10 centuries of classical music (South America)
Novaes or Villa-Lobos? Bacalov or Cura? It is difficult for inquiring minds to tackle such abundant fields as classical music and opera, covering 10 centuries of history: there are thousands of composers. 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 composer not be instinctively privileged by an English critic?
For example: in France, Charles Gounod, a 19th century French composer, is more easily mentioned than the Norwegian Edvard Grieg, who is more recognized in the world.
Timeline of classical music composers in South America
Whoever wants to discover classical music or opera 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 these fields. So : Novaes (Brazilian pianist (1895-1979)) or Villa-Lobos (Brazilian composer) ? Carreño (Venezuelan classical pianist) or Guastavino (Argentine composer) ? However, the knowledge available about musicians is enormous. It was processed to select the 10, 25, 50... most popular composers around the world, for those living or having lived en South America, . And this objectively, and for the first time (soclassiq exclusivity).
Composers rendered as a timeline to bring a little perspective:
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ComposersConductorsLyrical singersPerformers 2024
This timeline is interactive to navigate through the ages (from 1400), or eras : medieval music, renaissance, baroque music (Bach...), classical period (Mozart...), romantic music (Beethoven...), XXth (Stravinsky), or across continents (with ).
Top 10 classical musiccomposers in South America
Who are these greatest composers, the most famous in South America? The works of these musician have shaped the history of classical music and lyric art. There are those you probably know, or at least by name and the others.
Here are these 10 classical music composers, renowned artists from around the world:
Curious to know their most emblematic works? Just a click away to discover them.
The selections of musicians (classical music composers) proposed by soclassiq are based exclusively on algorithms. The same applies to their works, the performers, 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 and lyrical art well, for those who can easily name 50 or more classical music composers. Kagel, Gomes, Pío Barrios, Carvalho, Moreira Lima, Dudamel, Santaolalla...
At this time, soclassiq has listed more than 19000 composers. So here is a selection of some composers, 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 composers who have been or are concert performers, some more renowned for their careers than for the work they have left behind.
José Antonio de Abreu 10 centuries of classical music
1939-2018 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Remigio Acevedo Guajardo 10 centuries of classical music
1863-1911 (Romantic)
Performer & Composer
Leni Alexander 10 centuries of classical music
1924-2005 (20th century)
Composer
Daniel Alomía Robles 10 centuries of classical music
1871-1942 (20th century)
Composer
Eduardo Alonso-Crespo 10 centuries of classical music
age 67 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Elias Álvares Lobo 10 centuries of classical music
1834-1901 (Romantic)
Composer
José Ángel Montero 10 centuries of classical music
1832-1881 (Romantic)
Composer
Jorge Antunes 10 centuries of classical music
age 81 (20th century)
Composer
Ricardo Araujo 10 centuries of classical music
age 45 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
João Gomez de Araújo 10 centuries of classical music
1846-1943 (Romantic)
Composer
Damião Barbosa de Araújo 10 centuries of classical music
1778-1856 (Romantic)
Composer
Diana Arismendi 10 centuries of classical music
age 61 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Juan Arroyo 10 centuries of classical music
age 42 (20th century)
Composer
Sérgio Assad 10 centuries of classical music
age 71 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Blas Emilio Atehortúa Amaya 10 centuries of classical music
1943-2020 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Luis Bacalov 10 centuries of classical music
1933-2017 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Eduardo Banks 10 centuries of classical music
age 45 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Silvio Barbato 10 centuries of classical music
1959-2009 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Susana Baron Supervielle 10 centuries of classical music
1910-2004 (20th century)
Composer
Carmen Barros 10 centuries of classical music
1925-2023 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Composer
Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt 10 centuries of classical music
1925-2010 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Herman Bemberg 10 centuries of classical music
1859-1931 (Romantic)
Composer
Esteban Benzecry 10 centuries of classical music
age 53 (20th century)
Composer
Arturo Berutti 10 centuries of classical music
1858-1938 (Romantic)
Composer
Vicente Bianchi Alarcón 10 centuries of classical music
1920-2018 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Daniel Binelli 10 centuries of classical music
age 77 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Próspero Bisquertt 10 centuries of classical music
1881-1959 (20th century)
Composer
Alceo Bocchino 10 centuries of classical music
1918-2013 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Felipe Boero 10 centuries of classical music
1884-1958 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Luiz Bonfá 10 centuries of classical music
1922-2001 (20th century)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Cristina Braga 10 centuries of classical music
age 57 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
José Bragato 10 centuries of classical music
1915-2017 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Roberto Caamaño 10 centuries of classical music
1923-1993 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Pompeyo Camps 10 centuries of classical music
1924-1997 (20th century)
Composer
Jorge Cardoso 10 centuries of classical music
age 75 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Teresa Carreño 10 centuries of classical music
1853-1917 (Romantic)
Conductor, Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Eleazar de Carvalho 10 centuries of classical music
1912-1996 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Juan Casanova Vicuña 10 centuries of classical music
1894-1976 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Evencio Castellanos 10 centuries of classical music
1915-1984 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
José María Castro 10 centuries of classical music
1892-1964 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Juan José Castro 10 centuries of classical music
1895-1968 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Maximianno Cobra 10 centuries of classical music
age 54 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Corciolli 10 centuries of classical music
age 56 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Violeta Cruz 10 centuries of classical music
age 37 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Brasílio Itiberê da Cunha Luz 10 centuries of classical music
1896-1967 (20th century)
Composer
José Cura 10 centuries of classical music
age 61 (20th century)
Conductor, Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Mario Davidovsky 10 centuries of classical music
1934-2019 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Alirio Díaz 10 centuries of classical music
1923-2016 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Juan de Dios Filiberto 10 centuries of classical music
1885-1964 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Ernesto Drangosch 10 centuries of classical music
1882-1925 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Carlos Duarte 10 centuries of classical music
1957-2003 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Gustavo Dudamel 10 centuries of classical music
age 43 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Vicente Emilio Sojo 10 centuries of classical music
1887-1974 (20th century)
Composer
Antonio Estévez 10 centuries of classical music
1916-1988 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Giora Feidman 10 centuries of classical music
age 87 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Eduardo Fernández 10 centuries of classical music
age 71 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Ingrid Fliter 10 centuries of classical music
age 50 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Miguel Ángel Fúster Coll 10 centuries of classical music
1933-2012 (20th century)
Composer
Constantino Gaito 10 centuries of classical music
1878-1945 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Gerardo Gandini 10 centuries of classical music
1936-2013 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Juan Antonio Garcia Estrada 10 centuries of classical music
1895-1960 (20th century)
Composer
Eduardo García-Mansilla 10 centuries of classical music
1871-1930 (20th century)
Composer
Roberto García Morillo 10 centuries of classical music
1911-2003 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Pedro García Velásquez 10 centuries of classical music
age 40 (20th century)
Composer
Carlos Gardel 10 centuries of classical music
1890-1935 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Composer
Gilardo Gilardi 10 centuries of classical music
1889-1963 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Jean Gilbert 10 centuries of classical music
1879-1942 (20th century)
Composer
Alberto Ginastera 10 centuries of classical music
1916-1983 (20th century)
Composer
Tomás Giribaldi 10 centuries of classical music
1847-1930 (Romantic)
Composer
Osvaldo Golijov 10 centuries of classical music
age 63 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Antônio Carlos Gomes 10 centuries of classical music
1836-1896 (Romantic)
Performer & Composer
Chiquinha Gonzaga 10 centuries of classical music
1847-1935 (Romantic)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Fernando González Casellas 10 centuries of classical music
1925-1998 (20th century)
Composer
Carlos Grätzer 10 centuries of classical music
age 67 (20th century)
Composer
Camargo Guarnieri 10 centuries of classical music
1907-1993 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Carlos Guastavino 10 centuries of classical music
1912-2000 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
César Guerra-Peixe 10 centuries of classical music
1914-1993 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Alberto Guerrero 10 centuries of classical music
1886-1959 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Gerardo Guevara 10 centuries of classical music
age 93 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Reynaldo Hahn 10 centuries of classical music
1874-1947 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Maria Helena Rosas Fernandes 10 centuries of classical music
age 90 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Rodrigo Herrmann 10 centuries of classical music
1916-1971 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Luis H. Salgado 10 centuries of classical music
1903-1977 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Jorge Humberto Pinzón 10 centuries of classical music
age 56 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Maria Isabel Curubeto Godoy 10 centuries of classical music
1896-1959 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Adina Izarra 10 centuries of classical music
age 65 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Mauricio Kagel 10 centuries of classical music
1931-2008 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Erich Kleiber 10 centuries of classical music
1890-1956 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Edino Krieger 10 centuries of classical music
1928-2022 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Marta Lambertini 10 centuries of classical music
1937-2019 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Antonio Lauro 10 centuries of classical music
1917-1986 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
José Francisco Leal 10 centuries of classical music
1787-1829 (Romantic)
Performer & Composer
Mario Lecaros 10 centuries of classical music
age 73 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Alfonso Leng 10 centuries of classical music
1894-1974 (20th century)
Composer
José María Ponce de León 10 centuries of classical music
1845-1882 (Romantic)
Conductor & Composer
Alexandre Levy 10 centuries of classical music
1864-1892 (Romantic)
Performer & Composer
Carlos López Buchardo 10 centuries of classical music
1881-1948 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Oscar Lorenzo Fernández 10 centuries of classical music
1897-1948 (20th century)
Composer
Ernst Mahle 10 centuries of classical music
age 95 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Mesías Maiguashca 10 centuries of classical music
age 85 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Claudio Maldonado 10 centuries of classical music
age 43 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Virtú Maragno 10 centuries of classical music
1928-2004 (20th century)
Composer
Juan María Solare 10 centuries of classical music
age 57 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Antonio Maria Valencia 10 centuries of classical music
1902-1952 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Enrique Mario Casella 10 centuries of classical music
1891-1948 (20th century)
Composer
Fernando Martin Otero 10 centuries of classical music
age 51 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Eduardo Marturet 10 centuries of classical music
age 70 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Juan Bautista Massa 10 centuries of classical music
1885-1938 (20th century)
Composer
Carlos Mastropietro 10 centuries of classical music
age 66 (20th century)
Composer
Martín Matalon 10 centuries of classical music
age 65 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Jean-Baptiste Matho 10 centuries of classical music
1663-1746 (Baroque)
Composer
Anacleto de Medeiros 10 centuries of classical music
1866-1907 (Romantic)
Composer
Sergio Mesa 10 centuries of classical music
age 81 (20th century)
Composer
Francisco Mignone 10 centuries of classical music
1897-1986 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Nicolino Milano 10 centuries of classical music
1876-1962 (20th century)
Composer
Fernando Millet 10 centuries of classical music
age 68 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Ronaldo Miranda 10 centuries of classical music
age 75 (20th century)
Composer
Gabriela Montero 10 centuries of classical music
age 53 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Cholo Montironi 10 centuries of classical music
age 92 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Pedro Morales Pino 10 centuries of classical music
1863-1926 (Romantic)
Composer
Arthur Moreira Lima 10 centuries of classical music
age 83 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Eli-Eri Moura 10 centuries of classical music
age 60 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Ricardo Moyano 10 centuries of classical music
age 63 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Ernesto Nazareth 10 centuries of classical music
1863-1934 (Romantic)
Performer & Composer
Alberto Nepomuceno 10 centuries of classical music
1864-1920 (Romantic)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
John Neschling 10 centuries of classical music
age 76 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Marcelo Nisinman 10 centuries of classical music
age 53 (20th century)
Composer
Marlos Nobre 10 centuries of classical music
age 85 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Guiomar Novaes 10 centuries of classical music
1895-1979 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
José Maurício Nunes Garcia 10 centuries of classical music
1767-1830 (Classical)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Juan Carlos Núñez 10 centuries of classical music
age 77 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Sergio Ortega 10 centuries of classical music
1938-2003 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Henrique Oswald 10 centuries of classical music
1852-1931 (Romantic)
Composer
Luis Otero Martínez-Siegenthaler 10 centuries of classical music
age 59 (20th century)
Conductor, Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Nathan Pacheco 10 centuries of classical music
age 44 (20th century)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Athos Palma 10 centuries of classical music
1891-1951 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Martín Palmeri 10 centuries of classical music
age 58 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Fabián Panisello 10 centuries of classical music
age 60 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Ettore Panizza 10 centuries of classical music
1875-1967 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Jorge Peña Hen 10 centuries of classical music
1928-1973 (20th century)
Composer
Jorge Pepi Alós 10 centuries of classical music
age 61 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Astor Piazzolla 10 centuries of classical music
1921-1992 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Agustín Pío Barrios 10 centuries of classical music
1885-1944 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Adrien Politi 10 centuries of classical music
age 66 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Emilio Pomarico 10 centuries of classical music
age 69 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Jaurés Lamarque Pons 10 centuries of classical music
1917-1982 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Cyril Potter 10 centuries of classical music
1899-1981 (20th century)
Composer
Osvaldo Pugliese 10 centuries of classical music
1905-1995 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Ariel Ramírez 10 centuries of classical music
1921-2010 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Victor Guillermo Ramos Rangel 10 centuries of classical music
1911-1986 (20th century)
Composer
Francisco rancisco Braga 10 centuries of classical music
1868-1945 (20th century)
Composer
Dilermando Reis 10 centuries of classical music
1916-1977 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Aquinas Ried 10 centuries of classical music
1810-1869 (Romantic)
Composer
Rodrigo Riera 10 centuries of classical music
1923-1999 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Arturo Rodas 10 centuries of classical music
age 70 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
David Rosenmann-Taub 10 centuries of classical music
1927-2023 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Bruno Sanfilippo 10 centuries of classical music
age 58 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Gustavo Santaolalla 10 centuries of classical music
age 72 (20th century)
Composer
Arthur Napoleão dos Santos 10 centuries of classical music
1843-1925 (Romantic)
Performer & Composer
Ángel Sauce 10 centuries of classical music
1911-1995 (20th century)
Composer
Lalo Schifrin 10 centuries of classical music
age 91 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Alfredo Schiuma 10 centuries of classical music
1885-1963 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Pedro Seiji Asato 10 centuries of classical music
age 83 (20th century)
Composer
José Serebrier 10 centuries of classical music
age 85 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Honorio Siccardi 10 centuries of classical music
1897-1963 (20th century)
Composer
Francisco Manuel da Silva 10 centuries of classical music
1795-1865 (Romantic)
Conductor, Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Oreste Sindici 10 centuries of classical music
1828-1905 (Romantic)
Lyrical singer & Composer
João de Souza Lima 10 centuries of classical music
1898-1982 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Carlos Stella 10 centuries of classical music
age 63 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Oscar Strasnoy 10 centuries of classical music
age 53 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Augusto Stresser 10 centuries of classical music
1871-1918 (Romantic)
Composer
Victor Torres 10 centuries of classical music
age 65 (20th century)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Floro Ugarte 10 centuries of classical music
1884-1975 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Guillermo Uribe Holguín 10 centuries of classical music
1880-1971 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
José María Valle Riestra 10 centuries of classical music
1858-1925 (Romantic)
Composer
Heitor Villa-Lobos 10 centuries of classical music
1887-1959 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Ezequiel Viñao 10 centuries of classical music
age 63 (20th century)
Composer
Joaquín Zamacois 10 centuries of classical music
1894-1976 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Edson Zampronha 10 centuries of classical music
age 60 (20th century)
Composer
Udo Zimmermann 10 centuries of classical music
1943-2021 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
See also...
Timelines : Composers
- 10 centuries of classical music
- Europe * North America * South America * Asia * Oceania * Africa
- The beginnings of classical music, 1000 ... 1500
- The rise of classical music, 1500 ... 2000
- Europe * North America * South America * Asia * Oceania * Africa
- Medieval * Renaissance * Baroque * Classical * Romantic * XXe
- Romantic : Europe * North America * South America * Asia * Oceania * Africa
- XXe : Europe * North America * South America * Asia * Oceania * Africa
- 1400 - 1500 : The 15th-century classical music composers
- 1500 - 1600 : The 16th-century classical music composers
- 1600 - 1700 : The 17th-century classical music composers + ( 1600 - 1650 ) + ( 1650 - 1700 )
- 1700 - 1800 : The 18th-century classical music composers + ( 1700 - 1750 ) + ( 1750 - 1800 )
- 1800 - 1900 : The 19th-century classical music composers
- Europe * North America * South America * Asia * Oceania * Africa
- 1800 - 1850 : Europe * North America * South America * Asia * Oceania * Africa
- 1850 - 1900 : Europe * North America * South America * Asia * Oceania * Africa
- 1900 - 2000 : The 20th-century classical music composers
- Europe * North America * South America * Asia * Oceania * Africa
- 1900 - 1950 : Europe * North America * South America * Asia * Oceania * Africa
- 1950 - 2000 : Europe * North America * South America * Asia * Oceania * Africa
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