0
Vladimir Jurowski
Vladimir Jurowski
Russian conductor
1
Roger Norrington
Roger Norrington
British conductor
2
Stéphane Denève
Stéphane Denève
French conductor
3
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Canadian conductor and pianist
4
Andrew Manze
Andrew Manze
English violinist and conductor
5
Fabio Luisi
Fabio Luisi
Italian conductor
6
Christian Thielemann
Christian Thielemann
German conductor
7
Simon Rattle
Simon Rattle
British conductor
8
Claudio Abbado
Claudio Abbado
Italian conductor (1933-2014)
9
Anna S. Þorvaldsdóttir
Anna S. Þorvaldsdóttir
Icelandic composer
10
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Austrian conductor
11
Thomas Dausgaard
Thomas Dausgaard
Danish conductor
12
Valery Gergiev
Valery Gergiev
Russian conductor and opera company director
13
Carlos Kleiber
Carlos Kleiber
German-born Austrian conductor
14
Colin Davis
Colin Davis
British conductor
15
Sakari Oramo
Sakari Oramo
Finnish conductor
16
Mariss Jansons
Mariss Jansons
Latvian conductor
17
Lorin Maazel
Lorin Maazel
French-American conductor
18
Kent Nagano
Kent Nagano
American conductor and opera administrator
19
Andrew Davis
Andrew Davis
British conductor
20
James Loughran
James Loughran
British conductor
21
Kirill Karabits
Kirill Karabits
Ukrainian conductor
22
Matthias Bamert
Matthias Bamert
Swiss composer and conductor
23
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Icelandic pianist and conductor from Russia
24
Yan Pascal Tortelier
Yan Pascal Tortelier
French conductor and violinist
25
Charles Mackerras
Charles Mackerras
Australian conductor
26
Xian Zhang
Xian Zhang
Chinese-American conductor
27
Daníel Bjarnason
Daníel Bjarnason
Icelandic composer
28
Michael Schønwandt
Michael Schønwandt
Danish conductor
29
David Zinman
David Zinman
American conductor and violinist
30
Zubin Mehta
Zubin Mehta
Indian conductor
31
David Porcelijn
David Porcelijn
Dutch composer and conductor
32
Hannu Lintu
Hannu Lintu
Finnish conductor
33
John Barbirolli
John Barbirolli
British conductor and cellist
34
Neeme Järvi
Neeme Järvi
Estonian conductor
35
Jonathan Darlington
Jonathan Darlington
British conductor
36
Alan Gilbert
Alan Gilbert
American conductor and violinist
37
Thomas Adès
Thomas Adès
British composer, pianist and conductor
38
William Steinberg
William Steinberg
American conductor
39
Carlo Maria Giulini
Carlo Maria Giulini
Italian conductor
40
Marek Janowski
Marek Janowski
German conductor
41
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London based symphony orchestra