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Classical Music

644 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

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Paul PiskPerson · Music memorabiliaPaul Amadeus Pisk (May 16, 1893, Vienna – January 12, 1990, Los Angeles) was an Austrian-born composer and musicologist.
Paul SacherPerson · Music memorabiliaPaul Sacher (28 April 190626 May 1999) was a Swiss conductor, patron and billionaire businessman.
Paul TaffanelPerson · Music memorabiliaClaude-Paul Taffanel (16 September 1844 – 22 November 1908) was a French flautist, conductor and instructor, regarded as the founder of the French Flute School that dominated much of flute…
Paul WittgensteinPerson · Music memorabiliaPaul Wittgenstein was an Austrian and American pianist, music educator, composer, art collector and musician (1887–1961). He was born in Vienna and died in Manhasset.
Pavel SamiecPerson · Music memorabiliaPavel Samiec (born 30 August 1984) is a Czech composer and accordionist.
Pavel SerebryakovPerson · Music memorabiliaPavel Alekseyevich Serebryakov (28 February 1909 – 17 August 1977) was a Soviet classical pianist and pedagogue.
Pavel VranickýPerson · Music memorabiliaPaul Wranitzky (Pavel Vranický; 30 December 1756 – 29 September 1808) was a Moravian classical composer. His half brother, Antonín, was also a composer.
Peter SerkinPerson · Music memorabiliaPeter Adolf Serkin (July 24, 1947 – February 1, 2020) was an American classical pianist.
Philippe EntremontPerson · Music memorabiliaPhilippe Entremont (born 7 June 1934) is a French classical pianist and conductor.
Pierre AmoyalPerson · Music memorabiliaPierre Amoyal (born 22 June 1949 in Paris) is a French violinist and is the artistic director of the Conservatory of Lausanne.
Pierre CochereauPerson · Music memorabiliaPierre Eugène Charles Cochereau (9 July 1924 – 6 March 1984) was a French organist, improviser, composer, and pedagogue.
Pierre DervauxPerson · Music memorabiliaPierre Jean-Émile Dervaux (3 January 1917 – 20 February 1992) was a French conductor, composer, and pedagogue.
Piet KeePerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Piet Kee
Piotr AnderszewskiPerson · Music memorabiliaPiotr Anderszewski (ˈpʲɔtr andɛrˈʂɛfski) (born 4 April 1969) is a Polish pianist. Based in Paris, where he spent part of his childhood, he has enjoyed an international career and has…
Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyPerson · Music memorabiliaPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893) was a Russian composer of the Romantic period.
Qigang ChenPerson · Music memorabiliaQigang Chen (born 8 August 1951) is a Chinese-born French composer who has lived in France since 1984 and obtained French citizenship in 1992.
Quincy PorterPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Quincy Porter
Rafael Frühbeck de BurgosPerson · Music memorabiliaRafael Frühbeck de Burgos (born Rafael Frühbeck; 15 September 1933 – 11 June 2014) was a Spanish conductor and composer. He first took up conducting whil
Rafał BlechaczTerminology · Music memorabiliaRafał Blechacz (Rafal-Blechach-wymowa.oga; born 30 June 1985) is a Polish classical pianist who rose to fame after winning the XV International Chopin Piano Competition in 2005.
Ralph KirkpatrickPerson · Music memorabiliaRalph Leonard Kirkpatrick (June 10, 1911April 13, 1984) was an American harpsichordist and musicologist, widely known for his chronological catalog of Domenico Scarlatti's keyboard sonatas…
Ralph Vaughan WilliamsAuthor · BooksRalph Vaughan Williams (12 October 1872– 26 August 1958) was an English composer. His works include operas, ballets, chamber music, secular and religious vocal pieces and orchestral…
Raoul KoczalskiPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Raoul Koczalski
Raoul LaparraAuthor · BooksIllustration — Raoul Laparra (1931)
Ray BrownPerson · Music memorabilia2=Raymond Brown (disambiguation)
Ray ChenPerson · Music memorabilia
Ray LynchPerson · Music memorabiliaRaymond Augustus Lynch (July 3, 1943 – December 22, 2025) was an American guitarist, lutenist, keyboardist, and composer known for his new-age releases in the 1980s.
Raymond LeppardPerson · Music memorabiliaRaymond John Leppard (11 August 1927 – 22 October 2019) was a British-American conductor, harpsichordist, composer and editor.
René LeibowitzPerson · Music memorabiliaRené Leibowitz (17 February 1913 – 29 August 1972) was a Polish and French composer, conductor, music theorist and teacher.
Ricardo OdnoposoffPerson · Music memorabiliaRicardo Odnoposoff (February 24, 1914 – October 26, 2004) was a Jewish Argentine-Austrian-American violinist of the 20th century.
Richard Rodney BennettPerson · Music memorabiliaSir Richard Rodney Bennett (29 March 193624 December 2012) was an English composer and pianist.
Richard StraussPerson · Music memorabiliaStrauss#Richard Strauss (disambiguation)Richard Strauss (disambiguation)
Robert CasadesusPerson · Music memorabiliaRobert Marcel Casadesus (kazadˈsy; 7 April 1899 – 19 September 1972) was a French pianist and composer.[1] He was the most prominent member of a distinguished musical family, being the…
Robert H. P. PlatzPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Robert Hugo Philip Platz
Robert HegerPerson · Music memorabiliaRobert Heger (19 August 1886 – 14 January 1978) was a German conductor and composer from Strasbourg, Alsace-Lorraine.
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 VolkmannPerson · Music memorabiliaFriedrich Robert Volkmann (6 April 1815 – 30 October 1883) was a German composer.
Roger SessionsPerson · Music memorabiliaRoger Huntington Sessions (December 28, 1896March 16, 1985) was an American composer, teacher, and writer on music.
Rostislav KrimerPerson · Music memorabiliaRostislav Krimer is a classical pianist and conductor, chief conductor and artistic director of the East-West Chamber Orchestra.
Rouget de LisleAuthor · BooksClaude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (10 May 1760 – 26 June 1836) was a French army officer of the French Revolutionary Wars.
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 TobiasPerson · Music memorabiliaRudolf Tobias (29 May [O.S. 17 May] 1873 – 29 October 1918) was the first Estonian professional composer, as well as a professional organist. He studied at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory.
Salomon JadassohnPerson · Music memorabiliaSalomon Jadassohn (13 August 1831 – 1 February 1902) was a German pianist, composer, and teacher at the Leipzig Conservatory.
Samuel DushkinPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Samuel Dushkin, date unknown
Samuel MaykaparPerson · Music memorabiliaSamuel Moiseyevich Maykapar (18 December 18678 May 1938) was a Russian romantic composer, pianist, professor of music at the St.
Samuel Sebastian WesleyPerson · Music memorabilia
Samuil FeinbergPerson · Music memorabiliaSamuil Yevgenyevich Feinberg (Russian: Самуи́л Евге́ньевич Фе́йнберг, also Samuel; 26 May 1890 – 22 October 1962) was a Russian and Soviet composer and pianist.
Samuil SamosudPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Samuil Samosud in the 1930s
Sanja StijačićPerson · Music memorabiliaSanja Stijačić (born 14 November 1965) is a Serbian flutist and Associate Professor of Flute at the University of Pristina (Kosovska Mitrovica) and University of East Sarajevo.
Sarah SchachnerPerson · Music memorabiliaSarah Schachner is an American composer and musician who has worked on the scores of films, television series and video games.
Scott RossPerson · Music memorabiliaScott Ross was an American organist, musician, university teacher, harpsichordist and pianist (1951–1989). He was born in Pittsburgh and died in Assas.
Serge KoussevitzkyPerson · Music memorabiliaSerge Koussevitzky (born Sergey Aleksandrovich Kusevitsky, sʲɪrˈɡʲej ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪtɕ kʊsʲɪˈvʲitskʲɪj;
Sergei ProkofievPerson · Music memorabiliaSergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (– 5 March 1953)While Prokofiev himself believed 11/23 April to be his birth date, the posthumous discovery of his birth certificate showed that he was actually…
Sergey KhachatryanPerson · Music memorabiliaSergey Khachatryan (also spelled Sergei Khachatryan; born 5 April 1985) is an Armenian classical violinist.
Shahin NajafiPerson · Music memorabiliaMorteza Najafipour Moghadam (born 1980), better known as Shahin Najafi, is an Iranian musician, singer, composer, poet, author, and political activist.
Shirley BrillPerson · Music memorabiliaShirley Brill (born 1982) is an Israeli clarinetist living in Germany.
Sidonie GoossensPerson · Music memorabiliaAnnie Sidonie Goossens OBE (19 October 1899 – 15 December 2004) was one of Britain's most enduring harpists.
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.
Signum RecordsOrganisation · Music memorabiliaSignum Records, also known as Signum Classics, is a classical musical record label in the UK founded in 1997.
Simone YoungPerson · Music memorabiliaSimone Margaret Young AM (born 2 March 1961) is an Australian conductor and academic teacher. She is currently chief conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
Slide HamptonPerson · Music memorabiliaLocksley Wellington Hampton (April 21, 1932 – November 18, 2021) was an American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger.
Sono LuminusOrganisation · Music memorabiliaSono Luminus is a classical music record label founded by Sandy Lerner and Leonard Bosack, who also founded Cisco Systems.
Sophie MenterPerson · Music memorabiliaSophie Menter (29 July 1846 – 23 February 1918) was a German pianist and composer who became the favorite female student of Franz Liszt.
Stanislav BuninPerson · Music memorabiliaStanislav Stanislavovich Bunin (born 25 September 1966) is a Russian-born concert pianist.
Stanisław BarcewiczPerson · Music memorabiliaStanisław Barcewicz (16 April 18581 September 1929) was a Polish violinist, conductor and teacher.
Stefan AskenasePerson · Music memorabiliaStefan Askenase (10 July 189618 October 1985) was a Polish-Belgian classical pianist and pedagogue.
Stefano Ronchetti-MontevitiPerson · Music memorabiliaStefano Ronchetti-Monteviti (1814–1882) was an Italian composer, music educator, and college administrator.
Stephen WarbeckPerson · Film memorabiliaStephen Warbeck (born 21 October 1953) is an English composer, best known for his film and television scores.
Steven De GrootePerson · Music memorabiliaSteven De Groote (12 January 1953 – 22 May 1989) was a South African classical pianist.
Steven IsserlisPerson · Music memorabiliaSteven John Isserlis (born 19 December 1958) is a British cellist. An acclaimed soloist, chamber musician, educator, writer and broadcaster, he is widely regarded as one of the leading…
Sviatoslav RichterPerson · Music memorabiliaSviatoslav Teofilovich Richter (March 20 [O.S. March 7] 1915 – August 1, 1997) was a Soviet and Russian classical pianist.
Szymon GoldbergPerson · Music memorabiliaSzymon Goldberg (1 June 1909 – 19 July 1993) was a Polish-born Jewish classical violinist and conductor, latterly an American.
Tadaaki OtakaPerson · Music memorabilia
Tadeusz BairdPerson · Music memorabilia
Tarquinio MerulaPerson · Music memorabiliaTarquinio Merula (24 November 1595 – 10 December 1665) was an Italian composer, organist, and violinist of the early Baroque era.
Tatiana NikolayevaPerson · Music memorabiliaTatiana Petrovna Nikolayeva (Tatyana Petrovna Nikolaeva; May 4, 1924November 22, 1993) was a Soviet and Russian pianist, composer, and teacher.
Tatiana ShebanovaPerson · Music memorabiliaTatiana Vladimirovna Shebanova (12 January 19531 March 2011) was a Russian pianist.
Teo GheorghiuPerson · Music memorabilia
Teodor CurrentzisPerson · Music memorabiliaTeodor Currentzis (θeˈoðɔros kurenˈdzis; born 24 February 1972) is a Greek and Russian conductor, musician and actor.
Teodulo MabelliniPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Teodulo Mabellini
Theodor W. AdornoAuthor · BooksTheodor W. Adorno (born Theodor Ludwig Wiesengrund; 11 September 1903 – 6 August 1969) was a German philosopher, cultural, and music critic.
Thomas de HartmannPerson · Music memorabiliaThomas Alexandrovich de Hartmann (October 3 [O.S.: September 21], 1884 March 28, 1956) was a Ukrainian-born composer, pianist and professor of composition.
Thomas SanderlingPerson · Music memorabiliaThomas Sanderling (born October 2, 1942) is a German conductor born in the Soviet Union.
Thomas SchippersPerson · Music memorabiliaThomas Schippers (9 March 1930 – 16 December 1977) was an American conductor. He was highly regarded for his work in opera.
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.
Ton KoopmanPerson · Music memorabiliaAntonius Gerhardus Michael "Ton" Koopman (lang; born 2 October 1944) is a Dutch conductor, organist, harpsichordist, and musicologist, primarily known for being the founder and director of…
Tori AmosPerson · Music memorabiliaTori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos; August 22, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. She is a classically trained musician with a mezzo-soprano vocal range.
Toshihiko SahashiPerson · Music memorabiliaBorn November 12, 1959 in Tokyo, Japan is a Japanese composer. He graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music in 1986.
Tsuyoshi TsutsumiPerson · Music memorabiliaTsuyoshi Tsutsumi (born July 28, 1942 in Tokyo) is a world-renowned Japanese cellist.
Tugan SokhievPerson · Music memorabiliaTugan Taymurazovich Sokhiev (Soxity Tajmurazy fyrt Tuhan; born 21 October 1977) is a Russian conductor.
Ursula BagdasarjanzPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Ursula Bagdasarjanz with a Stradivari from the Rolf Habisreutinger Collection
Ute LemperPerson · Music memorabiliaUte Gertrud Lemper (German pronunciation: [ˈuːtə ˈlɛmpɐ]; born 4 July 1963) is a German singer and actress.
Václav SmetáčekPerson · Music memorabiliaVáclav Smetáček (30 September 1906 – 18 February 1986) was a Czech conductor, composer and oboist.
Václav VačkářPerson · Music memorabiliaVáclav Vačkář (12 August 1881 – 4 February 1954) was a Czech composer and conductor of the late romantic era. He is well known for his marches, especially for his march "Šohaj".
Valery AfanassievAuthor · BooksValery Pavlovich Afanassiev (Valery Pavlovich Afanasyev; born 8 September 1947) is a Russian pianist, writer and conductor.
Van CliburnPerson · Music memorabiliaHarvey Lavan "Van" Cliburn Jr. (July 12, 1934February 27, 2013) was an American pianist.
Vanessa-MaePerson · Music memorabiliaVanessa-Mae (born 27 October 1978), also called Vanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson, is a Singaporean-born British violinist and skier with Thai heritage from her father.
Vasily SafonovPerson · Music memorabiliaVasily Ilyich Safonov (25 January 1852 – 27 February 1918), also known as Wassily Safonoff, was a Russian pianist, teacher, conductor and composer.
Vassily SinaiskyPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Sinaisky in 2006
Victor BorgePerson · Music memorabiliaBørge Rosenbaum (Danish: [ˈpɶɐ̯wə ˈʁoːsn̩pɑwm]; January 3, 1909 – December 23, 2000), known as Victor Borge (BOR-gə), was a Danish-American actor, comedian, and pianist who achieved great…
Victor SmolskiPerson · Music memorabiliaVictor Dmitriyevich Smolski (Russian: Виктор Дмитриевич Смольский, Belarusian: Віктар Дзмітрыевіч Смольскі, born 1 February 1969) is a guitarist who was a member of the German heavy metal…
Viviana SofronitskyPerson · Music memorabiliaViviana Sofronitsky is a Russian and Canadian classical pianist, born in Moscow. Her father was the Soviet-Russian pianist Vladimir Sofronitsky.
Vladimir JurowskiPerson · Music memorabiliaVladimir Mikhailovich Jurowski (Russian: Владимир Михайлович Юровский; born 4 April 1972) is a Russian conductor resident in Germany.
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 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 GiesekingPerson · Music memorabiliaWalter Wilhelm Gieseking (5 November 1895 – 26 October 1956) was a French-born German pianist and composer.
Walter WellerPerson · Music memorabiliaWalter Weller (30 November 1939 – 14 June 2015) was an Austrian-born conductor and classical violinist.
Wanda LandowskaPerson · Music memorabiliaWanda Aleksandra Landowska (5 July 1879 – 16 August 1959) was a Polish harpsichordist and pianist whose performances, teaching, writings and especially her many recordings played a large…
Wenzel PichlPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Bust of Pichl on his birth house
Wilhelm KillmayerPerson · Music memorabiliaWilhelm Killmayer (21 August 1927 – 20 August 2017) was a German composer of classical music, a conductor and an academic teacher of composition at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater…
Wilhelm StenhammarPerson · Music memorabiliaCarl Wilhelm Eugen Stenhammar (February 7, 1871 – November 20, 1927) was a Swedish composer, conductor and pianist.
Willem AndriessenPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Willem Andriessen
Willi BoskovskyPerson · Music memorabiliaWillibald Karl Boskovsky (16 June 1909 – 21 April 1991) was an Austrian violinist and conductor, best known as the long-standing conductor of the Vienna New Year's Concert from 1955 to 1979.
William KapellPerson · Music memorabiliaWilliam Capell (disambiguation)
Witold LutosławskiPerson · Music memorabiliaWitold Roman Lutosławski (25 January 1913 – 7 February 1994) was a Polish composer and conductor.
Witold MałcużyńskiPerson · Music memorabiliaWitold Małcużyński (August 10, 1914 – July 17, 1977) was a Polish pianist who specialized in the works of Frédéric Chopin.
Władysław SzpilmanPerson · Music memorabiliaWładysław Szpilman (5 December 1911 – 6 July 2000) was a Polish Jewish pianist, classical composer and Holocaust survivor.
Włodzimierz KotońskiTerminology · Music memorabiliaWłodzimierz Kotoński (23 August 1925 – 4 September 2014) was a Polish composer.
Wolfgang SawallischPerson · Music memorabiliaWolfgang Sawallisch (26 August 1923 – 22 February 2013) was a German conductor and pianist.

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