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| x BBC Symphony Orchestra |
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The BBC Symphony Orchestra is the principal broadcast orchestra of the British Broadcasting Corporation and one of the leading orchestras in Britain.
The orchestra was founded as a full time organisation in 1930, with Adrian Boult as its first chief...
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| x John Williams |
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John Christopher Williams (born 24 April 1941) is a Grammy Award winning Australian classical guitarist and long term resident of the United Kingdom. He is widely regarded by some to be one of the finest guitarists of his generation.
Born in...
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| x Jon Schmidt |
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Jon Schmidt (born 1966) is an American pianist currently residing in in Salt Lake City, Utah. He describes his style as "New Age Classical." He was born to German immigrants who acquainted him with the works of such composers as Beethoven, Mozart,...
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| x Isaac Stern |
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Isaac Stern (Ukrainian: Стерн Ісаак; July 21, 1920 – September 22, 2001) was a Ukrainian-born violin master and virtuoso. He was renowned for his recordings and for discovering new musical talent.
Isaac Stern was born into a Jewish family in...
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| x Seattle Symphony |
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The Seattle Symphony is an American orchestra based in Seattle, Washington. Gerard Schwarz has served as its music director since 1983.
The orchestra's first performance was given on December 29, 1903, with Harry West conducting. Known from its...
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| x Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra |
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The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra based in Liverpool, England, is Britain's oldest established orchestra and one of the oldest in the world. It is owned and administered by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society (RLPS), a registered...
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| x Hallé Orchestra |
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The Hallé is a symphony orchestra based in Manchester, England. It is the UK's oldest extant symphony orchestra (and the fourth oldest in the world), supports a choir and a youth orchestra, and releases its recordings on its own record label, though...
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| x Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden |
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The Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden (Saxon State Orchestra, Dresden, commonly known as Staatskapelle Dresden) is an orchestra based in Dresden, Germany founded in 1548 by Kurfürst Moritz (Elector Moritz, or Maurice) of Saxony. It is one of the...
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| x Philadelphia Orchestra |
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The Philadelphia Orchestra is a symphony orchestra based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States. One of the "Big Five" American orchestras, it was founded in 1900. The orchestra's home is the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts where...
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| x London Philharmonic Orchestra |
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The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO), based in London, is one of the major orchestras of the United Kingdom, and is based in the Royal Festival Hall. In addition, the LPO is the main resident orchestra of the Glyndebourne Festival Opera. The LPO...
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| x Montreal Symphony Orchestra |
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Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (OSM) (Montréal Symphony Orchestra) is a symphony orchestra based in Montréal, Québec, Canada, with Montréal's Place des Arts as its home.
There have been a number of organizations with this name, including one...
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| x Sergiu Comissiona |
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Sergiu Comissiona (June 16, 1928 – March 5, 2005) was a Romanian-born Israeli - American conductor and violinist.
Born in Bucharest, Romania, he began violin studies at the age of five, was hired as a violinist by the Romanian State Ensemble while...
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| x Milton Babbitt |
Milton Byron Babbitt (born May 10, 1916) is an American composer. He is particularly noted for his pioneering serial and electronic music.
Babbitt was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and was raised in Jackson, Mississippi. He studied violin and...
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| x Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra |
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The Gewandhausorchester Leipzig (Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; sometimes simply referred to as Gewandhausorchester) is a famous German orchestra based in Leipzig, Germany. It is named after the concert hall in which it is based, the Gewandhaus (...
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| x Tom Constanten |
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Tom Constanten (born March 19, 1944 in Long Branch, New Jersey) is an American keyboardist, best known for playing with the Grateful Dead from 1968–1970.
Known as T.C., he studied music at University of California, Berkeley, where he met Phil Lesh....
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| x Nightnoise |
Nightnoise was a music ensemble active during the 1980s and 1990s. Their original blend of Celtic, jazz, and classical chamber music inspired a generation of Irish musicians. They released several albums on the Windham Hill label.
The origins of...
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| x Leopold Stokowski |
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Leopold Stokowski (April 18, 1882 – September 13, 1977) was a British-born American orchestral conductor, well known for his free-hand performing style that spurned the traditional baton and for obtaining a characteristically sumptuous sound from...
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| x Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
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The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) is a British orchestra based in London. It tours widely, and is sometimes referred to as "Britain's national orchestra".
In 1946, Sir Sir Thomas Beecham founded the RPO, which played its first concert in...
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| x Borodin Quartet |
The Borodin Quartet is a string quartet that was founded in 1945 in the former Soviet Union. It is one of the world's longest lasting string quartets, marking its 60th anniversary season in 2005.
The quartet were one of the Soviet Union's best-known...
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| x Pink Martini |
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Pink Martini is a "little orchestra" from Portland, Oregon, formed in 1994 by pianist Thomas M. Lauderdale. They blend genres of music such as Latin, lounge, classical, and jazz. Their music has often been described as "vintage music", a description...
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| x Itzhak Perlman |
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Itzhak Perlman (born August 31, 1945) is an Israeli-American violin master, virtuoso, conductor, and master-instructor. He is widely considered as one of the preeminent violin virtuosi of the 20th century.
Perlman was born in Tel Aviv, where he...
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| x Hayley Westenra |
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Hayley Dee Westenra (born 10 April 1987 in Christchurch, New Zealand) is a New Zealand soprano, songwriter and UNICEF Ambassador. Her first internationally released album, Pure, reached #1 on the UK classical charts in 2003 and has sold more than...
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| x Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra |
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The Göteborgs Symfoniker (Gothenburg Symphony, or Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra) is an orchestra based in Gothenburg, Sweden. Founded in 1905, it was granted the title of the "National Orchestra of Sweden" in 1997. The GSO is resident at the...
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| x Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra |
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The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (Dutch:Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest) is a symphony orchestra of the Netherlands, based at the Concertgebouw (concert hall) in Amsterdam. In 1988, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands conferred the "Royal" title upon...
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| x Béla Fleck |
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Béla Fleck (born July 10, 1958 in New York City, New York) is an American banjo player. Widely acknowledged as one of the world's most innovative and technically proficient banjo players, he is best known for his work with the bands New Grass...
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| x Orchestre de Paris |
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The Orchestre de Paris is a French orchestra based in Paris which was founded in 1967. The orchestra's music director is Christoph Eschenbach and most of its concerts are performed at the Salle Pleyel.
In 1967, following the dissolution of the...
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| x Baltimore Symphony Orchestra |
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The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) is a major American symphony orchestra based in Baltimore, Maryland.
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) is a major American orchestra.
The BSO made musical history in September 2007, when Maestra Marin...
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| x Yuri Bashmet |
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Yuri Abramovich Bashmet (Russian: Юрий Абрамович Башмет, Ukrainian: Юрій Башмет; born 24 January, 1953) is a leading Russian conductor and violist.
In 1971, he graduated from the Lviv secondary special music school. From 1971 till 1976, he studied...
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| x Nasrat Parsa |
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Nasrat Parsa (Persian: نصرت پارسا, February 22, 1968 – May 8, 2005) was a singer from Afghanistan. Up until his murder, he continued his music in exile from Hamburg, Germany, occasionally touring other countries.
Nasrat Parsa was born in a suburb of...
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| x Jack Nitzsche |
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Bernard Alfred "Jack" Nitzsche (22 April 1937 – 25 August 2000) was an arranger, producer, songwriter and film score composer.
Born in Chicago, Illinois and raised on a farm in Newaygo, Michigan, Nitzsche moved to Los Angeles, California in 1955...
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| x Rachelle Ferrell |
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Rachelle Ferrell (b. 1961, Berwyn, Pennsylvania) is an American singer and musician. Although she has had some success in the mainstream R&B;, pop, gospel, and classical music scene, she is most noted for her talents as a contemporary jazz singer....
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| x Tereza Kesovija |
Tereza Ana Kesovija (born October 3, 1938) is an internationally acclaimed Croatian singer, and previously an important artist of the former Yugoslavia. She also had a successful career in France.
Kesovija was born in Dubrovnik where she got her...
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| x Adam Lopez |
Adam Lopez Costa billed as Adam Lopez (born 26 August in Brisbane, Australia) is a pop musician, vocal coach, and session vocalist. He is noted for his ability to produce extremely high notes in his whistle register and for his extensive vocal range...
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| x Michael Pinnella |
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Michael Pinnella (born August 29, 1969, in Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey, U.S.) is a keyboard player, most notably for the band Symphony X. He has also released a solo album: A mixture of classical and progressive styled music entitled Enter By...
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| x Farhad Darya |
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Farhad 'Darya' Nasher (Pashto/Persian: فرهاد دریا) (b. September 22, 1962, in Kabul, Afghanistan) is an Afghan American singer and composer, as well as a highly acclaimed music producer. Widely popular, he has earned affection for not only his music...
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| x Antonio Lauro |
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Antonio Lauro (August 3, 1917 – April 18, 1986) was a Venezuelan musician, considered to be one of the foremost South American composers for the Guitar in the 20th century.
Antonio Lauro was born in Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela. His father, an Italian...
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| x Krzysztof Czerwiński |
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Krzysztof Czerwinski (born January 13, 1980) is a Polish conductor, organist and voice teacher.
Czerwinski studied at Wieniawski School of Music (Poznań, Poland), Eastman School of Music (University of Rochester, New York, U.S.) and Birmingham...
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| x Chris Broderick |
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Chris Broderick (born March 6, 1970 in Lakewood, Colorado, USA) is the current lead guitarist for the popular American thrash metal band Megadeth. He currently resides in Sherman Oaks, California. Formerly the lead guitarist/keyboardist for Jag...
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| x Randy Rhoads |
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Randall William "Randy" Rhoads (December 6, 1956 – March 19, 1982) was an American heavy metal guitarist who played with Ozzy Osbourne and Quiet Riot. Despite his short career, he is cited as an influence by many contemporary heavy metal guitarists....
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| x Vicente Emilio Sojo |
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Vicente Emilio Sojo (December 8, 1887 – August 11, 1974) was a Venezuelan musicologist, educator and composer, born in Guatire, Miranda (state).
Vicente Emilio Sojo was born to a musical family. Most notable was the fact that both his great...
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| x Daniel Barenboim |
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Daniel Barenboim (born 15 November, 1942) is an Argentinian-born pianist and conductor. He lives in Berlin and holds citizenship in Argentina, Israel, and Spain. He also holds a passport issued by the Palestinian Authority. Barenboim first came to...
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| x Jacqueline du Pré |
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Jacqueline Mary du Pré OBE (26 January 1945 – 19 October 1987) was a British cellist, acknowledged as one of the greatest players of the instrument. She is particularly associated with Elgar's Cello Concerto in E Minor; her interpretation of that...
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| x Benn Jordan |
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Benn Lee Jordan (born October 28, 1978) is an American electronica musician operating under many pseudonyms. Since 1999 his most widely distributed and eclectic music has been released under the name of The Flashbulb. Other names Benn operates under...
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| x Willem Mengelberg |
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Joseph Willem Mengelberg (28 March 1871 – 21 March 1951) was a Dutch conductor.
Mengelberg was born 4th of 15 children to German-born parents in Utrecht, Netherlands. He studied in the Cologne conservatory, including piano and composition. He was...
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| x Wynton Marsalis |
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Wynton Learsonlal Marsalis (born October 18, 1961) is an American trumpeter and composer. He is among the most prominent jazz musicians of the modern era and is also a well-known instrumentalist in classical music. He is also the Artistic Director...
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| x John Foulds |
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John Herbert Foulds (November 2, 1880 – April 25, 1939), was a British composer of classical music from England.
A successful composer of light music and theatre scores, his principal creative energies went into more ambitious and exploratory works...
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| x R. Stevie Moore |
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Robert Steven Moore (born January 18, 1952) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. In addition to having numerous albums released on labels around the world, the long-prolific Moore has self-released over 400 cassette and CD-R albums, as...
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| x Ferenc Fricsay |
Ferenc Fricsay (9 August 1914 – 20 February 1963) was a Hungarian conductor. From 1960 until his death, he was an Austrian citizen.
Fricsay was born in Budapest in 1914 and studied music under Béla Bartók, Zoltán Kodály, Ernst von Dohnányi, and Leo...
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| x James Galway |
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Sir James Galway OBE (born December 8, 1939) is a Northern Ireland–born virtuoso flutist from Belfast, nicknamed "The Man With the Golden Flute". Following in the footsteps of Jean-Pierre Rampal, he became one of the first flute players to establish...
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| x Gareth Morris |
Gareth Charles Walter Morris (13 May 1920 - 14 February 2007) was a British flautist. He was the principal flautist of a number of London orchestras including the Boyd Neel Orchestra before joining the Philharmonia Orchestra. He was the principal...
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| x Frederic Hymen Cowen |
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Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen (29 January 1852 – 6 October 1935), was a British pianist, conductor and composer.
Cowen was born Hymen Frederick Cohen at 90 Duke Street, Kingston, Jamaica, the fifth and last child of Frederick Augustus Cohen and Emily...
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| x Vienna Symphony Orchestra |
The Vienna Symphony (German: Wiener Symphoniker) is an orchestra in Vienna, Austria.
In 1900, Ferdinand Löwe founded the orchestra as the Wiener Concertverein (Vienna Concert Society). In 1913 it moved into the Konzerthaus, Vienna. In 1919 it merged...
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| x Lani Misalucha |
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Lani Misalucha (born August 3, 1969 in Manila, Philippines) is a singer from the Philippines currently performing in the United States where she also resides. She holds shows at the Flamingo Las Vegas with the veteran Hawaiian variety troupe Society...
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| x Lawrence Dutton |
Lawrence Dutton (born 9 May 1954) is an American violist, and is currently a member of the Emerson String Quartet. He earned a Bachelor and Master's degree from the Juilliard School of Music where he studied with Lillian Fuchs.
He is currently on...
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| x Antonio Pappano |
Antonio Pappano (born 30 December 1959, Epping, England) is a British conductor and pianist of Italian parentage.
Pappano's family has its origins in Castelfranco in Miscano, near Benevento, Italy. When he was 13 years old, he moved with his family...
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| x Elliott Carter |
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Elliott Cook Carter, Jr. (born December 11, 1908) is a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer born and living in New York City. He studied with Nadia Boulanger in Paris in the 1930s, and then returned to the United States. After a...
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| x Yoko Kanno |
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Yoko Kanno (菅野 よう子, Kanno Yōko, born March 19, 1964 in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan) is a composer, arranger and musician best known for her work on the soundtracks for many games, anime films, TV series, live-action movies, and advertisements. She has...
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| x Elliot Goldenthal |
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Elliot Goldenthal (born May 2, 1954) is an American composer of contemporary classical music. He was a student of Aaron Copland and John Corigliano, and is best known for his distinctive style and ability to blend various musical styles and...
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| x Ole Olsen |
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Ole Olsen (4 July 1850 - 4 November 1927) was a Norwegian organist, composer, conductor and military musician.
Olsen was born in Hammerfest, in the county of Finnmark. His mother died when he was young. His father was Iver Olsen, a craftsman and an...
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| x Greg Wells |
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Greg Wells is a Grammy nominated record producer and songwriter based in Los Angeles. Wells has produced and written hits with Katy Perry, Mika, OneRepublic, Pink, Rufus Wainwright, Colbie Caillat, Jamie Cullum, Deftones, Otep, The Veronicas,...
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