The great classical music performers South America
Goerner or Orozco-Estrada? Ortiz or Álvarez? 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 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 : Goerner (Argentinian pianist) or Orozco-Estrada (Colombian musician) ? Graf (American musician) or Gabetta (Argentine cellist) ? 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, . 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 ).
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
Who are these greatest performers, the most famous over the 1880-2020 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. Vinay, Laredo, Carlos Martins, Pires, García Alarcón, Barenboim, Meneses...
At this time, soclassiq has listed more than 13000 performers. So here is a selection of some performers for the years 1880-2020, 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.
José Álvaro cortes Arango 1984 The great classical music performers
1985-2017 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
José Antonio de Abreu The great classical music performers
1939-2018 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Remigio Acevedo Guajardo The great classical music performers
1863-1911 (Romantic)
Composer & Performer
Luigi Alva The great classical music performers
age 96 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Marcelo Álvarez The great classical music performers
age 62 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Ricardo Araujo The great classical music performers
age 45 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Martha Argerich The great classical music performers
age 82 (20th century)
Performer
Diana Arismendi The great classical music performers
age 61 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Claudio Arrau The great classical music performers
1903-1991 (20th century)
Performer
Sérgio Assad The great classical music performers
age 71 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Blas Emilio Atehortúa Amaya The great classical music performers
1943-2020 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Luis Bacalov The great classical music performers
1933-2017 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Eduardo Banks The great classical music performers
age 45 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Carlos Barbosa-Lima The great classical music performers
1944-2022 (20th century)
Performer
Daniel Barenboim The great classical music performers
age 81 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Pedro Barreto The great classical music performers
age 32 (20th century)
Performer
Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt The great classical music performers
1925-2010 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Yara Bernette The great classical music performers
1920-2002 (20th century)
Performer
Vicente Bianchi Alarcón The great classical music performers
1920-2018 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Daniel Binelli The great classical music performers
age 77 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Paulo Bitencourt The great classical music performers
age 57 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Felicja Blumental The great classical music performers
1908-1991 (20th century)
Performer
Alceo Bocchino The great classical music performers
1918-2013 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Felipe Boero The great classical music performers
1884-1958 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Luiz Bonfá The great classical music performers
1922-2001 (20th century)
Composer, Lyrical singer & Performer
Cristina Braga The great classical music performers
age 57 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Octavio Brunetti The great classical music performers
1975-2014 (20th century)
Performer
Humberto Bruni Lamanna The great classical music performers
age 66 (20th century)
Performer
Roberto Caamaño The great classical music performers
1923-1993 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Jorge Cardoso The great classical music performers
age 75 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
João Carlos Martins The great classical music performers
age 83 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Teresa Carreño The great classical music performers
1853-1917 (Romantic)
Composer, Conductor, Lyrical singer & Performer
Eleazar de Carvalho The great classical music performers
1912-1996 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Clodomiro Caspary The great classical music performers
1932-2006 (20th century)
Performer
Evencio Castellanos The great classical music performers
1915-1984 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
José María Castro The great classical music performers
1892-1964 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Juan José Castro The great classical music performers
1895-1968 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Sara Catarine The great classical music performers
age 60 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Mariana Cioromila The great classical music performers
1952-2022 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Maximianno Cobra The great classical music performers
age 54 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Corciolli The great classical music performers
age 56 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
María Cristina Kiehr The great classical music performers
age 57 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Violeta Cruz The great classical music performers
age 37 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
José Cura The great classical music performers
age 61 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor, Lyrical singer & Performer
Mario Davidovsky The great classical music performers
1934-2019 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Alirio Díaz The great classical music performers
1923-2016 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Juan de Dios Filiberto The great classical music performers
1885-1964 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Ernesto Drangosch The great classical music performers
1882-1925 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Carlos Duarte The great classical music performers
1957-2003 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Gustavo Dudamel The great classical music performers
age 43 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Antonio Estévez The great classical music performers
1916-1988 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Giora Feidman The great classical music performers
age 87 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Polly Ferman The great classical music performers
age 79 (20th century)
Performer
Eduardo Fernández The great classical music performers
age 71 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Marcos Fink The great classical music performers
age 73 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Ingrid Fliter The great classical music performers
age 50 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Euclides Fonseca The great classical music performers
1854-1929 (Romantic)
Performer
Homero Francesch The great classical music performers
age 76 (20th century)
Performer
Juan Francisco Gatell The great classical music performers
age 45 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Nelson Freire The great classical music performers
1944-2021 (20th century)
Performer
Andres Gabetta The great classical music performers
age 48 (20th century)
Performer
Sol Gabetta The great classical music performers
age 42 (20th century)
Performer
Constantino Gaito The great classical music performers
1878-1945 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Gerardo Gandini The great classical music performers
1936-2013 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Leonardo García Alarcón The great classical music performers
age 47 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Roberto García Morillo The great classical music performers
1911-2003 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Gilardo Gilardi The great classical music performers
1889-1963 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Nelson Goerner The great classical music performers
age 54 (20th century)
Performer
Osvaldo Golijov The great classical music performers
age 63 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Antônio Carlos Gomes The great classical music performers
1836-1896 (Romantic)
Composer & Performer
Chiquinha Gonzaga The great classical music performers
1847-1935 (Romantic)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Enrique Graf The great classical music performers
age 70 (20th century)
Performer
Camargo Guarnieri The great classical music performers
1907-1993 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Carlos Guastavino The great classical music performers
1912-2000 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
César Guerra-Peixe The great classical music performers
1914-1993 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Alberto Guerrero The great classical music performers
1886-1959 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Gerardo Guevara The great classical music performers
age 93 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Gloria Guzmán The great classical music performers
1902-1979 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Reynaldo Hahn The great classical music performers
1874-1947 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Maria Helena Rosas Fernandes The great classical music performers
age 90 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Myrna Herzog The great classical music performers
age 72 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Hubertus Hofmann The great classical music performers
1929-2011 (20th century)
Performer
Luis H. Salgado The great classical music performers
1903-1977 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Jorge Humberto Pinzón The great classical music performers
age 56 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Maria Isabel Curubeto Godoy The great classical music performers
1896-1959 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Adina Izarra The great classical music performers
age 65 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Mauricio Kagel The great classical music performers
1931-2008 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Marta Lambertini The great classical music performers
1937-2019 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Javier Lanis The great classical music performers
age 51 (20th century)
Performer
Fernanda Lara The great classical music performers
age 47 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Jaime Laredo The great classical music performers
age 82 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Antonio Lauro The great classical music performers
1917-1986 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Mario Lecaros The great classical music performers
age 73 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
José Lemos The great classical music performers
age 49 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Bruno Leonardo Gelber The great classical music performers
age 82 (20th century)
Performer
Gracinha Leporace The great classical music performers
age 75 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Alexandre Levy The great classical music performers
1864-1892 (Romantic)
Composer & Performer
Carlos López Buchardo The great classical music performers
1881-1948 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Jean Louis Steuerman The great classical music performers
age 74 (20th century)
Performer
Gábor Magyar The great classical music performers
1914-2011 (20th century)
Performer
Mesías Maiguashca The great classical music performers
age 85 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Claudio Maldonado The great classical music performers
age 43 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Juan María Solare The great classical music performers
age 57 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Antonio Maria Valencia The great classical music performers
1902-1952 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Nybia Mariño The great classical music performers
1920-2014 (20th century)
Performer
Pablo Márquez The great classical music performers
age 57 (20th century)
Performer
Fernando Martin Otero The great classical music performers
age 51 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Nahim Marun The great classical music performers
age 61 (20th century)
Performer
Martín Matalon The great classical music performers
age 65 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Diego Matheuz The great classical music performers
age 39 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Moicelí Medina The great classical music performers
age 45 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Chico Mello The great classical music performers
age 67 (20th century)
Performer
Beatriz Méndez Leclere The great classical music performers
age 56 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Antônio Meneses The great classical music performers
age 66 (20th century)
Performer
Francisco Mignone The great classical music performers
1897-1986 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Fernando Millet The great classical music performers
age 68 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Pedro Mirassou The great classical music performers
1889-1963 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Giancarlo Monsalve The great classical music performers
age 42 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Gabriela Montero The great classical music performers
age 53 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Arthur Moreira Lima The great classical music performers
age 83 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Lígia Moreno The great classical music performers
age 41 (20th century)
Performer
Ricardo Moyano The great classical music performers
age 63 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Ernesto Nazareth The great classical music performers
1863-1934 (Romantic)
Composer & Performer
Alberto Nepomuceno The great classical music performers
1864-1920 (Romantic)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Marlos Nobre The great classical music performers
age 85 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Guiomar Novaes The great classical music performers
1895-1979 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Juan Carlos Núñez The great classical music performers
age 77 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Ricardo Odnoposoff The great classical music performers
1914-2004 (20th century)
Performer
Luis Orlandini The great classical music performers
age 60 (20th century)
Performer
Andrés Orozco-Estrada The great classical music performers
age 46 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Sergio Ortega The great classical music performers
1938-2003 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Cristina Ortiz The great classical music performers
age 73 (20th century)
Performer
Luis Otero Martínez-Siegenthaler The great classical music performers
age 59 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor, Lyrical singer & Performer
Nathan Pacheco The great classical music performers
age 44 (20th century)
Composer, Lyrical singer & Performer
Isabel Palacios The great classical music performers
age 74 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Athos Palma The great classical music performers
1891-1951 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Fabián Panisello The great classical music performers
age 60 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Aldo Parisot The great classical music performers
1918-2018 (20th century)
Performer
Rafael Payare The great classical music performers
age 44 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Jorge Pepi Alós The great classical music performers
age 61 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Malvina Pereira The great classical music performers
1883-(?) (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Alejo Pérez The great classical music performers
age 49 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Astor Piazzolla The great classical music performers
1921-1992 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Álvaro Pierri The great classical music performers
age 71 (20th century)
Performer
Agustín Pío Barrios The great classical music performers
1885-1944 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Maria João Pires The great classical music performers
age 79 (20th century)
Performer
Adrien Politi The great classical music performers
age 66 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Jaurés Lamarque Pons The great classical music performers
1917-1982 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Bruno Procopio The great classical music performers
age 48 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Osvaldo Pugliese The great classical music performers
1905-1995 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Edward Pulgar The great classical music performers
age 49 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Ariel Ramírez The great classical music performers
1921-2010 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Dilermando Reis The great classical music performers
1916-1977 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Rodrigo Riera The great classical music performers
1923-1999 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Arturo Rodas The great classical music performers
age 70 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
David Rosenmann-Taub The great classical music performers
1927-2023 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Inés Salazar The great classical music performers
age 60 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Victoria Sánchez The great classical music performers
age 37 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Bruno Sanfilippo The great classical music performers
age 58 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Turibio Santos The great classical music performers
age 81 (20th century)
Performer
Arthur Napoleão dos Santos The great classical music performers
1843-1925 (Romantic)
Composer & Performer
Adelaide Saraceni The great classical music performers
1895-1995 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Lalo Schifrin The great classical music performers
age 91 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Alfredo Schiuma The great classical music performers
1885-1963 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Erwin Schrott The great classical music performers
age 51 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Aleida Schweitzer The great classical music performers
age 86 (20th century)
Performer
Rosita Serrano The great classical music performers
1912-1997 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
María José Siri The great classical music performers
age 47 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
João de Souza Lima The great classical music performers
1898-1982 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Carlos Stella The great classical music performers
age 63 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Oscar Strasnoy The great classical music performers
age 53 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Magda Tagliaferro The great classical music performers
1893-1986 (20th century)
Performer
Sergio Tiempo The great classical music performers
age 52 (20th century)
Performer
Gilberto Tinetti The great classical music performers
age 91 (20th century)
Performer
Victor Torres The great classical music performers
age 65 (20th century)
Composer, Lyrical singer & Performer
Floro Ugarte The great classical music performers
1884-1975 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Guillermo Uribe Holguín The great classical music performers
1880-1971 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Maximiano Valdés The great classical music performers
age 74 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Lourdes Vallier The great classical music performers
1919-2001 (20th century)
Performer
Heitor Villa-Lobos The great classical music performers
1887-1959 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Ramón Vinay The great classical music performers
1911-1996 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Joaquín Zamacois The great classical music performers
1894-1976 (20th century)
Composer & 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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