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Thomas Adès

British composer, pianist and conductor

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Claudio Abbado

Italian conductor (1933-2014)

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Pietro Mascagni

Italian composer known for operas

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Roberto Abbado

Italian conductor

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Reinbert de Leeuw

Dutch conductor

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Tobias Picker

American composer

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Julian Anderson

British composer and teacher of composition

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Bruno Bartoletti

Italian conductor

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Gian Carlo Menotti

Italian-American composer and librettist

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Terence Blanchard

American musician and composer

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Tullio Serafin

Italian conductor

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Piero Bellugi

Italian conductor

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Pierre-Laurent Aimard

French pianist

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Giacomo Puccini

Italian opera composer (1858-1924)

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Oliver Knussen

British composer and conductor

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Riccardo Chailly

Italian conductor

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Toshio Hosokawa

Japanese composer of contemporary classical music

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David Pountney

British theatre director

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Rohan de Saram

Sri Lankan musician

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Howard Shore

Canadian composer and conductor noted for his film scores (born 1946)