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Alice Sara Ott

German classical pianist

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Amadeus Quartet

string quartet

2

André Previn

German-American pianist, conductor and composer

3

Anna Netrebko

Russian-born Austrian operatic soprano

4

Anna Prohaska

Austrian singer and opera singer

5

Anne Sofie von Otter

Swedish mezzo-soprano

6

Arthur Nikisch

Hungarian conductor

7

Carlo Maria Giulini

Italian conductor

8

Carlos Kleiber

German-born Austrian conductor

9

Charles Dutoit

Swiss conductor

10

Christian Thielemann

German conductor

11

Christoph Caskel

German musician and music educator

12

Claudio Abbado

Italian conductor (1933-2014)

13

Cornelius Cardew

English composer

14

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

German lyric baritone and conductor

15

Elvis Costello

English singer-songwriter

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Elīna Garanča

Latvian operatic lyric mezzo-soprano

17

Emerson String Quartet

string quartet

18

Esther Yoo

violinist

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Eugen Jochum

German conductor

20

Evgeny Kissin

Russian classical pianist

21

Ferenc Fricsay

Hungarian musician

22

Fritz Wunderlich

German tenor

23

Gidon Kremer

Latvian violinist and conductor

24

Gil Shaham

Israeli musician

25

Giuseppe Sinopoli

Italian conductor and composer

26

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

symphony orchestra based in Gothenburg, Sweden

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Gruppo di Improvvisazione di Nuova Consonanza

band

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György Ligeti

Hungarian composer

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Hagen Quartet

string quartet

30

Hans Werner Henze

German composer

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Harold Faltermeyer

German musician

32

Harrison Birtwistle

British composer

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Hauschka

German composer and pianist

34

Herbert von Karajan

Austrian conductor

35

Hilary Hahn

musician

36

Ida Haendel

Polish-born British violinist and violin teacher

37

Ildebrando D'Arcangelo

Italian bass-baritone

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Itzhak Perlman

Israeli-American violinist and conductor

39

Ivan Sardi

opera singer

40

Ivo Pogorelić

Croatian pianist

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James Levine

American conductor and pianist

42

Jan Lisiecki

Canadian pianist

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John Eliot Gardiner

English conductor

44

Jóhann Jóhannsson

Icelandic musician and composer

45

Karl Jenkins

Welsh musician and composer

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Karlheinz Stockhausen

German composer

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Kent Nagano

American conductor and opera administrator

48

Krystian Zimerman

Polish classical pianist

49

Leonard Bernstein

American composer, conductor, author, music lecturer, and pianist

50

Luigi Nono

Italian composer

51

Mari Silje Samuelsen

Norwegian musician

52

Mark-Anthony Turnage

English composer

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Martha Argerich

Argentine/Swiss pianist

54

Matt Haimovitz

Israelo-American and Canadian cellist and music producer

55

Mauricio Kagel

Argentine-German composer

56

Max Richter

British composer

57

Mischa Maisky

Latvian-Israeli cellist

58

Mstislav Rostropovich

Russian cellist and conductor

59

Myung-whun Chung

South Korean pianist and conductor

60

Narciso Yepes

Spanish classical guitarist

61

Neeme Järvi

Estonian conductor

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Oliver Knussen

British composer and conductor

63

Olivier Messiaen

French composer, organist and ornithologist

64

Osvaldo Golijov

Argentine composer of classical music

65

Pierre Boulez

French composer, conductor, writer and pianist

66

Pierre-Laurent Aimard

French pianist

67

Ravi Shankar

Indian sitar player (1920-2012)

68

Richard Galliano

French musician

69

Ryu Goto

violinist

70

Sayaka Shoji

Japanese musician

71

Seiji Ozawa

Japanese orchestra conductor

72

Siegfried Jerusalem

German opera vocalist

73

Steve Coy

British composer

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Steve Reich

American composer

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Sting

English musician

76

Thomas Adès

British composer, pianist and conductor

77

Thomas Quasthoff

German opera singer

78

Tokyo String Quartet

string quartet

79

Tori Amos

American singer-songwriter and pianist

80

Truls Mørk

Norwegian cellist.

81

Tōru Takemitsu

Japanese composer and writer on aesthetics and music theory (1930-1996)

82

Unsuk Chin

South Korean composer

83

Vadim Repin

Russian violinist

84

Vangelis

Greek musician and composer of electronic, progressive, ambient, jazz, and orchestral music

85

Victor de Sabata

Italian conductor and composer

86

Víkingur Ólafsson

Icelandic pianist

87

Witold Lutosławski

Polish composer and conductor

88

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Canadian conductor and pianist

89

Yuja Wang

Chinese pianist

90

Yundi Li

Chinese pianist

91

Yury Bashmet

Russian conductor, violinist, and violist