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2007 Mstislav Rostropovich, cellist, conductor, commissioned new works, enlarged cello repertoire more than any cellist, considered greatest cellist of 20th century, died of intestinal cancer
2004 Carlos Kleiber, conductor, dies at 74 1998 Klaus Tennstedt, conductor, dies at 71 1997 Georg Solti, conductor, dead, dies at 84 1997 Sir Georg Solti, conductor, dies at 84 1997 Sandor Vegh, violinist teacher and conductor, dies at 84 1996 Berthold Goldschmidt, composer and conductor, dies at 93 1996 Sergiu Celibidache, conductor, dies at 84 1996 Rafael Jeronym Kubelik, conductor, dies at 82 1996 Gianandrea Gavazzeni, conductor, dies at 86 1996 Henry Jay Lewis, conductor, dies at 63 1995 Golfredo Corradetti, conductor, dies at 79 1995 Vaclav Neummann, conductor, dies at 74 1995 Anatole Fistoulari, conductor, dies at 88 1995 Charles Bruck, Hungarian/French/U.S. conductor (Dutch Opera), dies at 83 1995 Jorge Peixinho, pianist, conductor, composer, studied with Pierre Boulez, founder, Lisbon Contemporary Music Group, dies in Lisbon, Portugal 1995 Frank Chacksfield, conductor/arranger, dies at 81 1995 Max Rudolf, conductor, dies at 92 1995 Alexander Gibson, British conductor/founder (Scottish Opera), dies at 68 1995 Alexander Gibson, conductor, dies at 69 1995 Eduardo Mata, Mexican conductor, dies in air crash at 52 1994 Hans de Jong, musician/conductor (Amsterdams Vrouwenkoor), dies at 86 1994 Irwin Kostal, U.S. arranger/conductor (Sound of Music), dies at 83 1994 Kurt Eichhorn, conductor, dies at 85 1994 Boris Alexandrov, conductor, Red Army Song/Dance Ensemble, dies at 88 1994 Louis Kaufman, U.S. violinist and conductor (Gone with the Wind), dies at 88 1994 Ignace Strasfogel, Polish/US pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 84 1994 Norman Del Mar, conductor/writer (Conducting Brahms), dies at 74 1994 Jay Blackton, U.S. conductor/arranger (Oklahoma!), dies at 84 1994 Jay Blackton, broadway Conductor (Oklahoma!), dies at 84 1993 John Williams final appearance as conductor of Boston Pops 1993 Bruce Ferden, U.S. conductor (NY, Washington, Amsterdam), dies at 44 1993 Erich Leinsdorf, Austria/US conductor/author (Cadenza), dies at 81 1993 Szymon Goldberg, Polish violinist and conductor, dies at 84 1993 Cor de Great, pianist/conductor/composer (Vernissage), dies at 78 1993 Kees Deenik, singer/conductor 1993 Jan D Boeke, Dutch organist/conductor, dies 1993 John D Boeke, organist/conductor, dies 1993 Leonce Gras, Flemish singer/conductor, dies at 84 1992 Maurice le Roux, French conductor and composer (Contes immoraux), dies 1992 Lawrence Welk, conductor/accordionist (Lawrence Welk Show), dies at 89 1991 Andre Vandernoot, Flemish fluitist/conductor, dies at 64 1991 Andrzei Panufkin, Polish/British conductor and composer (Sinfonia Sacra), dies 1991 Carmine Coppola, composer and conductor (Godfather II), dies at 80 1991 Willi Boskovsky, Austrian conductor (new years concert), dies at 81 1989 John M Pritchard, British conductor, dies at 68 1989 Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor, dies at 81 1989 Vaclav Kaslik, Czechoslovakian opera composer and conductor, dies at 71 1988 Antal Dorati, Hungarian/US conductor/composer, dies at 82 1988 Arwel Hughes, composer, choral and orchestral music conductor, composer, organist, studied with Ralph Vaughan Williams at Royal College of Music, known for large-scale oratorios Saint David and Pantycelyn, dies at 79 1988 Rogier van Otterloo, Dutch composer and conductor, dies at 46 1986 Daniel Sternefeld, Belgian conductor and composer (Elegie), dies at 80 1985 Karl Marx, German composer and conductor, dies at 87 1985 Eugene Ormandy [Blau], Hungarian/US conductor, dies at 85 1985 George Schick, Czechoslovakian conductor (Chicago Symphony), dies at 76 1984 Piet Ketting, Dutch pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 79 1983 Alfredo Antonini, conductor (Jane Froman Canteen), dies at 82 1983 Earl "Fatha" Hines, U.S., jazz pianist/conductor, dies 1983 Adrian Boult, conductor, dies 1982 Leo Pappenheim, conductor, dies at 86 1982 Piet van Egmond, organist/conductor, dies at 70 1982 Wilfred Pelletier, symph conductor (Voice of Firestone), dies at 85 1981 Karl Bohm, Austria conductor, dies at 86 1981 Kirill Petrovich Kondrashin, Russian conductor/composer, dies at 67 1981 Howard Hanson, U.S. composer and conductor (Nordic), dies at 84 1980 Andre Kostelanetz, Russian conductor, dies at 78 1979 Julia A Perry, U.S. composer and conductor (Soul Symphony), dies at 55 1978 [John] Willem van Otterloo, conductor and composer (Symphonic), dies at 70 1978 Tolchard Evans, composer and conductor, dies 1976 Jean Martinon, French conductor/composer, dies at 66 1975 Frans van Amelsvoort, choir conductor, dies at 75 1975 Arthur Bliss, English composer and conductor (Checkmate), dies at 83 1975 Franz Andre, Belgian conductor, dies at 81 1973 Bruno Maderna, Italian composer and conductor (Satyricon), dies at 53 1973 Pablo Casals, Spanish cellist, conductor and composer, dies at 96 1973 Eduard Flipse, Dutch conductor/composer, dies at 77 1973 Otto Klemperer, German/US conductor, dies at 88 1973 Charles Ancerl, Czechoslovakian conductor (Prague/Toronto), dies at 63 1973 Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Germ composer and conductor (Hassan), dies at 73 1973 Istvan Kertesz, Hungarian/German conductor (London Symphony), dies at 43 1973 Safford Cape, US/Belgian conductor/composer/musicologist, dies at 67 1973 Paul Klecki/Kletzki, Polish violinist, composer and conductor, dies at 72 1973 Lucijan Marija Skerjanc, Yugoslav composer and conductor, dies at 72 1973 Jef Alpaerts, Flemish pianist/conductor, dies at 68 1972 Lambertus "Bertus" van Lyre, composer and conductor (Dike), dies at 65 1972 Howard Barlow, conductor (Voice of Firestone), dies at 79 1971 Fernand Quinet, Belgian composer and conductor (Guerre), dies at 73 1971 Bernhard Paumgartner, Austrian conductor/composer, dies at 83 1970 George Szell, Hungarian/U.S. conductor, Cleveland Orchestra, dies at 73 1970 John G B Barbirolli, English conductor/composer, dies at 70 1970 John Barbirolli, English conductor, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, dies at 70 1970 Jacob H "Jaap" Stotijn, oboist/conductor, dies at 78 1969 Ernest Ansermet, Swiss conductor/composer, dies at 85 1968 Charles Munch, French/U.S. conductor, Boston Symphony Orchestra, dies at 77 1968 Joseph Keilberth, German conductor (Bayreuther Festival), dies 1967 Malcolm Sargent, English conductor (Last Night of Proms), dies at 72 1966 Hermann Scherchen, German conductor/music publisher, dies at 74 1965 Pierre Cardevielle, French composer and conductor (L'ile Rouge), dies at 59 1965 Desire-Emile Inghelbrecht, French composer and conductor, dies at 84 1964 Pierre Monteux, French/U.S. conductor, Concert Building Orchestra, dies at 89 1964 John Finley Williamson, conductor (Westminster Choir), dies at 76 1963 Winifried P I Zillig, German composer and conductor (Opfer), dies at 58 1963 Fritz Reiner, Hungarian/U.S. conductor, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, dies at 74 1962 Volkmar Andreae, Swiss conductor and composer (Bruckner), dies at 82 1962 Bruno Walter, symphony conductor (New York Philharmonic), dies at 85 1961 Thomas Beecham, English conductor (Last Night of the Prom), dies at 81 1960 Dimitri Mitropoulos, Greek/US conductor/composer, dies at 64 1960 Hubert Cuypers, composer/choir conductor (Missa Populi), dies at 86 1959 Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian composer/pianist/conductor, dies at 72 1959 Eduard A van Beinum, Dutch musician/conductor, dies at 57 1958 Artur Rodzinski, Polish conductor/composer, dies at 66 1958 Antonius "Toon" Verhey, violin cellist/conductor, dies at 63 1958 Esa-Pekka Salonen, born in Helsinki, Finland, conductor, Giro 1958 William C. Handy, U.S. conductor and composer (St. Louis Blues), dies at 84 1957 Sem Dresden, Dutch composer and conductor, dies at 76 1957 Arturo Toscanini, Italian U.S. conductor (NBC), dies in New York City at 89 1956 Reinhold M Gliere, Ukrainian conductor and composer (Gjulsura), dies at 81 1956 Hermann Abendroth, German conductor (Gewandhausorkest), dies at 73 1956 Gunther Ramin, German organist/composer/choir conductor, dies at 57 1956 Erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor, dies 1955 Simon Rattle, born in England, orchestra conductor, Birmingham Symphony Orchestra 1954 Peter Van Anrooy, conductor and composer (Piet Hein Rhapsodie), dies at 75 1954 Wilhelm Furtwangler, German conductor/composer, dies at 68 1954 Francis L Casadesus, French violinist, composer and conductor, dies at 83 1954 Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor (Vienna State Opera), dies at 61 1953 Jon Faddis, born in Oakland, California, musician, jazz trumpeter, conductor, composer, music educator, sound compared to his mentor, Dizzy Gillespie, member Lionel Hampton's big band, led Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, released Grammy-Award nominated work, Remembrances, 1999 1953 Riccardo Chailly, born in Milan, Italy, conductor, West Berlin Symphony Orchestra 1953 Myung-Whun Chung, Seoul South Korea, pianist/conductor 1953 Ludomir Rozycki, Polish composer and conductor (Casanova), dies at 68 1952 Albert van Raalte, conductor, Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, dies at 62 1952 Zoltan Kocsis, born in Budapest, Hungary, composer, pianist, conductor, musical director, Hungarian National Philharmonic 1951 Serge Koussevitsky, conductor/composer, dies at 76 1951 J Willem Mengelberg, Dutch conductor (Matthaus Passion), dies at 79 1950 Karl Straube, German organist/conductor, dies 1950 James Conlon, born in New York City, conductor, Cincinnati May Festival-1979 1949 Henri Rabaud, French composer and conductor (L'ete), dies at 75 1949 Joaquin Turina, Spanish pianist/conductor/composer (Rima), dies at 66 1948 Oscar L Fernandez, Brazilian conductor and composer (Imbapara), dies at 50 1948 Peter Ruzicka, born in Dusseldorf, Germany, professor, composer, conductor, composes stage, orchestral, chamber, piano, vocal music 1948 Barry Wordsworth, conductor 1947 Gerard Schwarz, born in Weehawken, New Jersey, trumpeter/conductor, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra 1947 Else JT Rangstrom, Swedish conductor/singer/composer/critic, dies 1947 Alfredo Casella, Italian composer and conductor (La Giara), dies at 63 1947 David Porcelijn, Dutch composer and conductor 1946 Christopher Keene, born in Berkeley, California, conductor, La Traviata 1946 Giuseppe Sinopoli, Venice Italy, conductor and composer, Sunnyata 1946 Granville Ransome Bantock, English composer and conductor, dies at 78 1946 Paul Lincke, German composer and conductor (Lysistrata), dies at 79 1946 Paul August von Klenau, Danish opera composer and conductor, dies at 63 1946 Aleksander V Aleksandrov, Russian composer and conductor, dies at 63 1945 John Mauceri, born in New York City, conductor, Washington D.C. Opera 1944 Michael Tilson Thomas, born in Los Angeles, California, conductor, New York Phil Young People 1944 Willem Breuker, Dutch saxophonist/conductor, WB Collective 1944 Leonard Slatkin, born in Los Angeles, California, conductor, Concert Orchestra, Netherlands 1944 Henry J Wood, English conductor (My Life of Music, Proms), dies at 75 1944 Leif Segerstam, born in Vaasa, Finland, composer, chief conductor, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra 1995 - 2007, professor Sibelius Academy 1944 Andrew Davis, Ashbridge, England, conductor, New Philharmonic Orchestra London 1944 Neely Bruce, born in America, composer, conductor, pianist, scholar of American music, Professor of Music and American Studies at Wesleyan University, chorus director for Connecticut Opera 1944 Peter Eotvos, born in Odorheiu Secuiesc, Hungary, now Romania, composer, conductor, works include 'Love and Other Demons' 1943 Udo Zimmermann, born in Dresden, Germany, composer, conductor, artistic director, music director, Leipzig Opera House 1943 Edward Cowie, born in Birmingham, England, composer, orchestral, chamber, choral works, conductor, painter, author 1943 Roger Smalley, born in Manchester, England, composer, pianist, conductor, studied with Alexander Goehr, specialty, improvisation, live electronics 1943 James Levine, musical conductor, Tosca, dir, Metropolitan Opera 1943 James Levine, British conductor 1942 Daniel Barenboim, Buenos Aires Argentinia, pianist/conductor 1942 Michel Tabachnik, Swiss composer and conductor 1942 Eduardo Mata, Mexico City Mexico, conductor, Improvisaciones 1942 Hans Vonk, Dutch conductor 1942 Felix Paul von Weingartner, Austria conductor/composer, dies at 79 1942 Henryk Opienski, Polish composer/musicologist/conductor, dies at 72 1941 Rogier van Otterloo, Dutch composer and conductor 1941 John Nelson, San Jose Costa Rica, conductor, Les Troyens of Berlioz 1941 Riccardo Muti, born in Napoli, Italy, conductor, Philadelphia Orchestra 1941 Edo de Waart, Amsterdam Holland, conductor, Houston Opera-1976 1941 Hamilton Hamilton Harty, composer and conductor, dies at 61 1940 Fritz Volbach, German musicologist/conductor/composer, dies at 78 1940 Murray Sidlin, born in Baltimore, Maryland, conductor, National Symph 1973-77 1940 Jesus Lopez-Cobos, Toro Spain, conductor, International Conductor Competition 1940 Christoph Eschenbach, Breslau, Germany, pianist/conductor 1940 Jorge Peixinho, born in Montijo, Portugal, pianist, conductor, composer, studied with Pierre Boulez, founder, Lisbon Contemporary Music Group 1939 Walter Weller, Vienna Austria, conductor, Vienna Tonkustler Orchestra 1939 Leo Brouwer, born in Havana, Cuba, Juan Leovigildo Brouwer Mezquida, composer, conductor, guitarist, studied under Vincent Persichetti, Stefan Wolpe, composed solo guitar pieces, over 40 film scores, and several guitar concertos 1939 E Fernandez Arbos, Spanish violinist/conductor/composer, dies at 75 1939 Marlos Nobre, born in Recife, Brazil, composer, pianist, conductor, commissioned by Free University of Music, Sao Paulo, Ministry of Culture 1939 Johann Strauss, Austrian conductor/Royal ball director, dies at 72 1938 Yuri Temirkanov, Nalchik Russia, conductor, Kirov 1938 Jose Serebrier, Montevideo Uruguay, conductor and composer, Star Wagon 1938 Maxim Shostakovich, Leningrad Russia, conductor, Atlanta Symph 1938 Eduard van Beinum becomes world's 1st conductor at Concert Hall 1937 Vladimir Ashkenazy, Gorki Rus, pianist/conductor, Tchakowsky-1961 1937 Neeme Jarvi, born in Tallinn, Estonia, conductor, Estonia Opera 1971 1937 Judith Somogi, New York City, conductor, Frankfurt Opera-1982 1937 Paul Mefano, born in France, composer, conductor, founded Ensemble 2e2m, premiered over 500 works by young composers, including James Dillon and Franco Donatoni, directed the Conservatory of Versailles 1996 - 2005 1936 Hans Zender, born in Wiesbaden, Germany, composer, conductor, music professor, Conductor in Chief of the Chamber Orchestra of Radio Netherlands in Hilversum, Southwest German Radio guest conductor 1936 James De Preist, Philadelphia Penn, conductor, Mitropolos 1964 1936 Michel Decoust, born in Paris, France, composer, conductor, studied with Pierre Boulez, teacher, founder, Pantin Conservatoire Municipal de Musique 1936 David Joel Zinman, born in New York City, composer and conductor, Baltimore Symphony 1983 1936 Zubin Mehta, born in Bombay, India, conductor, New York Philharmonic 1936 Eve Queler, New York City, conductor 1935 Elgar Howarth, born in Cannock, England, composer, conductor, educated at Manchester University, member of group, New Music Manchester 1935 Seiji Ozawa, Hoten Manchuria, conductor, Boston Symphony Orchestra 1935 Seiji Ozawa, Fentian Shenyan, Manchuria, orchestra conductor 1935 Jorge Mester, born in Mexico City, Mexico, conductor, Louisville Orchestra 1967 - 1979 1935 Noam Sheriff, born in Tel Aviv, Israel, musician, composer, conductor, most renowned Israeli musician, director of Haifa Symphony Orchestra 1935 Harold Martina, Netherland Antilles, pianist/conductor 1934 David Lloyd-Jones, conductor 1934 Philippe Entremont, born in France, pianist/conductor, Vienna Chamber Orchestra 1934 Peter Nero, New York City, conductor/pianist, A Sunday in New York 1934 Willem Kes, violinist, composer and conductor, dies at 78 1934 Aldo Ceccato, born in Milan, Italy, conductor, Detroit Symphony Orchestra 1973 - 1977 1933 Rafael Frubeck de Burgos, Burgos, Spain, conductor, World of Song 1933 Tam s Vasary, pianist/conductor 1933 Max Schillings, German composer and conductor (Mona Lisa), dies at 65 1933 Claudio Abbado, Milan Italy, composer and conductor, London Symph-1982 1933 Christian Ferras, French violinist and conductor 1933 Darijan Bozic, born in Slavonski Brod, Croatia, composer, conductor, manager, artistic director of The Slovene National Theater Opera and Ballet Ljubljana 1933 Alexander Schmuller, Russian/Dutch violinist and conductor, dies at 52 1933 Antonio Nicolau, Spanish composer and conductor, dies at 74 1933 Richard Dufallo, born in Chicago, Illinois, clarinetist/conductor 1932 Henry Jay Lewis, born in Los Angeles, California, conductor/bass, LA Philharmonic 1955-59 1932 Hugo Kaun, music teacher, conductor, composer, wrote Romantic style operas, symphonies, organ, piano works, dies at 69 in Berlin, Germany 1932 John Towner Williams, Flushing, New York, composer and conductor, Boston Pops 1931 Gunther Herbig, Usti-nad-Labem Czechoslovakia, conductor, East Berlin Orchestra 1931 Evert Cornelis, Dutch conductor/pianist, dies 1931 Hikaru Hayashi, born in Tokyo, Japan, composer, conductor, pianist, wrote more than 30 operas, over 100 film scores, authored more than 20 books 1931 James Loughran, British conductor 1931 Arne Nordheim, born in Larvik, Norway, conductor and composer, Aftonland 1931 Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, born in Moscow, Russia, conductor, U.S.S.R. State Radio 1930 Richard Bonynge, Sydney Australia, conductor, Australia Orchestra Sydney 1976 1930 Carlos Kleiber, Berlin Germany, conductor, Bavarian State Orchestra 1968 1930 Willem G Statius Muller, Netherlands Antilles, conductor/pianist/composer 1930 Maurice Peress, born in New York City, conductor, KC Philharmonic 1974-80 1930 Thomas Schippers, born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, conductor, Amahl and Night Visitors 1930 Lorin Maazel, born in Neuilly, France, conductor, NBC Symphony Orchestra 1941 1929 Kenneth DeWitt Schermerhorn, Schenectady, New York, conductor, Amer Ballet 1929 Harold Farberman, New York City, conductor and composer, Medea 1929 Christoph von Dohnanyi, Berlin Germany, conductor/pianist, Cleveland Orchestra 1929 Istvan Kertesz, Budapest Hungary, conductor, Budapest Opera 1953-57 1929 John Alldis, composer and conductor 1929 Andre Previn, born in Berlin, Germany, conductor London Symphony, and pianist 1929 Bernard Haitink, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, conductor, London Philharmonic Orchestra 1969 - 1978 1928 Evgeny Svetlanov, born in Moscow, Russia, conductor, Siberian Fantasy 1928 Leos Janacek, Czechoslovakian composer and conductor (Sly Little Fox), dies at 74 1928 Leon Fleisher, born in San Francisco, California, pianist/conductor, Annapolis Symph 1973-77 1928 Sergiu Comissiona, born in Buch, Romania, conductor, Haifa Symph 1959-64 1928 Jean-Francois Pailliard, Vitry-le-Francois France, conductor 1927 John Downey, born in Chicago, Illinois, composer, pianist, conductor, professor of composition and theory, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, founder, director of the Wisconsin Contemporary Music Forum 1927 Colin Rex Davis, Weybridge England, conductor, New York Met 1967-71 1927 Raymond Leppard, born in London, England, conductor, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra 1927 Michael Gielen, Austrian conductor/composer 1927 Herbert Blomstedt, born in Springfield, Massachusetts, conductor, Oslo Phil 1954-61 1927 Andre Vandernoot, Flemish conductor, Royal Flemish Opera 1927 Mstislav Rostropovich, born in Russia, Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich, nickname "Slava", cellist, conductor, commissioned new works, enlarged cello repertoire more than any cellist, considered greatest cellist of 20th century 1926 Klaus Tennstedt, born in Merseburg, Germany, conductor, Fidelio 1926 Edouard Van Remoortel, Brussels, conductor, 1958-62 St. Louis Symph 1926 Werner Torkanowsky, born in Berlin, Germany, conductor, New Orleans Symph 1926 Alexander Gibson, British conductor/founder, Scottish Opera 1926 Alexander Gibson, conductor 1925 Charles Mackerras, Schenectady, New York, Australian conductor 1925 Manos Hadjidakis, Greek composer and conductor, Never on Sunday 1925 Pierre Boulez, born in Montbrison, France, composer and conductor, Visage Nuptial 1925 Marius Constant, Rumania, Dutch composer and conductor, Paradise Lost 1924 Georges Pratre, Waziers France, conductor, New York Met 1924 Victor Herbert, Irish/US cellist/ composer and conductor, dies at 65 1924 Henry Mancini, born in Cleveland, composer and conductor, Pink Panther 1924 Neville Marriner, born in Lincoln, England, conductor, Minnesota Orchestra 1978 1924 Sarah Caldwell, born in Maryville, Missouri, conductor/opera director, Flagstaff 1923 Louis Lane, born in Eagle Pass, Texas, conductor, Oere Orchestra 1968 - 1973 1923 Robert Craft, Kingston, New York, conductor, Stravinsky-follower 1923 Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Lwow Poland, conductor, Die Zauberflote 1923 Wolfgang Sawallisch, Munich Ger, conductor, Vienna Symph 1960-70 1923 Anton Kersjes, violinist and conductor, Amsterdam Philharmonic Orchestra 1921 Nelson Riddle, Oradell, New Jersey, musical conductor, Batman, Frank Sinatra 1921 Julius Rudel, born in Vienna Austria, conductor, New York City Opera 1957 1921 Ruth Gipps, British conductor/composer 1921 John M Pritchard, born in London, England, conductor 1921 Alfred Reed, born in New York, New York, composer, wrote over 200 works for orchestra, chorus, concert band, chamber ensemble, wind ensemble, guest conductor, performing in Europe, Asia, Latin America, North America 1920 Alberto Nepomuceno, Brazilian composer and conductor (Artemis), dies at 56 1920 Alberto Nepomuceno, Brazilian composer and conductor (Artemis), dies at 56 1920 Vaclav Neummann, conductor 1920 Richard Hayman, bandleader, conductor and pianist, Theme of 3 Penny Opera 1919 Sven-Erik Beck, Swedish violinist, composer and conductor 1919 Akeo Watanabe, born in Tokyo, Japan, conductor, Nippon Philharmonic Orchestra 1956 - 1968 1919 Royalton Kisch, British conductor 1918 Howard Shanet, born in Brooklyn, New York, conductor, Night of the Tropics 1918 Louis W. "Louis" Stotijn, bassoonist/conductor, Residence Orchestra 1918 Leonard Bernstein, Lawrence, Massachusetts, conductor and composer, West Side Story 1918 Sixten Ehrling, born in Malmo, Sweden, conductor, Royal Opera of Stockholm 1917 Albert de Klerk, Dutch composer and conductor 1917 Vaclav Kaslik, Czechoslovakia, opera composer and conductor 1917 Robert Farnon, composer and conductor /arranger 1917 Geraint Jones, conductor/organist 1917 Andre A Rieu, Dutch conductor 1917 Thomas K Scherman, New York City, conductor, Little Orchestra Society 1947 - 1975 1917 Walter Hendl, West New York, New Jersey, conductor 1916 Robert Shaw, born in Red Bluff, California, chorale conductor, Robert Shaw Chorale 1916 Yehudi Menuhin, born in New York City, New York, Lord Menuhin, Baron Menuhin, violinist, conductor, writer, studied under George Enescu, Louis Persinger, Adolf Busch 1916 Yehudi Menuhin, born in New York City, violinist and conductor, Bartok's Sonata 1916 Harry Rabinowitz, British composer and conductor 1916 Edward H J Keurvels, Flemish conductor and composer (Parisina), dies at 62 1916 Martindale Sidwell, organist/conductor 1915 Golfredo Corradetti, conductor 1915 Igor Buketoff, Hartford Conn, conductor, Iceland Symph 1964-65 1915 Dean Dixon, born in Zug, Switzerland, conductor 1914 Ivan Zajc, conductor, composer, opened doors for 20th century achievements in Croatian music, wrote opera, La Tirolese, 1855, dies at 82 in Zagreb, Croatia 1914 Hein J M Jordans, Dutch conductor 1914 Ferenc Fricsay, Hungarian conductor 1914 Cor de Groot, pianist/conductor/composer, Old-Dutch Suite 1914 Frederick Fennell, born in Cleveland, Ohio, conductor, Time and Winds 1914 Rafael Kubelik, born in Bychory, Czechoslovakia, conductor, Cornelia Farooli 1914 Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor 1914 Kirill P. Kondrashin, born in Moscow, Russia, conductor, Hollywood Bowl 1981 1914 Jean Louvel, Flemish pianist/conductor/composer 1913 Thor Johnson, Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin, conductor, Cincinnati Symphony 1958 1913 Gyula David, born in Hungary, composer, violinist, conductor, studied at the Liszt academy, conducted for the National Theatre 1945 - 1949, wrote folk song music and 12 tone serial music 1913 Walter Susskind, Praha, Prague, Czechoslovakia, conductor 1913 Jean Fournet, French conductor 1913 Harriet Tubman, abolitionist, conductor on Underground RR, dies in NY 1913 Oskar Danon, born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, composer, conductor, earned Ph.D. musicology in Prague, Czechoslovakia, conductor, director for Belgrade Opera, chief conductor Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra 1912 Georg Solti, Budapest Hungary, conductor, Fidelio 1912 Kurt Sanderling, Arys Germany, conductor, E Berlin Symph 1960-77 1912 Herman Strategier, Dutch organist/ composer and conductor 1912 Eleazar de Carvalho, born in Iguatu, Brazil, conductor/tuba, Tiradentes 1912 Igor Markevitch, born in Kiev, Ukraine, conductor, Le Paradis Perdu 1912 Sergiu Celibidache, conductor 1912 Sandor Vegh, violinist teacher conductor 1912 Piet van Egmond, Dutch organist/conductor, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra 1912 Erich Leinsdorf, Vienna Austria, available conductor and banana eater 1911 Enrique Jorda, born in San Sebastian, Spain, conductor, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra 1970 1910 Lehman Engel, Jackson, Mississippi, conductor/comp, Streetcar Named Desire 1910 Rudolf Kempe, born in Niederpoyritz, Germany, conductor, Tonhalle Orchestra 1965 - 1972 1910 Carmine Coppola, composer and conductor, Godfather II, Apocalypse Now 1910 Aleksandr T. Tvardovski, Russian conductor 1910 Edouard [Judas] Colonne, French violinist and conductor, dies 1910 Izler Solomon, St. Paul, Minnesota, conductor 1910 Jean Martinon, Lyons France, conductor/composer 1909 Alberto Erede, Italian conductor 1909 Arwel Hughes, born in Wales, composer, choral and orchestral music conductor, composer, organist, studied with Ralph Vaughan Williams at Royal College of Music, known for large-scale oratorios Saint David and Pantycelyn 1909 Gianandrea Gavazzeni, conductor 1909 Milton Katims, born in New York City, conductor/violist, WOR-NYC 1909 Willi Boskovsky, born in Austria, conductor, new years concert 1909 Szymon Goldberg, Polish/US violinist and conductor, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra 1909 Jay Blackton, born in New York City, conductor/arranger, Guys and Dolls 1908 Kurt Eichhorn, conductor 1908 Leonce Grass, Flemish singer/conductor 1908 Hans de Jong, musician/conductor, De Damrakkertjes 1908 Joseph Keilberth, German conductor, Bayreuther Festspiele 1908 Karel Ancerl, Czechoslovakian conductor, Prague/Toronto 1908 Percy Faith, conductor, Summer Place 1908 George Schick, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, conductor, Chicago Symphony 1908 Herbert von Karajan, born in Austria, Nazi and conductor, Berlin Philharmonic 1907 Willem Van Otterloo, Winterwijk Holland, conductor, Melbourne 1967-71 1907 Anatole Fistoulari, conductor 1907 Camargo Guarnieri, Brazil, composer and conductor 1907 Janos Ferencsik, Budapest Hungary, conductor, Budapest Opera 1906 Lambertus "Bertus" van Lyre, composer and conductor, Hooglied 1906 Safford Cape, US/Belgian conductor/composer/music historian 1906 Antal Dorati, born in Budapest, Hungary, conductor, Dresden Opera 1928-29 1906 Anton Stepanovich Arensky, Russian composer and conductor c t, dies at 44 1906 Hendrik W. C. Spruit, Dutch conductor 1906 Pierre Cardevielle, French composer and conductor, Amants Captifs 1905 Daniel Sternefeld, Belgian conductor and composer, Mater Dolorosa 1905 Boris Alexandrov, conductor, Red Army Song/Dance Ensemble 1905 Boyd Neel, born in London, England, conductor, Story of an Orchestra 1905 Winfried P I Zillig, German opera composer and conductor, Fantasia Irica 1905 Michael Kemp Tippett, English composer and conductor, Child of our Time 1904 Piet Ketting, pianist/conductor/composer, Glorify Kokila 1904 Jef Alpaerts, Flemish pianist/conductor 1904 Robert Whitney, Newcastle-on-Tyne England, conductor, Sospiro do Roma 1904 Richard Hol, Dutch composer/organist/conductor, dies at 78 1903 Donald Voorhees, born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, conductor, Bell Telephone Hour 1903 Jean Morel, Abbeville France, conductor 1903 Maurice Abravanel, Saloniki Greece, conductor/composer 1902 Eugen Jochum, Babenhausen Bavaria, German conductor, Hamburg Orchestra 1902 Charles W. J. Mengelberg, Dutch composer and conductor 1902 Antonia Brico, born in Rotterdam, Holland, conductor/pianist, Antonia 1902 Max Rudolf, born in Frankfurt, Germany, conductor, Goteberg Symphony Orchestra 1902 Henk Schaer, Hendricus JM Schaareman, actor/conductor 1902 Josef Krips, born in Vienna, Austria, conductor, London Symph 1954-63 1902 Rudolf Moralt, German conductor, Vienna Philharmonic 1901 Andre Kostelanetz, St. Petersburg Russia, conductor, Lincoln Portrari 1901 Eduard A van Beinum, Dutch musician/conductor 1901 Hendrik Diels, Flemish conductor 1901 Peter Benoit, Flemish composer and conductor (High Mass), dies at 66 1900 Lucijan Marija Skerjanc, Yugoslavia, composer and conductor 1900 Leon Barzin, Brussels Belgium, conductor, New York City Ballet 1948-58 1900 Efrem Kurtz, St. Petersburg Russia, conductor, Houston Symph 1948-54 1900 Marinus Adam, Dutch conductor/composer 1900 Fred Waring, Tyrone, Pennsylvania, musician/conductor/inventor, Waring Blender 1900 Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, German composer and conductor, Hassan gewinnt 1900 Paul Klecki/Kletzki, Polish violinist, composer and conductor 1899 Karl Millocker, Austrian conductor and composer (Try-out Kiss), dies at 57 1899 Frans van Amelsvoort, Dutch choir conductor 1899 John Barbirolli, English conductor, New York Philharmonic Orchestra 1899 Eugene Ormandy, Blau, Budapest Hungary, conductor, Philadelphia Orchestra 1899 Hans Swarowsky, Budapest Hungary, conductor, Graz Opera 1947-50 1899 William Steinberg, Cologne, conductor, Boston Symph-1969-71 1899 Carlos Chavez, born in Mexico City, conductor and composer, Sinfonia India 1899 Werner Janssen, New York City, conductor and composer, New Years Eve in New York 1899 Jon Leifs, Iceland, composer and conductor 1898 Alfred Wallenstein, born in Chicago, Illinois, conductor, Chicago Symphony 1922 - 1929 1898 Fernand Quinet, Belgian cellist/ composer and conductor, La Guerre 1897 Karl Marx, Germany, composer and conductor 1897 Oscar Lorenzo Fernandez, Brazilian conductor and composer, Imbapara 1897 George Szell, born in Budapest, Hungary, conductor, Metropolitan 1942-45 1897 Johannes Brahms, German composer and conductor, 'Hungarian Dances', dies at 63 1896 Howard Hanson, Wahoo Nebraska, composer and conductor, Nordic 1896 Leo Pappenheim, conductor 1896 Wilfred Pelletier, born in Montreal, Canada, conductor, Voice of Firestone 1896 Dimitri Mitropoulos, Athens Greece, conductor/composer 1896 Eduard Flipse, Dutch conductor/composer 1895 Hans Rosbaud, born in Graz, Austria, conductor, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich 1895 Malcolm Sargent, English conductor, Promenade Concerts 1895 Joseph Rosenstock, Cracow Poland, conductor, Nippon Philharmonic Orchestra 1936 - 1941 1895 Nathaniel Shilkret, New York City, conductor 1894 Arthur Fiedler, born in Boston, Massachusetts, conductor, Boston Pops 1894 Antonius "Toon" Verhey, violin cellist/conductor, Residence Orchestra 1894 Karl Bohm, Austrian conductor/composer 1894 Renaat Veremans, Flemish composer and conductor 1894 Hans Guido von Bulow, German conductor 1893 Vladimir Golschmann, Paris, France, conductor with Immortal Downbeat 1893 Fabien Sevitzky, Vishny Volotchok Russia, conductor, Philadelphia Orchestra 1893 Ferenc Erkel, Hungarian composer and conductor (Bank Ban), dies at 82 1893 Franz Andre, Belgian conductor 1893 Eugene Goossens, born in London, England, conductor and composer, Perseus 1893 Clemens Krauss, born in Vienna, Austria, conductor, Berlin State Orchestra 1937 1892 Richard Tauber, Ernst Seiffert, Austria/British, tenor/conductor 1892 Howard Barlow, Plain City Ohio, conductor, Voice of Firestone 1892 Victor de Sabata, born in Trieste, Italy, conductor and composer, Il Macigno 1892 Artur Rodzinski, Spalato, Dalmatia, Poland, conductor/composer 1891 Charles Munch, Strasbourg Alsatian conductor, French Legion D'Honeur 1891 Jacob H "Jaap" Stotijn, oboist/conductor, Residence Orchestra 1891 Franco Faccio, Italian composer and conductor, dies at 51 1891 Hermann Scherchen, Berlin Germany, conductor, Nature of Music 1891 Music Hall (Carnegie Hall) opens in New York, Tchaikovsky as guest conductor 1890 Erich Kleiber, born in Vienna, Austria, conductor, NBC Symphony 1945-46 1890 Albert van Raalte, conductor, AVRO-orchestra 1889 Ernst Franck, German composer and conductor, dies at 42 1889 Adrian Boult, born in Chester, England, conductor and composer, BBC Symphony Orchestra 1889 Alexander Smallens, St. Petersburg, Russia, conductor 1888 Fritz Reiner, Budapest Hungary, U.S. conductor, Chicago Symphony Orchestra 1888 Anna Achmatova, AA Gorenko, Russian conductor, Tsjetki 1887 Bernhard Paumgartner, Austria, musicologist/conductor/composer 1887 Nadia Boulanger, conductor, 1st woman to conduct Boston Symphony 1887 John Finley Williamson, Canton Ohio, conductor, Westminster Choir 1886 Nicolai Sokoloff, near Kiev Ukraine, conductor, Seattle Symph 1886 Paul Paray, Le Treport Normandy, conductor and composer, Artemis Trouble 1886 Wilhelm Furtwangler, Berlin Germany, conductor/composer 1885 Vittorio Gui, Italian conductor and composer, Batture d'aspetto 1885 Henry Waelput, Flemish composer and conductor (Blessing of Arms), dies 1885 Otto Klemperer, Breslau Germany, conductor and composer, Das Ziel 1885 Ferdinand Hiller, German pianist, composer and conductor, dies at 73 1885 Franz W. Abbot, German composer/choir conductor, dies 1885 Franz Wilhelm Abt, German composer/choir conductor, dies at 65 1884 Evert Cornelis, Dutch conductor/pianist 1884 Ludomir Rozycki, Polish composer and conductor, Meduza, Eros i Psyche 1884 Johannes Clinge Doorenbos, Dutch journalist/conductor 1883 Ernest Ansermet, born in Vevey, Switzerland, conductor, Ruilles de Printemps 1883 Manuel Infante, Spanish composer and conductor 1883 Aleksander V. Aleksandrov, Russian composer and conductor 1883 Paul August von Klenau, Danish composer and conductor, Sulamith 1883 Hermann Abendroth, German conductor 1882 Richard Hageman, Dutch/US pianist/ composer and conductor, Caponsacchi 1882 Percy Grainger, Melbourne, composer/pianist/conductor, Hill Songs 1882 Albert Coates, born in St. Petersburg, Russia, conductor and composer, Eagle 1882 Leopold Stokowski, born in London, England, conductor, Cincinnati Symphony 1881 Sem Dresden, composer and conductor 1880 Alexander Schmuller, Russian/Netherlands violinist and conductor 1880 Desire-emile Inghelbrecht, French composer and conductor, Naval 1880 Robert E Stolz, Austrian composer and conductor, ...smaller guard 1879 Andre Caplet, French composer and conductor, Conte Fantastic 1879 Peter Van Anrooy, Dutch conductor and composer, Piet Hein Rhapsodie 1879 Volkmar Andreae, Swiss conductor and composer, Tonhalle Orchestra 1879 Frank Bridge, English violinist, composer and conductor /tutor of B Britten 1878 Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/conductor/composer 1878 Selim Palmgren, Finnish pianist/ composer and conductor, Peter Schlemihl 1876 Pablo Casals, born in El Vendrell, Catalonia, Spain, cellist, conductor and composer 1876 Bruno Walter, B. W. Schlesinger, Berlin Germany, conductor, New York Phil 1876 Ernest Schelling, Belvidere, New Jersey, composer and conductor, Victory Ball 1875 Pierre Monteux, born in Paris, France, conductor, Boston Symphony Orchestra 1919 - 1924 1874 Serge Koussevitzky, Vishny-Volotchok, Russia conductor, Boston Symp 1873 Hubert Cuypers, Dutch composer/choir conductor, Minstrels 1873 Karl Straube, German organist/conductor 1872 Frederick A Stock, Julich, Germany, conductor, Theodore Thomas Orchestra 1871 Willem Mengelberg, born in Utrecht, Netherlands, conductor, New York Philharmonic 1922-30 1870 Francis Louis Casadesus, French violinist, composer and conductor 1870 Henryk Opienski, Polish composer and conductor, St. Moniuszko 1869 Siegfried Wagner, German opera composer and conductor 1869 Henry J. Wood, English conductor, Gentle Art of Singing, Proms 1868 Granville Bantock, English composer and conductor, Hebridean Symphony 1868 Max Von Schillings, German composer and conductor, Der Pfeifertag 1867 Arturo Toscanini, born in Parma, Italy, temperamental conductor, NBC 1866 Paul Lincke, German composer and conductor /publisher, Frau Luna 1866 Ferruccio D M B Busoni, born in Italy, pianist, composer and conductor, Arlecchino 1864 Alberto Nepomuceno, Brazil, composer and conductor, Artemis 1863 E Fernandez Arbos, Spanish violinist, conductor and composer 1863 Paul Felix Weingartner, born in Germany, conductor, Zara, Dalmatia 1863 Johannes P Boskaljon, Curacao composer and conductor 1863 Hugo Kaun, born in Berlin, Germany, music teacher, conductor, composer, wrote Romantic style operas, symphonies, organ, piano works 1862 Johan Wagenaar, Dutch composer and conductor /organist, Cyrano 1861 Fritz Volbach, German musicologist/conductor/composer 1860 Gustav Mahler, Kalischat Bohemia Austria, composer and conductor, Titan 1858 Eugene Ysaije, born in Belgium, violinist, conductor and composer, Pierill Houiou 1858 Antonio Nicolau, Spanish composer and conductor 1857 Johannes B van Bree, Dutch violinist, composer and conductor, dies at 56 1857 John B van Bree, violinist, composer and conductor, dies at 56 1856 Willem Kes, Dutch violinist, composer and conductor, Parkorkest Amsterdam 1855 Arthur Nikisch, Szent-Miklos Hungary, conductor, Berlin Philharmonic 1855 Henry Rowley Bishop, British composer and conductor, dies at 68 1849 Otto Nicolai, German composer and conductor, dies at 39 1848 Henri[cus A] Viotta, Dutch conductor and composer, Lexicon of Music 1847 Ernst Franck, German composer and conductor 1846 Joseph Weigl, Austria composer and conductor (Waisenhaus), dies at 79 1845 Hendrick Waelput, Flemish composer and conductor, Forest, Stella 1842 Karl Millocker, Austria conductor and composer, Beggar Student 1840 Franco Faccio, Italian composer and conductor 1838 Joseph Barnby, conductor/academic principal 1834 Peter Benoit, Flemish composer and conductor, Leie/Rubens Cantata 1832 Ivan Zajc, born in Rijeka, Croatia, conductor, composer, opened doors for 20th century achievements in Croatian music, wrote opera, La Tirolese, 1855 1831 Eliza Ann Gardner, underground railway conductor 1830 Karl Klindworth, pianist/conductor 1830 Hans von Bulow, Dresden, pianist/virtuoso conductor/musical writer 1829 Anton G Rubinstein, Russian pianist/conductor/composer 1827 Bartolomeo Campagnoli, Italian violinist, composer and conductor, dies at 76 1827 Carlos Guido y Spano, Argentina, conductor, Rafagas 1825 Richard Hol, Dutch composer/organist/conductor 1822 Eduard Hille, Dutch composer and conductor 1821 Bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 56 1819 Franz Wilhelm Abt, German composer/choir conductor 1819 Charles Halle, pianist/conductor/founder, Halle Orchestra 1817 Niels Wilhelm Gade, Danish violinist, composer and conductor 1812 Louis-Antoine Julien, conductor 1811 Ferdinand Hiller, German pianist/ composer and conductor 1811 Angelo Catelani, Italian composer and conductor 1810 Ferenc Erkel, Hungary, composer and conductor, Hunaydi Laszlo 1797 Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Tolbecque, Belgian composer and conductor 1789 Claudio M da Costa, Brazilian conductor, dies at 59 1788 John Logan, Scottish conductor (Ode to the Cuckoo), dies at about 40 1786 Henry Rowley Bishop, British composer and conductor 1766 Joseph Weigl, Austria composer and conductor, Emmeline 1764 Bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer 1758 Johan H Roman, Finnish/Swedish composer and conductor /violinist, dies 1751 Bartolomeo Campagnoli, Italian violinist, composer and conductor 1748 Christian Gottlob Neefe, German composer and conductor /tutor of Beethoven 1744 Andre Campra, French priest/ composer and conductor (Tancrede), dies at 83 1739 Reinhard Keiser, Germ conductor and composer (Markus-Passion), dies at 65 1694 Johan Helmich Roman, Finnish/Swedish composer and conductor /violinist 1604 Jacob Balde, German jesuit/barok conductor, Jephthe |
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