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Janet Baker

Opera and concert singer

1

Malcolm Sargent

English conductor, organist and composer

2

BBC Symphony Orchestra

British orchestra based in London

3

Charles Mackerras

Australian conductor

4

Thomas Beecham, 2nd Baronet

British conductor and impresario

5

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

orchestra based in London

6

Roger Norrington

British conductor

7

Mark Elder

British conductor

8

John Barbirolli

British conductor and cellist

9

Andrew Davis

British conductor

10

Pierre Monteux

French conductor

11

Ben Heppner

Canadian opera singer

12

Adrian Boult

English conductor

13

Charles Groves

British conductor

14

Robert Tear

Welsh tenor singer and conductor

15

London Philharmonic Orchestra

London based symphony orchestra

16

Georg Solti

Hungarian orchestral and operatic conductor

17

Antonio Pappano

British born, Italian naturalized conductor and pianist

18

Carlo Maria Giulini

Italian conductor

19

Eugen Jochum

German conductor

20

Simon Rattle

British conductor

21

Hamilton Harty

Irish composer, conductor, pianist and organist

22

Carlos Kleiber

German-born Austrian conductor

23

Steve Davislim

Australian singer, opera singer and hornist

24

John Eliot Gardiner

English conductor

25

Rudolf Kempe

German conductor

26

Rafael Kubelík

Czech conductor, violinist, composer and director conductor of Czech philharmony

27

Alexander Gibson

Scottish conductor and opera intendant

28

Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt

German composer

29

Gavin Sutherland

British conductor, composer and pianist

30

Jack Brymer

English clarinettist

31

Valery Gergiev

Russian conductor and opera company director

32

Leonidas Kavakos

Greek violinist

33

Scottish Chamber Orchestra

34

Paul Daniel

English conductor

35

Myung-whun Chung

South Korean pianist and conductor

36

Kiri Te Kanawa

New Zealand opera singer