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Gidon Kremer
Latvian violinist and conductor
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Kim Kashkashian
American violist
2
Lera Auerbach
Soviet-Russian-born American classical composer and pianist
3
Lucas Debargue
French pianist
4
Yury Bashmet
Russian conductor, violinist, and violist
5
Mieczysław Weinberg
Polish Soviet composer
6
Lisa Batiashvili
Georgian musician
7
Sérgio Assad
Brazilian composer, guitarist
8
Alfred Schnittke
German Soviet composer
9
Mischa Maisky
Latvian-Israeli cellist
10
Joelle Khoury
Jazz and classical musician and composer
11
Andrei Gavrilov
Russian musician
12
Astor Piazzolla
Argentine tango composer, bandoneon player and arranger
13
Evgeny Kissin
Russian classical pianist
14
András Schiff
Hungarian-born British musician
15
Henryk Gorecki
Polish composer (1933–2010)
16
Mikhail Pletnev
Russian pianist, conductor, and composer
17
Osvaldo Golijov
Argentine composer of classical music
18
Chris Speed
American musician
19
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Austrian conductor
20
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Finnish conductor and composer
21
Mstislav Rostropovich
Russian cellist and conductor
22
Philip Glass
American composer and pianist
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Tikhon Khrennikov
Russian Soviet composer (1913-2007)
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Arvo Pärt
Estonian composer
