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Mitsuko Uchida
Mitsuko Uchida
Japanese-British pianist
1
George Malcolm
George Malcolm
English keybord player, composer and conductor
2
Murray Perahia
Murray Perahia
American pianist and conductor
3
Malcolm Sargent
Malcolm Sargent
English conductor, organist and composer
4
Wilhelm Backhaus
Wilhelm Backhaus
pianist
5
Evgeny Kissin
Evgeny Kissin
Russian classical pianist
6
Colin Davis
Colin Davis
British conductor
7
Willi Boskovsky
Willi Boskovsky
Austrian musician
8
Timothy Brown
Timothy Brown
British classical horn player
9
Peter Frankl
Peter Frankl
Hungarian-born British pianist
10
Dinu Lipatti
Dinu Lipatti
Pianist, Composer
11
Louis Kentner
Louis Kentner
Hungarian musician
12
Charles Mackerras
Charles Mackerras
Australian conductor
13
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Icelandic pianist and conductor from Russia
14
András Schiff
András Schiff
Hungarian-born British musician
15
Jascha Heifetz
Jascha Heifetz
Lithuanian violinist
16
Vilde Frang
Vilde Frang
classical violinist
17
Sviatoslav Richter
Sviatoslav Richter
Soviet pianist
18
Dorothy Howell
Dorothy Howell
English composer and pianist
19
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
German lyric baritone and conductor
20
Rudolf Firkušný
Rudolf Firkušný
Czech pianist
21
Josef Suk
Josef Suk
Czech violinist, violist, chamber musician and conductor (1929-2011)
22
Hamilton Harty
Hamilton Harty
Irish composer, conductor, pianist and organist
23
Donald Isler
Donald Isler
US classical pianist and music educator
24
Walter Susskind
Walter Susskind
Czech conductor, composer and pianist
25
Isaac Stern
Isaac Stern
American musician
26
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
orchestra based in London
27
Wanda Landowska
Wanda Landowska
Polish-French classical harpsichordist
28
Fou Ts'ong
Fou Ts'ong
Chinese-British pianist
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Joanna MacGregor
Joanna MacGregor
British musician
Intro
British musician
Awards Received
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal
Knight Bachelor

Sir Clifford Michael Curzon CBE (né Siegenberg; 18 May 1907 – 1 September 1982) was an English classical pianist.

Curzon studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London, and subsequently with Artur Schnabel in Berlin and Wanda Landowska and Nadia Boulanger in Paris. In his early career he was known for his performances of Romantic and virtuoso music, and for championing modern works. Later he concentrated on composers such as Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and Brahms. He played regularly in continental Europe and North America, making tours in the 1930s and for most of his post-war career.

Although signed to a recording company, Decca, for most of his career, Curzon was not at ease in the studio, and vetoed the release of many of his recordings, some of which were published after his death.