Mesías MaiguashcaThe great 20th-century performers
age 81 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Claudio MaldonadoThe great 20th-century performers
age 40 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Pablo MárquezThe great 20th-century performers
age 53 (20th century)
Performer
Luis Otero Martínez-SiegenthalerThe great 20th-century performers
age 56 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor, Lyrical singer & Performer
João Carlos MartinsThe great 20th-century performers
age 79 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Nahim MarunThe great 20th-century performers
age 57 (20th century)
Performer
Martín MatalonThe great 20th-century performers
age 61 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Diego MatheuzThe great 20th-century performers
age 35 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Moicelí MedinaThe great 20th-century performers
age 41 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Antonio MenesesThe great 20th-century performers
age 62 (20th century)
Performer
Francisco MignoneThe great 20th-century performers
1897-1986 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Pedro MirassouThe great 20th-century performers
1889-1963 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Giancarlo MonsalveThe great 20th-century performers
age 38 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Gabriela MonteroThe great 20th-century performers
age 50 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Roberto García MorilloThe great 20th-century performers
1911-2003 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Ricardo MoyanoThe great 20th-century performers
age 59 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Ernesto NazarethThe great 20th-century performers
1863-1934 (Romantic)
Composer & Performer
Alberto NepomucenoThe great 20th-century performers
1864-1920 (Romantic)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Marlos NobreThe great 20th-century performers
age 81 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Guiomar NovaesThe great 20th-century performers
1895-1979 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Juan Carlos NúñezThe great 20th-century performers
age 73 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Ricardo OdnoposoffThe great 20th-century performers
1914-2004 (20th century)
Performer
Andrés Orozco-EstradaThe great 20th-century performers
age 42 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Sergio OrtegaThe great 20th-century performers
1938-2003 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Cristina OrtizThe great 20th-century performers
age 70 (20th century)
Performer
Fernando Martin OteroThe great 20th-century performers
age 48 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Isabel PalaciosThe great 20th-century performers
age 70 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Athos PalmaThe great 20th-century performers
1891-1951 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Fabián PaniselloThe great 20th-century performers
age 56 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Aldo ParisotThe great 20th-century performers
1918-2018 (20th century)
Performer
Aldo ParisotThe great 20th-century performers
1918-2018 (20th century)
Performer
Rafael PayareThe great 20th-century performers
age 40 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Malvina PereiraThe great 20th-century performers
age 137 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Alejo PérezThe great 20th-century performers
age 46 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Astor PiazzollaThe great 20th-century performers
1921-1992 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Álvaro PierriThe great 20th-century performers
age 68 (20th century)
Performer
Maria João PiresThe great 20th-century performers
age 75 (20th century)
Performer
Adrien PolitiThe great 20th-century performers
age 62 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Jaurés Lamarque PonsThe great 20th-century performers
1917-1982 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Bruno ProcopioThe great 20th-century performers
age 44 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Osvaldo PuglieseThe great 20th-century performers
1905-1995 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Edward PulgarThe great 20th-century performers
age 45 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Damián RamírezThe great 20th-century performers
1985-2017 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Ariel RamírezThe great 20th-century performers
1921-2010 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Dilermando ReisThe great 20th-century performers
1916-1977 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Rodrigo RieraThe great 20th-century performers
1923-1999 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Arturo RodasThe great 20th-century performers
age 66 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
David Rosenmann-TaubThe great 20th-century performers
age 93 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Luis H. SalgadoThe great 20th-century performers
1903-1977 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Victoria SánchezThe great 20th-century performers
age 33 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Bruno SanfilippoThe great 20th-century performers
age 54 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Arthur Napoleão dos SantosThe great 20th-century performers
1843-1925 (Romantic)
Composer & Performer
Lalo SchifrinThe great 20th-century performers
age 87 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Alfredo SchiumaThe great 20th-century performers
1885-1963 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Erwin SchrottThe great 20th-century performers
age 47 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Aleida SchweitzerThe great 20th-century performers
age 82 (20th century)
Performer
Rosita SerranoThe great 20th-century performers
1912-1997 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
María José SiriThe great 20th-century performers
age 43 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Juan María SolareThe great 20th-century performers
age 53 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
João de Souza LimaThe great 20th-century performers
1898-1982 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Carlos StellaThe great 20th-century performers
age 59 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Jean Louis SteuermanThe great 20th-century performers
age 71 (20th century)
Performer
Oscar StrasnoyThe great 20th-century performers
age 49 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Magda TagliaferroThe great 20th-century performers
1893-1986 (20th century)
Performer
Sergio TiempoThe great 20th-century performers
age 48 (20th century)
Performer
Victor TorresThe great 20th-century performers
age 61 (20th century)
Composer, Lyrical singer & Performer
Antonio Maria ValenciaThe great 20th-century performers
1902-1952 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Heitor Villa-LobosThe great 20th-century performers
1887-1959 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Some performers to be celebrated very soon
Next month, more than 40 important artists and musicians will be honoured. In July 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 3, Audra Mcdonald (1970- ), 50th anniversary,
on 12, Keith Andes (1920-2005), 100th anniversary (Birth),
on 21, Isaac Stern (1920-2001), 100th anniversary (Birth),
on 28, Riccardo Muti (1940- ), 80th anniversary,
on 29, John Barbirolli (1899-1970), 50th anniversary (Death),
...
There are others to discover. And it is not too late to focus on the June 2020 celebrations (20+).
Always good opportunities to discover or deepen, (re)listen, explore the vastness and diversity of classical music...
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
Commemorations 2020, 2021, ...
Last update : 2020-06-01