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Herbert von Karajan
Austrian conductor
1
Claudio Abbado
Italian conductor (1933-2014)
2
Krystian Zimerman
Polish classical pianist
3
Pablo Heras-Casado
Spanish conductor
4
Yuja Wang
Chinese pianist
5
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
German lyric baritone and conductor
6
Christian Ferras
French musician
7
Nicolai Ghiaurov
opera singer
8
Sol Gabetta
Argentine cellist
9
Albrecht Mayer
German musician
10
Francisco Araiza
opera singer
11
Mariss Jansons
Latvian conductor
12
Karl Leister
German classical clarinet player
13
Wolfgang Boettcher
German editor, musician and music educator
14
Lisa Batiashvili
Georgian musician
15
Christian Thielemann
German conductor
16
Sergiu Celibidache
Romanian conductor
17
Lorin Maazel
French-American conductor
18
Bruno Seidler-Winkler
German pianist
19
Pierre Amoyal
French violinist
20
Hildegard Behrens
German operatic soprano
21
Thomas Sanderling
German conductor
22
Horst Laubenthal
German singer
23
Gundula Janowitz
Austrian opera soprano
24
George Benjamin
British composer, conductor, pianist and teacher
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Shlomo Mintz
Israeli violin virtuoso, violist and conductor
