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Eugen Jochum
Eugen Jochum
German conductor
1
Christian Thielemann
Christian Thielemann
German conductor
2
Marek Janowski
Marek Janowski
German conductor
3
Sergiu Celibidache
Sergiu Celibidache
Romanian conductor
4
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Wolfgang Sawallisch
German conductor and pianist
5
Karl Böhm
Karl Böhm
Austrian conductor
6
Lorin Maazel
Lorin Maazel
French-American conductor
7
David Porcelijn
David Porcelijn
Dutch composer and conductor
8
Günter Wand
Günter Wand
German orchestra conductor
9
Wiener Singverein
Wiener Singverein
concert choir
10
Mariss Jansons
Mariss Jansons
Latvian conductor
11
William Steinberg
William Steinberg
American conductor
12
Jonathan Darlington
Jonathan Darlington
British conductor
13
Genia Kühmeier
Genia Kühmeier
Austrian singer and opera singer
14
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Canadian conductor and pianist
15
Kirill Petrenko
Kirill Petrenko
Russian conductor
16
Herbert von Karajan
Herbert von Karajan
Austrian conductor
17
Kiri Te Kanawa
Kiri Te Kanawa
New Zealand opera singer
18
Arthur Nikisch
Arthur Nikisch
Hungarian conductor
19
Otto Klemperer
Otto Klemperer
German conductor and composer
20
Simon Rattle
Simon Rattle
British conductor
21
JoAnn Falletta
JoAnn Falletta
American conductor
22
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
German lyric baritone and conductor
23
Peter Erős
Peter Erős
Hungarian-American symphony and opera conductor
24
Hans Richter
Hans Richter
Austrian-Hungarian orchestral and operatic conductor
25
Fabio Luisi
Fabio Luisi
Italian conductor
26
Erich Leinsdorf
Erich Leinsdorf
American conductor
27
Yuja Wang
Yuja Wang
Chinese pianist
28
Carl Schuricht
Carl Schuricht
German conductor
29
Claudio Abbado
Claudio Abbado
Italian conductor (1933-2014)
30
Sarah Chang
Sarah Chang
violinist
31
Charles Mackerras
Charles Mackerras
Australian conductor
32
Ben Heppner
Ben Heppner
Canadian opera singer
33
Valery Gergiev
Valery Gergiev
Russian conductor and opera company director
34
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
German composer
35
Helen Donath
Helen Donath
American soprano
36
Markus Stenz
Markus Stenz
German conductor
37
Eva Lind
Eva Lind
Austrian operatic soprano
Intro
Australian conductor
Awards Received
Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
Victorian Honour Roll of Women
Goethe Medal
Young Australian of the Year
Brahms-Preis
Member of the Order of Australia
Music

Simone Margaret Young AM (born 2 March 1961) is an Australian conductor. She has worked with numerous companies in a principal role, including the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Opera Australia, Hamburg State Opera, Philharmoniker Hamburg, Gulbenkian Orchestra, and the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne. In 2022 she is due to become the chief conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Young is also the first female conductor to record the complete Ring Cycle of Richard Wagner, and the complete symphonies of Anton Bruckner.