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George Szell
George Szell
American conductor
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Lorin Maazel
Lorin Maazel
French-American conductor
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Artur Rodziński
Artur Rodziński
Polish conductor
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James Paul
James Paul
American conductor
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Shlomo Mintz
Shlomo Mintz
Israeli violin virtuoso, violist and conductor
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William Steinberg
William Steinberg
American conductor
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Charles Munch
Charles Munch
French musician
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Arturo Toscanini
Arturo Toscanini
Italian conductor (1867-1957)
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Rafael Kubelík
Rafael Kubelík
Czech conductor, violinist, composer and director conductor of Czech philharmony
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Boston Symphony Orchestra
Boston Symphony Orchestra
American symphony orchestra in Boston, MA
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Dimitri Mitropoulos
Dimitri Mitropoulos
Greek conductor, pianist, and composer
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
symphony orchestra in Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Otto Klemperer
Otto Klemperer
German conductor and composer
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Seiji Ozawa
Seiji Ozawa
Japanese orchestra conductor
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Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein
American composer, conductor, author, music lecturer, and pianist
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Eugen Jochum
Eugen Jochum
German conductor
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Felix Weingartner
Felix Weingartner
Austrian conductor, composer and pianist
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Robert Shaw
Robert Shaw
American conductor, born 1916
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Jan Peerce
Jan Peerce
American opera singer
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James Loughran
James Loughran
British conductor
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Paavo Berglund
Paavo Berglund
Finnish conductor and violinist
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Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
German composer
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Rumon Gamba
Rumon Gamba
conductor
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London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London based symphony orchestra
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Leopold Stokowski
Leopold Stokowski
British conductor
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Arthur Nikisch
Arthur Nikisch
Hungarian conductor
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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
orchestra based in London
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Malcolm Sargent
Malcolm Sargent
English conductor, organist and composer
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Jascha Heifetz
Jascha Heifetz
Lithuanian violinist
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Colin Davis
Colin Davis
British conductor
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Peter Erős
Peter Erős
Hungarian-American symphony and opera conductor
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Julius Baker
Julius Baker
American musician
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Eugene Istomin
Eugene Istomin
American pianist
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Georg Solti
Georg Solti
Hungarian orchestral and operatic conductor
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Walter Susskind
Walter Susskind
Czech conductor, composer and pianist
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Edith Peinemann
Edith Peinemann
German classical violinist
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American conductor
Member of, past and present
American Academy of Arts and Sciences

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Leinsdorf conducting the Czech Philharmonic, 1988

Erich Leinsdorf (born Erich Landauer; February 4, 1912 – September 11, 1993) was an Austrian-born American conductor. He performed and recorded with leading orchestras and opera companies throughout the United States and Europe, earning a reputation for exacting standards as well as an acerbic personality. He also published books and essays on musical matters.