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20th-century music educators

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Marcelo BarbosaPerson · Music memorabiliaMarcelo Silva Barbosa (lang; born April 7, 1975) is a Brazilian guitarist and music teacher.
Marga RichterPerson · Music memorabiliaFlorence Marga Richter (October 21, 1926 – June 25, 2020) was an American composer of classical music, and pianist.
María Luisa AnidoPerson · Music memorabiliaMaría Luisa Anido (Isabel María Luisa Anido González) (26 January 1907 – 4 June 1996) was an Argentine classical guitarist and composer.
María Luisa OzaitaPerson · Music memorabiliaMaría Luisa Ozaita Marqués (20 May 1939, in Barakaldo, Spain – 5 April 2017, in Madrid, Spain) was a Spanish pianist, harpsichordist, musicologist, conductor and composer.
Mark-Anthony TurnagePerson · Music memorabiliaMark-Anthony Turnage (born 10 June 1960) is an English composer of contemporary classical music.
Marsha NormanAuthor · BooksMarsha Norman (born September 21, 1947) is an American playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. She received the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play night, Mother.
Marta VarelaPerson · Music memorabiliaMarta Inés Varela (born April 20, 1943) is an Argentine composer, pianist, and teacher.
Mátyás SeiberPerson · Music memorabiliaMátyás György Seiber (lang, sometimes given as Matthis Seyber; 4 May 1905 – 24 September 1960) was a Hungarian-born British composer who lived and worked in the United Kingdom from 1935…
Maurice AndrésPerson · Music memorabiliaMaurice André (21 May 1933 – 25 February 2012) was a French trumpeter, active in the classical music field.
Maurice DurufléPerson · Music memorabiliaMaurice Gustave Duruflé (11 January 1902 – 16 June 1986) was a French composer, organist, musicologist, and teacher. He is particularly well known for his Requiem (1947).
Mauricio KagelPerson · Film memorabiliaMauricio Raúl Kagel (mawˈɾisjo ˈkaɣel; 24 December 1931 – 18 September 2008) was an Argentine-German composer and academic teacher.
Max RostalPerson · Music memorabiliaMax Rostal (7 July 1905 – 6 August 1991) was a violinist and a violist. He was Austrian-born, but later took British citizenship.
Maxim VengerovPerson · Music memorabiliaMaxim Alexandrovich Vengerov (born 20 August 1974) is a Soviet-born Israeli violinist, violist, and conductor. Classic FM has called him "one of the greatest violinists in the world".
Mel PowellPerson · Music memorabiliaMel Powell (born Melvin Epstein) (February 12, 1923 – April 24, 1998) was an American Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, and the founding dean of the music department at the California…
Michael Angelo BatioPerson · Music memorabiliaMichael Angelo Batio (born June 12, 1956[1]), also known as Michael Angelo, Mike Batio or MAB, is an American heavy metal guitarist.
Michel CamiloPerson · Music memorabiliaMichel Camilo (born April 4, 1954) is a Dominican pianist and composer. He specializes in jazz, Latin and classical piano work.
Michel CorbozPerson · Music memorabiliaMichel Corboz (14 February 1934 – 2 September 2021) was a Swiss conductor.
Michel DecoustPerson · Music memorabiliaMichel Decoust (born 19 November 1936) is a French composer and conductor.
Micheline Coulombe Saint-MarcouxPerson · Music memorabiliaMicheline Coulombe Saint-Marcoux (9 August 1938 – 2 February 1985) was a Canadian composer and music educator who played an important role in the contemporary classical music scene of…
Midori SeilerPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Midori Seiler in 2016
Mike ManginiPerson · Music memorabiliaMichael Anthony Mangini (born April 18, 1963) is an American musician, best known for his tenure with the progressive metal band Dream Theater, with whom he performed from 2010 to 2023.
Milan KřížekPerson · Music memorabiliaMilan Křížek (9 March 1926 – 15 February 2018) was a Czech composer, music teacher and viola player.
Milton BabbittPerson · Music memorabiliaMilton Byron Babbitt (May 10, 1916 – January 29, 2011) was an American composer, music theorist, mathematician, and teacher.
Mohammad-Reza ShajarianPerson · Music memorabiliaMohammad-Reza Shajarian (23 September 1940 – 8 October 2020)[1] was an Iranian singer and master (Ostad) of Persian traditional music.
Momo KodamaPerson · Music memorabiliaMomo Kodama is a Japanese classical pianist. She was born in Osaka but grew up in Europe, attending the Conservatoire de Paris with older sister Mari.
Mstislav RostropovichPerson · Music memorabiliaMstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich (27 March 192727 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian cellist and conductor.
Mukhtar AshrafiPerson · Music memorabiliaMukhtar Ashrafovich Ashrafi (11 June15 December 1975) was a Soviet Uzbek composer. He was awarded the title People's Artist of the USSR in 1951.
Mykola KolessaAuthor · BooksMykola Filaretovych Kolessa (6 December 19038 June 2006) was a Ukrainian composer and conductor, born in Sambir near Lviv.
Natalia GutmanPerson · Music memorabiliaNatalia Grigoryevna Gutman (born 14 November 1942), PAU, is a Russian cellist. She began to study cello at the Moscow Music School with R. Sapozhnikov.
Netty SimonsPerson · Music memorabiliaNetty Simons (née Rothenberg) (26 October 1913-1 April 1994) was an American pianist, music editor, music educator and composer.
Nicolas NabokovPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Nicolas Nabokov (left) with his cousin, the writer Vladimir Nabokov (c.
Nikki IlesPerson · Music memorabiliaNikki Anne Iles (née Burnham; born 16 May 1963) is a British jazz composer, pianist and educator.
Nikolai Arnoldovich PetrovPerson · Music memorabiliaNikolai Arnoldovich Petrov (14 April 19433 August 2011) was a Russian pianist.
Nikolai RabinovichPerson · Music memorabiliaNikolai Semyonovich Rabinovich (7 October 1908–26 July 1972) was a Soviet conductor and teacher.
Nikos XanthoulisPerson · Music memorabiliaNikos Xanthoulis (born Νικόλαος Γεωργίου Ξανθούλης; 1962) is a Greek composer, lyrist and author.
Oscar EdelsteinPerson · Music memorabiliaOscar Edelstein (born 12 June 1953) is an Argentine contemporary composer. Known for creativity and inventiveness, he is frequently described as leading Latin America's avant-garde.
Oscar van DillenPerson · Music memorabilia
Osian EllisPerson · Music memorabiliaOsian Gwynn Ellis (8 February 1928 – 5 January 2021) was a Welsh harpist, composer and teacher.
Pál KadosaPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Pál Kadosa, 1933
Pamela FrankPerson · Music memorabiliaPamela Frank (born June 20, 1967) is an American violinist, with an active international career across a varied range of performing activity.
Patrick O'ByrnePerson · Music memorabiliaPatrick O'Byrne (born 1955 in Dublin) is an Irish-born New Zealand pianist.
Paul Badura-SkodaPerson · Music memorabiliaPaul Badura-Skoda (6 October 1927 – 25 September 2019) was an Austrian pianist.
Paul HoffertPerson · Music memorabiliaPaul Matthew Hoffert, LLD, CM (born 22 September 1943, in Brooklyn, New York) is a recording artist, performer, media music composer, author, academic, and corporate executive.
Paul SacherPerson · Music memorabiliaPaul Sacher (28 April 190626 May 1999) was a Swiss conductor, patron and billionaire businessman.
Paul W. WhearPerson · Music memorabiliaPaul William Whear (November 13, 1925 – March 25, 2021) was an American composer, conductor, music educator, and double-bassist.
Paul ZukofskyPerson · Music memorabiliaPaul Zukofsky (October 22, 1943 – June 6, 2017) was an American violinist and conductor known for his work in the field of contemporary classical music.
Paul-Baudouin MichelPerson · Music memorabiliaPaul-Baudouin Michel (7 September 1930 – 30 October 2020) was a Belgian composer, professor, and writer. He was a member of the Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium.
Pauline OliverosPerson · Music memorabiliaPauline Oliveros (May 30, 1932 – November 24, 2016) was an American composer and accordionist.
Pedro IturraldePerson · Music memorabiliaPedro Iturralde Ochoa (13 July 1929 – 1 November 2020) was a Spanish jazz saxophonist, teacher and composer.
Peter ErskinePerson · Music memorabiliaPeter Clark Erskine (born June 5, 1954) is an American jazz drummer who was a member of the jazz fusion groups Weather Report and Steps Ahead.
Peter Racine FrickerPerson · Music memorabiliaPeter Racine Fricker (5 September 19201 February 1990) was an English composer, among the first to establish his career entirely after the Second World War.
Peter SerkinPerson · Music memorabiliaPeter Adolf Serkin (July 24, 1947 – February 1, 2020) was an American classical pianist.
Phyllis CurtinPerson · Music memorabiliaPhyllis Curtin (née Smith; December 3, 1921 – June 5, 2016) was an American soprano and academic teacher who had an active career in operas and concerts from the early 1950s through the…
Pierre DervauxPerson · Music memorabiliaPierre Jean-Émile Dervaux (3 January 1917 – 20 February 1992) was a French conductor, composer, and pedagogue.
Pierre LabricPerson · Music memorabiliaPierre André Labric (born 30 June 1921) is a French organist, pedagogue, and composer.
Piet KeePerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Piet Kee
Ran BlakePerson · Music memorabiliaRan Blake (born April 20, 1935) is an American pianist, composer, and educator. He is known for his unique style that combines blues, gospel, classical, and film noir influences into an…
Raymond DaveluyPerson · Music memorabiliaJoseph Eugène Raymond-Marie Daveluy (ʒozɛf øʒɛn ʁɛmɔ̃ maʁi davlɥi; 23 December 1926 – 1 September 2016) was a Canadian composer, organist, music educator, and arts administrator.
Regina ResnikPerson · Film memorabiliaRegina Resnik (born Regina Resnick, August 30, 1922 – August 8, 2013) was an American opera singer who had an active international career that spanned five decades.
Renate BirnsteinPerson · Music memorabiliaRenate Maria Birnstein (born 17 November 1946) is a German composer, violinist and pianist.
Rhené JaquePerson · Music memorabiliaRhené Jaque, the pen name of Marguerite Marie Alice Cartier (February 4, 1918 – July 31, 2006), was a Canadian musician, composer and music educator living in Quebec.
Ricardo OdnoposoffPerson · Music memorabiliaRicardo Odnoposoff (February 24, 1914 – October 26, 2004) was a Jewish Argentine-Austrian-American violinist of the 20th century.
Richard James BurgessPerson · Music memorabiliaRichard James Burgess (born 29 June 1949) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, composer, author, manager, marketer and inventor.
Richard Rodney BennettPerson · Music memorabiliaSir Richard Rodney Bennett (29 March 193624 December 2012) was an English composer and pianist.
Richie BeirachPerson · Music memorabiliaRichard Alan Beirach (May 23, 1947 – January 26, 2026) was an American jazz pianist and composer.
Robert MannPerson · Music memorabiliaRobert Nathaniel Mann (July 19, 1920 – January 1, 2018) was a violinist, composer, conductor, and founding member of the Juilliard String Quartet, as well as a faculty member at the…
Robert PlanelPerson · Music memorabiliaRobert Planel (2 January 1908 – 25 May 1994) was a French composer, music pedagogue and violinist.
Robert SaxtonPerson · Music memorabiliaRobert Saxton (born 8 October 1953 in London) is a British composer.
Robert SchollumPerson · Music memorabiliaRobert Schollum (22 August 1913 – 30 September 1987) was an Austrian composer, conductor, music educator, music critic, musicographer and academic scholar.
Robert Thurston DartPerson · Music memorabiliaRobert Thurston Dart (3 September 1921 – 6 March 1971) was an English musicologist, conductor and keyboard player.
Robert Veyron-LacroixPerson · Music memorabiliaRobert Veyron-Lacroix (13 December 1922 in Paris – 2 April 1991 in Garches (Hauts-de-Seine)) was a French harpsichordist and pianist whose post-war career was defined by his musical…
Robert WardPerson · Music memorabiliaRobert Ward (born 13 September 1917; died 3 April 2013) was a Robert Ward studied at Juilliard School and John Adams High School. The recorded working language is English.
Roberto OttavianoPerson · Music memorabiliaRoberto Ottaviano (Bari, 21 December 1957) is an Italian jazz saxophonist.
Robin BlazePerson · Music memorabilia
Rod MorgensteinPerson · Music memorabiliaRod Morgenstein (born April 19, 1953) is an American drummer with rock bands Winger and Dixie Dregs.
Rodion ShchedrinPerson · Music memorabiliaRodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin (rədʲɪˈon kənstɐnʲˈtʲinəvʲɪtɕ ɕːɪˈdrʲin; 16 December 1932 – 29 August 2025) was a Soviet and Russian composer, pianist, and music teacher.
Romualds KalsonsPerson · Music memorabiliaRomualds Kalsons (7 September 1936 – 15 November 2024) was a Latvian composer. Romualds Kalsons was born in Riga, he was a student of Ādolfs Skulte and Jāzeps Lindbergs.
Rosalyn TureckPerson · Music memorabiliaRosalyn Tureck (December 14, 1913 – July 17, 2003) was an American pianist and harpsichordist who was particularly associated with the music of Johann Sebastian Bach.
Roza TamarkinaPerson · Music memorabiliaRosa Vladimirovna Tamarkina (Russian: Ро́за Влади́мировна Тама́ркина; 23 March 1920 – 5 August 1950) was a Soviet pianist who won second prize in the III International Chopin Piano…
Rudolf KehrerPerson · Music memorabiliaRudolf Kehrer (10 July 192329 October 2013) was a Soviet and Russian classical pianist.
Rudolf KoelmanPerson · Music memorabiliaRudolf Koelman (born 1959 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch violinist and is professor for violin at the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (ZHdK) in Switzerland.
Russell FerrantePerson · Music memorabiliaYellowjackets is an American jazz fusion band founded in 1977 in Los Angeles, California.
Said RustamovPerson · Music memorabiliaSaid Rustamov, born Mir-Jabbar Ali oglu Seyid-Rustamzadeh (12 May 1907, Yerevan – 10 June 1983, Baku), was a Soviet and Azerbaijani composer, conductor and pedagogue.
Samuel AdlerPerson · Music memorabiliaSamuel Adler was a German and American conductor, composer, musicologist, music educator, university teacher and music arranger (born 1928).
Sebastián PianaPerson · Music memorabiliaSebastián Piana (26 November 1903 – 17 July 1994) was an Argentine musician, composer, orchestra conductor, and pianist, dedicated to tango music.
Sergei SlonimskyPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Sergei Slonimsky in October 2017
Seth RiggsPerson · Music memorabiliaSeth Riggs (born Samuel Riggs of Reuben III, September 19, 1930) is an American singer, actor, and vocal coach.
Shahram NazeriPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Shahram Nazeri & Parviz Meshkatian
Shigenobu NakamuraPerson · Music memorabiliaShigenobu Nakamura, born in Osaka in 1950, is a Japanese composer and music teacher. He teaches at Kyushu University (Faculty of Design).
Shih-Hui ChenPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Chen in 2006
Shoshana RudiakovPerson · Music memorabiliaShoshana Rudiakov (1948–2012) was a Latvian pianist and music educator. She was professor of piano at the State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart from 1981.
Shulamit RanPerson · Music memorabiliaShulamit Ran (born October 21, 1949, in Tel Aviv, Israel) is an Israeli-American composer.
Siegfried PalmPerson · Music memorabiliaSiegfried Palm (25 April 1927 – 6 June 2005) was a German cellist who is known worldwide for his interpretations of contemporary music.
Sigiswald KuijkenPerson · Music memorabiliaSigiswald Kuijken (lang; born 16 February 1944) is a Belgian violinist, violist, and conductor known for playing on period and original instruments.
Simone FortiPerson · Music memorabiliaSimone Forti (March 25, 1935 – July 2026) was an American postmodern artist, dancer, choreographer, and writer.
Stefan GrossmanPerson · Music memorabiliaStefan Grossman (born April 16, 1945) is an American acoustic fingerstyle guitarist and singer, music producer and educator, and co-founder of Kicking Mule records.
Steve ColsonPerson · Music memorabiliaAdegoke Steve Colson is an American jazz pianist, composer, and educator. A member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) since the early 1970s, Colson has…
Szymon GoldbergPerson · Music memorabiliaSzymon Goldberg (1 June 1909 – 19 July 1993) was a Polish-born Jewish classical violinist and conductor, latterly an American.
Tadeusz BairdPerson · Music memorabilia
Tatiana NikolayevaPerson · Music memorabiliaTatiana Petrovna Nikolayeva (Tatyana Petrovna Nikolaeva; May 4, 1924November 22, 1993) was a Soviet and Russian pianist, composer, and teacher.
Thomas AdèsPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Adès conducting the Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris (2025)
Thomas SøndergårdPerson · Music memorabiliaThomas Søndergård (born 4 October 1969) is a Danish conductor and percussionist.
Tibor VargaPerson · Music memorabiliaTibor Varga (4 July 1921 – 4 September 2003) was a Hungarian violinist, conductor, and music teacher who developed pedagogic methods for teaching string music.
Tikhon KhrennikovPerson · Music memorabiliaTikhon Nikolayevich Khrennikov (10 June 1913 – 14 August 2007) was a Russian and Soviet composer, pianist, and General Secretary of the Union of Soviet Composers (1948–1991), who was also…
Tofig BakikhanovPerson · Music memorabiliaTofig Ahmed-agha oglu Bakikhanov (Tofiq Əhmədağa oğlu Bakıxanov; 8 December 1930 – 23 August 2026) was an Azerbaijani composer.
Tommy VigPerson · Music memorabiliaTommy Vig (born July 14, 1938) is a percussionist, arranger, bandleader, and composer.
Tsippi FleischerPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Tsippi Fleischer, 2015
Tsuyoshi TsutsumiPerson · Music memorabiliaTsuyoshi Tsutsumi (born July 28, 1942 in Tokyo) is a world-renowned Japanese cellist.
U. SrinivasPerson · Music memorabiliaUppalapu Srinivas (28 February 1969 – 19 September 2014) was an Indian mandolin player in Carnatic classical music and composer.
Václav SmetáčekPerson · Music memorabiliaVáclav Smetáček (30 September 1906 – 18 February 1986) was a Czech conductor, composer and oboist.
Valeri BraininPerson · Music memorabiliaValeri "Willi" Borisovich Brainin (Valeri "Villi" Borissovich Brainin, Willi Braynin.ru.vorb.oga;
Veli MukhatovPerson · Music memorabiliaVelimuhammet Muhadov or Welimuhammet Muhadow (Turkmen Cyrillic: Велимухаммет Мухадов; Velimukhammed Mukhatov;
Veljo TormisPerson · Music memorabiliaVeljo Tormis (7 August 1930 – 21 January 2017) was an Estonian composer, regarded as one of the great contemporary choral composers and one of the most important composers of the 20th…
Virgil FoxPerson · Music memorabiliaVirgil Keel Fox (May 3, 1912 in Princeton, Illinois – October 25, 1980 in Palm Beach, Florida) was an American organist, known especially for his years as organist at Riverside Church in…
Vladimir KrainevPerson · Film memorabiliaVladimir Krainev (Russian: Влади́мир Все́володович Кра́йнев; 1 April 1944 – 29 April 2011) was a Russian pianist and professor of piano, People's Artist of the USSR.
Vladimir MartynovPerson · Music memorabiliaVladimir Ivanovich Martynov (Russian: Владимир Иванович Мартынов) (Moscow, 20 February 1946) is a Russian composer, known for his compositions in the concerto, orchestral music, chamber…
Vladimir ShainskyPerson · Music memorabiliaVladimir Yakovlevich Shainsky (Russian: Владимир Яковлевич Шаинский, [vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr ʂɐˈinskʲɪj]; 12 December 1925 – 25 December 2017) was a Soviet and Russian composer.
Vlado PerlemuterPerson · Music memorabiliaVladislas "Vlado" Perlemuter (26 May 1904 – 4 September 2002) was a Lithuanian-born French pianist and teacher.
Walter HilgersPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Walter Hilgers in 2013
William AlwynArtist · PaintingsWilliam Alwyn (born William Alwyn Smith;[1] 7 November 1905 – 11 September 1985)[2] was an English composer, conductor, and music teacher who composed over 200 cinematic scores, of which…

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