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John Corigliano
John Corigliano
American composer
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Zygmunt Stojowski
Zygmunt Stojowski
Polish pianist and composer
2
Charles Wuorinen
Charles Wuorinen
American composer
3
Dimitri Mitropoulos
Dimitri Mitropoulos
Greek conductor, pianist, and composer
4
Thomas Adès
Thomas Adès
British composer, pianist and conductor
5
Morton Feldman
Morton Feldman
American avant-garde composer
6
Seymour Barab
Seymour Barab
American musician
7
Gunther Schuller
Gunther Schuller
American composer, conductor, horn player, author, historian, and jazz musician
8
Tobias Picker
Tobias Picker
American composer
9
Anthony Davis
Anthony Davis
American pianist and composer
10
Elliott Carter
Elliott Carter
American composer
11
Samuel Barber
Samuel Barber
American composer (1910-1981)
12
David Robertson
David Robertson
American conductor
13
Ivo Pogorelić
Ivo Pogorelić
Croatian pianist
14
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
American composer and pianist
15
Henry Kimball Hadley
Henry Kimball Hadley
American composer
16
Henry Cowell
Henry Cowell
American composer, music theorist, pianist, teacher, publisher, and impresario
17
Aaron Copland
Aaron Copland
American composer, composition teacher, writer, and conductor
18
William Bolcom
William Bolcom
American composer
19
Paul Hindemith
Paul Hindemith
German-born American composer (1895–1963)
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Erich Leinsdorf
Erich Leinsdorf
American conductor
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Charles Mackerras
Charles Mackerras
Australian conductor
22
Richard Hageman
Richard Hageman
Dutch conductor
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Kurt Weill
Kurt Weill
German composer
24
Michael Tilson Thomas
Michael Tilson Thomas
American conductor, pianist and composer
25
Jerry Hadley
Jerry Hadley
American opera singer
26
Darius Milhaud
Darius Milhaud
French composer, conductor and teacher (1892-1974)
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Bill Cunliffe
Bill Cunliffe
American musician
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Reinbert de Leeuw
Reinbert de Leeuw
Dutch conductor
29
Albert Coates
Albert Coates
British conductor
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Carlos Chávez
Carlos Chávez
Mexican composer, conductor, music theorist, educator, journalist, and founder of the Mexican Symphonic Orchestra (1899-1978)
31
Ulysses Kay
Ulysses Kay
composer
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Joel Spiegelman
Joel Spiegelman
American composer, conductor, and pianist
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Sergei Prokofiev
Sergei Prokofiev
Ukrainian & Russian Soviet pianist and composer
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Werner Janssen
Werner Janssen
American conductor
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Ernst Toch
Ernst Toch
Austrian composer
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Igor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky
Russian composer, pianist and conductor
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Antonia Brico
Antonia Brico
American conductor
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Camille Saint-Saëns
Camille Saint-Saëns
French composer, organist, conductor and pianist
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Walter Susskind
Walter Susskind
Czech conductor, composer and pianist
Leo Smit
American composer

Leo Smit

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American composer
Genres
Awards Received
Guggenheim Fellowship
Rome Prize
Music

For the Dutch composer of the same name, see Leo Smit (Dutch composer)

Leo Smit (January 12, 1921 – December 12, 1999) was an American composer and pianist.