The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000) North America
Stern or Gilbert? Leinsdorf or Nagano? It is difficult for inquiring minds to tackle such abundant fields as classical music and opera, covering 10 centuries of history: there are really many conductors. 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 conductor not be instinctively privileged by an English critic?
For example: in Mexico, Alondra de la Parra, Mexican conductor, occupies a special place in front of the Belgian conductor Philippe Herreweghe, who is more distant but nevertheless more internationally renowned.
Timeline of conductors, between 1950 and 2000+ in North 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 : Stern (American musician) or Gilbert (American conductor and violinist) ? Järvi (Estonian conductor) or Fleisher (American conductor and pianist) ? However, the knowledge available about musicians is enormous. It was processed to select the 10, 25, 50... most popular conductors around the world, for those living or having lived en North America, between 1950 and 2000+. And this objectively, and for the first time (soclassiq exclusivity).
Conductors rendered as a timeline to bring a little perspective:
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ComposersConductorsTLyrical singersPerformers 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 conductors in North America for the years 1950-2000+
Who are these greatest conductors, the most famous over the 1950-2000+ era in North 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 conductors, renowned artists from around the world:
The musicians and artists who also composed were removed from this ranking.
The selections of musicians (conductors) proposed by soclassiq are based exclusively on algorithms. The same applies to the composers, their works, the performers, the lyrical singers, les orchestras, 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 conductors. Perlman, Christie, Cliburn, Perahia, Järvi, Hannigan, Horenstein...
At this time, soclassiq has listed more than 5000 conductors. So here is a selection of some conductors for the years 1950-2000+, in North 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 conductors who have been or are composers, some more renowned for the work they have left than for their careers as musicians.
Paul Abraham The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1892-1960 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Maurice Abravanel The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1903-1993 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Leslie Adams The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 91 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
John Adams The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 77 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Samuel Adler The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 96 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Marin Alsop The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 67 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Daniele Amfitheatrof The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1901-1983 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
David Amram The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 93 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Leroy Anderson The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1908-1975 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Desi Arnaz The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1917-1986 (20th century)
Composer, Lyrical singer, Performer & Conductor
Aaron Avshalomov The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1894-1965 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Angelo Badalamenti The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1937-2022 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Leonardo Balada The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 90 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Léon Barzin The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1900-1999 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Enrique Bátiz Campbell The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 81 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Elmer Bernstein The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1922-2004 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Leonard Bernstein The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1918-1990 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Jorge Bolet The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1914-1990 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Victor Borge The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1909-2000 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Leon Botstein The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 77 (20th century)
Conductor
Bruce Broughton The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 79 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Leo Brouwer The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1939-2003 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Semyon Bychkov The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 71 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Karina Canellakis The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 43 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Julián Carrillo The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1875-1965 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Carlos Chávez The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1899-1978 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
William Christie The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 79 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Van Cliburn The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1934-2013 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Sergiu Comissiona The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1928-2005 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
James Conlon The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 74 (20th century)
Conductor
Aaron Copland The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1900-1990 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
MasterpiecesComplete works
Anton Coppola The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1917-2020 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Carmine Coppola The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1910-1991 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Robert Craft The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1923-2015 (20th century)
Conductor
Ingolf Dahl The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1912-1970 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Walter Damrosch The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1862-1950 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Dennis Russell Davies The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 79 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Carl Davis The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1936-2023 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Franz-Paul Decker The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1923-2014 (20th century)
Conductor
Dean Dixon The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1915-1976 (20th century)
Conductor
Plácido Domingo The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 83 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Conductor
Antal Doráti The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1906-1988 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Percy Faith The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1908-1976 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Arthur Fiedler The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1894-1979 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Leon Fleisher The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1928-2020 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Malcolm Forsyth The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1936-2011 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Lukas Foss The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1922-2009 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Lawrence Foster The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 82 (20th century)
Conductor
Massimo Freccia The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1906-2004 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Blas Galindo The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1910-1993 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Kenneth Gilbert The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1931-2020 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Alan Gilbert The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 57 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Don Gillis The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1912-1978 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Szymon Goldberg The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1909-1993 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Jerry Goldsmith The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1929-2004 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Morton Gould The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1913-1996 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Percy Grainger The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1882-1961 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
William Grant Still The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1895-1978 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Alexander Gretchaninov The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1864-1956 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Ferde von Grofé The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1892-1972 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Daron Hagen The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 62 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Marvin Hamlisch The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1944-2012 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Barbara Hannigan The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 52 (20th century)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Conductor
Howard Hanson The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1896-1981 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
John Harbison The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 85 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Skitch Henderson The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1918-2005 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Bernard Herrmann The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1911-1975 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Paul Hindemith The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1895-1963 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Jascha Horenstein The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1898-1973 (20th century)
Conductor
James Horner The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1953-2015 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Alan Hovhaness The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1911-2000 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
James Newton Howard The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 72 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Karel Husa The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1921-2016 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Kristjan Järvi The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 51 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Paavo Järvi The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 61 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Neeme Järvi The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 86 (20th century)
Conductor
Donald Johanos The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1928-2007 (20th century)
Conductor
Bradley Joseph The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 58 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Jeronimas Kačinskas The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1907-2005 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Emmerich Kálmán The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1882-1953 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Jānis Kalniņš The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1904-2000 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Gershon Kingsley The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1922-2019 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Werner Klemperer The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1920-2000 (20th century)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Conductor
Rudolf Kolisch The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1896-1978 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Nikolai Korndorf The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1947-2001 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Erich Wolfgang Korngold The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1897-1957 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
MasterpiecesComplete works
Andre Kostelanetz The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1901-1980 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Serge Koussevitzky The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1874-1951 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Stephen Kovacevich The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 83 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Yakov Kreizberg The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1959-2011 (20th century)
Conductor
Ernst Krenek The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1900-1991 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Theodore Kuchar The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 60 (20th century)
Conductor
Erich Kunzel The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1935-2009 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Efrem Kurtz The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1900-1995 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Milan Kymlicka The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1936-2008 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Jeanne Lamon The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1949-2021 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Alondra de la Parra The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 41 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Morten Lauridsen The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 81 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Michel Legrand The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1932-2019 (20th century)
Composer, Lyrical singer, Performer & Conductor
Dieter Lehnhoff The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 68 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Erich Leinsdorf The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1912-1993 (20th century)
Conductor
Tania León The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1943-1996 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
James Levine The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1943-2021 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Lowell Liebermann The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 63 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Andrew Litton The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 64 (20th century)
Conductor
Otto Luening The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1900-1996 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Lorin Maazel The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1930-2014 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Cristian Măcelaru The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 44 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Ernest MacMillan The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1893-1973 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Henry Mancini The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1924-1994 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Arturo Márquez The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 73 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Wynton Marsalis The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 62 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Eduardo Mata The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1942-1995 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Zubin Mehta The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 87 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Yehudi Menuhin The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1916-1999 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Michael Minsky The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1918-1988 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Conductor
Dimitri Mitropoulos The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1896-1960 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Pierre Monteux The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1875-1964 (20th century)
Conductor
Douglas Moore The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1893-1969 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Oskar Morawetz The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1917-2007 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Kent Nagano The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 72 (20th century)
Conductor
Charles Neidich The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 71 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
John Nelson The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 82 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
David Newman The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 70 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Randy Newman The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 80 (20th century)
Composer, Lyrical singer, Performer & Conductor
Yannick Nézet-Séguin The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 49 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Konstantin Orbelyan The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1928-2014 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Eugene Ormandy The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1899-1985 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Peter Oundjian The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 68 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
José Pablo Moncayo García The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1912-1958 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Wilfrid Pelletier The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1896-1982 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Murray Perahia The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 76 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Itzhak Perlman The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 78 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Julia Perry The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1924-1979 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Louis Persinger The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1887-1966 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Matthias Pintscher The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 53 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Walter Piston The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1894-1976 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
André Previn The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1929-2019 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
S. P. Somtow The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 71 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Gardner Read The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1913-2005 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Fritz Reiner The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1888-1963 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Wallingford Riegger The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1885-1961 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Joshua Rifkin The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 79 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
David Robertson The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 65 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Miklós Rózsa The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1907-1995 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Julius Rudel The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1921-2014 (20th century)
Conductor
Max Rudolf The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1902-1995 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Robert Russell Bennett The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1894-1981 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Carlos Salzedo The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1885-1961 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Lalo Schifrin The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 91 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Thomas Schippers The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1930-1977 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Alexander Schneider The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1908-1993 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Arnold Schoenberg The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1874-1951 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
MasterpiecesComplete works
Gunther Schuller The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1925-2015 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
William Schuman The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1910-1992 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Joseph Schuster The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1903-1969 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Joseph Schwantner The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 81 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Gerard Schwarz The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 76 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Sholom Secunda The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1894-1974 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Fabien Sevitzky The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1893-1967 (20th century)
Conductor
Ralph Shapey The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1921-2002 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Howard Shore The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 77 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Elie Siegmeister The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1909-1991 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Dmitry Sitkovetsky The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 69 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Leonard Slatkin The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 79 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Nicolas Slonimsky The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1894-1995 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Nikolai Sokoloff The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1886-1965 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Leon Stein The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1910-2002 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
William Steinberg The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1899-1978 (20th century)
Conductor
Max Steiner The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1888-1971 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Isaac Stern The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1920-2001 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Fritz Stiedry The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1883-1968 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Ignace Strasfogel The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1909-1994 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Igor Stravinsky The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1882-1971 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
MasterpiecesComplete works
Carlos Surinach The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1915-1997 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
George Szell The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1897-1970 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Alexander Tcherepnin The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1899-1977 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Randall Thompson The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1899-1984 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Virgil Thomson The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1896-1989 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Michael Tilson Thomas The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 79 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Dimitri Tiomkin The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1894-1979 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Joan Tower The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 85 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Brian Tyler The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 51 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Eugene Tzigane The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 42 (20th century)
Conductor
Alfred Wallenstein The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1898-1983 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Robert Ward The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1917-2013 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Joshua Weilerstein The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 37 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Kurt Weill The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1900-1950 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Jaromír Weinberger The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1896-1967 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Earl Wild The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1915-2010 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Healey Willan The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1880-1968 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
John Williams The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 92 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Keri-Lynn Wilson The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 56 (20th century)
Conductor
Hugh Wolff The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 70 (20th century)
Conductor
Charles Wuorinen The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1938-2020 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Benjamin Zander The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 85 (20th century)
Conductor
Efrem Zimbalist The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1889-1985 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
David Zinman The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
age 87 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Paul Zukofsky The great 20th-century conductors (1950-2000)
1943-2017 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
See also...
Timelines : Conductors
- The great classical music conductors
- Europe * North America * South America * Asia * Oceania * Africa
- The great 20th-century conductors [II.] (1950 - 2000)
- Europe * North America * South America * Asia * Oceania * Africa
- The great 20th-century conductors [I.] (1900 - 1950)
- Europe * North America * South America * Asia * Oceania * Africa
- The great 19th-century conductors (1850 - 1900)
Indexes
- All conductors : by era * 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 (Conductors)
Other timelines
- Composers : 10 centuries of classical music
- The great lyrical singers
- The great classical music performers
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Last update : 2024-04-10