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20th-century music educators

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Aaron CoplandPerson · Music memorabiliaAaron Copland (November 14, 1900December 2, 1990) was an American composer, critic, writer, teacher, pianist, and conductor of his own and other American music.
Ādolfs SkultePerson · Music memorabiliaĀdolfs Skulte (28 October 1909 – 20 March 2000) was a Latvian composer and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1979).
Akira IfukubePerson · Music memorabilia31 May 1914 – 8 February 2006 was a Japanese composer. He is best known for composing several entries in the Godzilla franchise as well as developing the titular monster's roar.
Alan SchneiderPerson · Film memorabiliaAlan Schneider (December 12, 1917 – May 3, 1984) was an American theatre director responsible for more than 100 theatre productions.
Albert MarkovPerson · Music memorabiliaAlbert Markov (Russian: Альберт Александрович Марков), is a Russian American violinist, composer, conductor, and pedagogue.
Alcides LanzaPerson · Music memorabiliaAlcides Emigdio Lanza (June 2, 1929 – July 17, 2024) was an Argentine-born Canadian composer, conductor, pianist, and music educator.
Alexander ArutiunianPerson · Music memorabiliaAlexander Grigori Arutiunian (23 September 192028 March 2012), was a Soviet and Armenian composer and pianist, widely known for his 1950 Trumpet Concerto.
Alexander RudinPerson · Music memorabiliaAlexander Israilevich Rudin (born 25 November 1960) is a Russian classical cellist and conductor.
Alexander Uriah BoskovichPerson · Music memorabiliaAlexander (Sándor) Uriah Boskovich (Boskovits, Boskowitz, etc.) (August 16, 1907 – November 5, 1964) was an Israeli composer born to a Hungarian-Jewish family.
Alexis WeissenbergPerson · Music memorabiliaAlexis Sigismund Weissenberg (26 July 1929 – 8 January 2012) was a Bulgarian-born French pianist.
Alfred SchnittkePerson · Music memorabiliaAlfred Garrievich Schnittke (24 November 1934 – 3 August 1998) was a Soviet and Russian composer.
Alice Herz-SommerAuthor · BooksAlice Herz-Sommer (née Herz; 26 November 1903 – 23 February 2014), was a Czech-born Israeli classical pianist, music teacher, and supercentenarian who survived Theresienstadt concentration…
Alicia UrretaPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Alicia Urreta
Alphons JosephPerson · Music memorabilia
Alvin LucierPerson · Music memorabiliaAlvin Augustus Lucier Jr. (May 14, 1931 – December 1, 2021) was an American experimental composer and sound artist.
Anatolii Kos-AnatolskyiPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Anatoliy Kos-Anatolsky
Anca ParghelPerson · Music memorabiliaAnca Parghel (September 16, 1957– December 5, 2008) was a Romanian jazz singer, composer, arranger, pianist, choir conductor, and music teacher.
André NavarraPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — André Navarra
Andre-Michel SchubPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Andre-Michel Schub, 1981
Andrew HillPerson · Music memorabiliaAndrew Hill (June 30, 1931 – April 20, 2007) was an American jazz pianist and composer.
Anne-Sophie MutterPerson · Music memorabiliaAnne-Sophie Mutter (born 29 June 1963) is a German violinist.
Annie FischerPerson · Music memorabiliaAnnie Fischer (July 5, 1914April 10, 1995) was a Hungarian classical pianist.
Anthony PlogPerson · Music memorabiliaAnthony Plog (born November 13, 1947) is an American conductor, composer and trumpet player.
Antonio CiaccaPerson · Music memorabilia
Antônio MenesesPerson · Music memorabiliaAntônio Jeronimo de Meneses Neto (23 August 1957 – 3 August 2024) was a Brazilian cellist and an academic teacher based in Switzerland.
Arif MalikovPerson · Music memorabiliaArif Malikov (also Melikov; Baku, 13 September 1933 – Baku, 9 May 2019) was an Azerbaijani composer. He graduated from the Baku Conservatory as a music composer in 1958.
Arnaldo CohenPerson · Music memorabilia
Arnie LawrencePerson · Music memorabiliaArnold Lawrence Finkelstein (July 10, 1938 in Brooklyn, New York – April 22, 2005 in Jerusalem) was an American jazz saxophonist.
Arthur GrumiauxPerson · Music memorabiliaBaron Arthur Grumiaux (21 March 1921 – 16 October 1986) was a Belgian violinist, considered by some to have been "one of the few truly great violin virtuosi of the twentieth century".
Arthur HutchingsPerson · Music memorabiliaArthur James Bramwell Hutchings (14 July 1906 – 13 November 1989) was an English musicologist, composer and professor of music.
Arthur OldhamPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Arthur William Oldham
Arvīds JansonsPerson · Music memorabiliaArvīds Jansons (10 October 1914 – 21 November 1984) was a Latvian conductor and father of conductor Mariss Jansons.
August WenzingerPerson · Music memorabiliaAugust Wenzinger (14 November 1905 - 25 December 1996) was a prominent cellist, viol player, conductor, teacher, and music scholar from Basel, Switzerland.
Augusta Read ThomasPerson · Music memorabiliaAugusta Read Thomas (born April 24, 1964) is an American composer and University Professor of Composition in the Department of Music at the University of Chicago, where she is also director…
Avet TerterianPerson · Music memorabiliaAlfred Roubenovich "Avet" Terterian (also Terteryan) (July 29, 1929 – December 11, 1994) was an Armenian composer, awarded the Konrad Adenauer Prize.
Barbara BonneyPerson · Music memorabiliaBarbara Bonney (born April 14, 1956) is an American soprano. She is associated with lyric soprano roles in operas by Mozart and Richard Strauss as well as lieder performances.
Barbara Hesse-BukowskaPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Barbara Hesse-Bukowska in 2008
Barry DouglasPerson · Music memorabiliaHe was born in Belfast.
Barry GalbraithPerson · Music memorabiliaJoseph Barry Galbraith (December 18, 1919 – January 13, 1983) was an American jazz guitarist.
Barry TuckwellPerson · Music memorabiliaBarry Emmanuel Tuckwell, (5 March 1931 – 16 January 2020) was an Australian French horn player who spent most of his professional life in the UK and the United States.
Bella DavidovichPerson · Music memorabiliaBella Mikhaylovna Davidovich (Russian: Белла Миха́йловна Давидо́вич; born July 16, 1928) is a Soviet-American pianist.
Ben WolfePerson · Music memorabiliaBenjamin Jonah Wolfe is an American jazz bassist who has performed in groups with Wynton Marsalis, Harry Connick Jr., and Diana Krall.
Bernard GreenhousePerson · Music memorabiliaBernard Greenhouse (January 3, 1916 – May 13, 2011) was an American cellist and one of the founding members of the Beaux Arts Trio.
Bernard StevensPerson · Music memorabiliaBernard (George) Stevens (2 March 1916 – 6 January 1983) was a British composer who first became known to the wider public when he won a newspaper composition prize for a 'Victory Symphony'…
Bernd WiesemannPerson · Music memorabiliaBernd Wiesemann (4 August 1938 – 10 August 2015) was a German pianist, composer, music educator and conceptual artist.
Billy HartPerson · Music memorabiliaBilly Hart (born November 29, 1940) is an American jazz drummer and educator. He is known internationally for his contributions with Herbie Hancock's "Mwandishi" band in the early 1970s, as…
Bobby BroomPerson · Music memorabiliaRobert Broom Jr. He was born and raised in New York City, then moved to Chicago, which has been his home town since 1984.
Bogusław SchaefferPerson · Music memorabiliaBogusław Julian Schaeffer (also Schäffer) (6 June 1929 – 1 July 2019) was a Polish composer, musicologist, and graphic artist, a member of the avant-garde "Cracow Group" of Polish composers…
Boris GoldsteinPerson · Music memorabiliaBoris Emmanuilovich Goldstein (25 December 19228 November 1987, known by the diminutive Busya) was a Soviet violinist whose career was greatly hindered by the political situation in the…
Boris TchaikovskyPerson · Music memorabiliaBoris Alexandrovich Tchaikovsky (10 September 1925 – 7 February 1996), PAU, was a Soviet and Russian composer, born in Moscow, whose oeuvre includes orchestral works, chamber music, and…
Brigitte FassbaenderPerson · Music memorabiliaBrigitte Fassbaender (German: [bʁiˈɡɪtə ˈfasbɛndɐ]; born 3 July 1939), is a German mezzo-soprano opera singer and a stage director.
Carlo ZecchiPerson · Music memorabiliaCarlo Zecchi (8 July 190331 August 1984) was an Italian pianist, music teacher and conductor.
Chaya CzernowinPerson · Music memorabiliaChaya Czernowin (ˌχaja t͡ʃɛʁˈnobin; born December 7, 1957) is an Israeli American contemporary classical composer internationally known for her extensive oeuvre which includes opera,…
Christian FerrasPerson · Music memorabiliaChristian Ferras (17 June 1933 – 14 September 1982) was a French violinist.
Christopher HogwoodPerson · Music memorabiliaChristopher Jarvis Haley Hogwood (10 September 1941 – 24 September 2014) was an English conductor, harpsichordist, and musicologist.
Christopher TheofanidisPerson · Music memorabiliaChristopher Theofanidis (born December 18, 1967, in Dallas, Texas) is an American composer whose works have been performed by leading orchestras from around the world, including the London…
Clark TerryPerson · Music memorabiliaClark Virgil Terry Jr. (December 14, 1920 – February 21, 2015) was an American swing and bebop trumpeter, a pioneer of the flugelhorn in jazz, and a composer and educator.
Clark TraceyPerson · Music memorabiliaClark Tracey (born 5 February 1961) is a British jazz drummer, band leader, and composer.
Claude T. SmithPerson · Music memorabiliaClaude Thomas Smith (March 14, 1932 – December 13, 1987) was an American band conductor, composer, and music educator.
Cooper-MoorePerson · Music memorabiliaCooper-Moore (born Gene Y. Ashton; August 31, 1946) is an American jazz pianist, composer and instrument builder/designer based in New York City.
Craig ArmstrongPerson · Music memorabiliaHe was born in Glasgow.
Dan TepferPerson · Music memorabiliaDan Tepfer (born 8 January 1982, in Paris, France) is a French-American jazz pianist and composer.
David BedfordPerson · Music memorabiliaDavid Vickerman Bedford (4 August 1937 – 1 October 2011) was an English composer and musician. He wrote and played both popular and classical music.
David SawerPerson · Music memorabiliaDavid Sawer (born 14 September 1961) is a British composer of opera and choral, orchestral and chamber music.
Dénes GulyásPerson · Music memorabiliaDénes Gulyás (born 31 March 1954) is a Hungarian tenor. A native of Budapest, he studied at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in that city.
Denis BrottPerson · Music memorabiliaDenis Brott, SMOM is a Canadian cellist, music teacher, conductor, and founder and artistic director of the Montreal Chamber Music Festival.
Dika NewlinPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Dika Newlin
Dilermando ReisPerson · Music memorabiliaDilermando dos Santos Reis (September 22, 1916 – January 2, 1977) was a Brazilian musician, composer and music teacher.
Dimitrije BužarovskiPerson · Music memorabiliaDimitrije Bužarovski Ph.D. (born 8 August 1952 in Skopje, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Macedonian composer, versatile artist and a scholar with interests in different fields: composition,…
Dinorá de CarvalhoPerson · Music memorabiliaDinorá Gontijo de Carvalho (1 June 1895 – 28 February 1980) was a Brazilian pianist, conductor, music educator and composer.
Dmitri ShostakovichPerson · Music memorabiliaDmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (25 September 19069 August 1975) was a Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist who became internationally known after the premiere of his First Symphony in…
Dmitry SmolskyPerson · Music memorabiliaDmitry Smolski (July 25, 1937 – September 29, 2017) was a Belarusian composer, Honored Artist of Belorussian SSR (1975), laureate of the State Prize of BSSR (1980), National Artist of the…
Don FriedmanPerson · Music memorabiliaDonald Ernest Friedman (May 4, 1935 – June 30, 2016) was an American jazz pianist. He began playing in Los Angeles and moved to New York in 1958.
Don LusherPerson · Music memorabiliaGordon Douglas "Don" Lusher (6 November 1923 – 5 July 2006) was an English jazz and big band trombonist best known for his association with the Ted Heath Big Band.
Donald ByrdPerson · Music memorabiliaDonaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II (December 9, 1932 – February 4, 2013) was an American jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter, composer and vocalist.
Duane EubanksPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Duane Eubanks at Smalls Jazz Club NYC, May 2014
Earl WildPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Earl Wild in 1978
Ed SummerlinPerson · Music memorabiliaEdgar Eugene Summerlin (September 1, 1928 – October 10, 2006) was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and educator known for pioneering Liturgical jazz, avant-garde jazz, and free jazz.
Edgar HovhannisyanPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Edgar Hovhannisyan
Edith BorroffPerson · Music memorabiliaEdith Borroff (August 2, 1925 – March 10, 2019) was an American musicologist and composer. Her compositions include over 60 commissioned works, including pieces for the stage;
Eduard BrunnerPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Eduard Brunner
Edwin CarrPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Edwin Carr in 1994.
Eleazar de CarvalhoPerson · Music memorabiliaEleazar de Carvalho (28 June 1912 – 12 September 1996) was a Brazilian conductor and composer.
Elena FirsovaPerson · Music memorabiliaElena Olegovna Firsova (also Yelena or Jelena Firssowa; born 21 March 1950) is a Russian composer living in the UK.
Elisabeth SchwarzkopfPerson · Film memorabiliaDame Olga Maria Elisabeth Friederike Schwarzkopf, (German: [eˌliːzabɛt ˈʃvaʁt͡skɔp͡f]; 9 December 1915 – 3 August 2006) was a German-born Austro-British lyric soprano.
Eliso VirsaladzePerson · Music memorabiliaEliso Virsaladze (ელისო ვირსალაძე; born 14 September 1942) is a Georgian pianist.
Elliott CarterPerson · Music memorabiliaElliott Cook Carter Jr. (December 11, 1908 – November 5, 2012) was an American modernist composer who was one of the most respected composers of the second half of the 20th century.
Elmar LampsonPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Elmar Lampson
Elmer BernsteinPerson · Film memorabiliaElmer Bernstein ('; April 4, 1922August 18, 2004) was an American composer and conductor.
Els AarnePerson · Music memorabiliaElze Janovna Paemurru (30 March 1917 – 14 June 1995), pseudonymously known as Els Aarne, was an Estonian composer, pianist and pedagogue, primarily during the Soviet Union.
Elsa BarrainePerson · Music memorabiliaElsa Jacqueline Barraine (lang; 13 February 1910 – 20 March 1999) was a composer of French music in the time after the neoclassicist movement of Les Six, Ravel, and Stravinsky.
Emanuel AxPerson · Music memorabiliaEmanuel "Manny" Ax (born June 8, 1949) is a Polish-American classical pianist. He is known for his chamber music collaborations with cellist Yo-Yo Ma and violinists Isaac Stern and Young…
Emil GilelsPerson · Music memorabiliaEmil Grigoryevich Gilels (19 October 1916 – 14 October 1985; born Samuil) was a Russian and Soviet pianist. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest pianists of all time.
Endre GranatPerson · Music memorabiliaEndre Granat (born in Hungary in August 3, 1937) is an American violinist. He is regarded as the most recorded violinist and concertmaster working in the studios today.
Erich KleinschusterPerson · Music memorabiliaErich Kleinschuster (23 January 1930 – 12 September 2018) was an Austrian trombonist and bandleader.
Erick FriedmanPerson · Music memorabiliaErick Friedman (August 16, 1939 – March 30, 2004) was an American violinist.
Erika KöthPerson · Film memorabiliaErika Köth (15 September 1925 – 20 February 1989) was a German operatic coloratura soprano, particularly associated with the roles of Zerbinetta and Zerlina.
Erna WollPerson · Music memorabiliaErna Woll (23 March 1917 – 7 April 2005) was a German composer, church musician and author.
Erzsébet SzőnyiPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Erzsébet Szőnyi (2004)
Esperanza SpaldingPerson · Music memorabiliaEsperanza Emily Spalding[6] (born October 18, 1984), sometimes professionally known with the stylized name of esperanza spalding,[2] is an American bassist, singer, songwriter, and…
Ester MägiPerson · Music memorabiliaEster Mägi (10 January 1922 – 14 May 2021) was an Estonian composer. She has been called the "first lady of Estonian music."
Eva Badura-SkodaPerson · Music memorabiliaEva Badura-Skoda (née Halfar; 15 January 1929 – 8 January 2021) was a German-born Austrian musicologist.
Faraj GarayevPerson · Music memorabiliaFaraj Gara oglu Garayev (Fərəc Qara oğlu Qarayev); December 19, 1943 in Baku) is an Azerbaijani composer, music instructor, professor, son of the prominent Azerbaijani composer Gara Garayev…
Farhad BadalbeyliPerson · Music memorabiliaFarhad Shamsi oghlu Badalbeyli (born 1947) is an Azerbaijani pianist and composer.
Ferenc FarkasPerson · Music memorabiliaFerenc Farkas (15 December 1905 – 10 October 2000) was a Hungarian composer.
Flores ChavianoPerson · Music memorabiliaFlores Chaviano (born 10 December 1946) is a Cuban composer, guitarist, professor and orchestral conductor that has achieved great international recognition.
Franghiz Ali-ZadehPerson · Music memorabiliaFranghiz Ali Aga Kïzï Ali-Zadeh (born 28 May 1947) is an Azerbaijani composer and pianist of contemporary classical music.
Frank Michael BeyerPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Frank Michael Beyer in 1993
Frans BrüggenPerson · Music memorabiliaFranciscus ("Frans") Jozef Brüggen (30 October 1934 – 13 August 2014) was a Dutch conductor, recorder player and baroque flautist.
František RauchPerson · Music memorabiliaFrantišek Rauch (4 February 1910 – 23 September 1996) was a Czech pianist and music teacher.
Frederick ThurstonPerson · Music memorabiliaFrederick John Thurston (21 September 1901 – 12 December 1953) was an English clarinettist.
Friedelind WagnerPerson · Music memorabiliaFriedelind Wagner (29 March 1918 – 8 May 1991) was the elder daughter of German opera composer Siegfried Wagner and his English wife Winifred Williams and the granddaughter of the composer…
Friedrich CerhaPerson · Music memorabiliaFriedrich Cerha (lang; 17 February 1926 – 14 February 2023) was an Austrian composer, conductor, and academic teacher.
Fuat MansurovPerson · Music memorabiliaFuat Mansurov (tt-Cyrl; January 10, 1928 – June 12, 2010) was a Soviet and Russian conductor.
Fyodor DruzhininPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — The grave of Fyodor Druzhinin
Galina UstvolskayaPerson · Music memorabiliaGalina Ivanovna Ustvolskaya (Russian: Галина Ивановна Уствольская) (17 June 1919 – 22 December 2006), was a Russian composer of classical music.
Gaziza ZhubanovaPerson · Music memorabiliaGaziza Akhmetkyzy Zhubanova (Ǵazıza Ahmetqyzy Jubanova; with middle name "Akhmetovna"; 2 December 1927 – 13 December 1993) was a Soviet and Kazakh composer and pedagogue.
Gennady RozhdestvenskyPerson · Music memorabiliaGennady Nikolayevich Rozhdestvensky, CBE (4 May 1931 – 16 June 2018) was a Soviet and Russian conductor, pianist, composer, and pedagogue.
George BenjaminPerson · Music memorabiliaSir George William John Benjamin, CBE (born 31 January 1960) is an English composer, conductor, pianist and teacher.[1]
George FentonPerson · Music memorabiliaGeorge Richard Ian Howe Fenton (born 19 October 1949), known professionally as George Fenton, is an English composer.

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