Gustav Leonhardt

Gustav Leonhardt

male, 81 years old
Dutch harpsichordist, Classical music era, choral conductor, pipe organ, baroque, clavichord…ScholaCantorum
Gustav Leonhardt made his debut in as a harpsichordist in Vienna in 1950. After studying musicology there, he served as professor of harpsichord at...
Jeremy Summerly

Jeremy Summerly

male
Oxford University, Oxford Camerata, King's College, London, ScholaCantorum, first class honours, Lichfield Cathedral
Jeremy Summerly is a British conductor. He was educated at Lichfield Cathedral (where he was a chorister), at Winchester College and at New...
Maria Guinand

Maria Guinand

female, 56 years old
Conductor, Venezuelan, University of Bristol, caracas, University Simon Bolivar, choral conductor…ScholaCantorum
Maria Guinand is an internationally renowned choral conductor. María Guinand received her bachelor's and master's degrees in music from the U...
Eric Ericson

Eric Ericson

male
musician, Swedish Radio Choir, Kungl. Musikhögskolan, Royal College of Music, Stockholm, Nordic Council Music Prize, Polar Music Prize…ScholaCantorum
Eric Ericson, is a Swedish choral conductor and influential choral teacher. He graduated from the Royal College of Music ("Kungl. Musikhögskolan") i...
Joel Cohen

Joel Cohen

male, 67 years old
Harvard University, Danforth Fellowship, Early music performer, Massachusetts musician, American, early music…ScholaCantorum
Joel Cohen, (b. 1942) is an American musician specializing in early music repertoires. Since 1968 he has been the director of the Boston Camerata,...
Knut Nystedt

Knut Nystedt

male, 94 years old
Royal Norwegian Order of St Olav, Universitetet i Oslo, Order of St. Olav, norwegian, Oslo bys Kunstnerpris, Spellemannprisen 1978…ScholaCantorum
Knut Nystedt, born September 3, 1915, in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway, is an orchestral and choral composer. He grew up in a Christian home where...
Georges Auric

Georges Auric

male, deceased (1983)
notre-dame de paris, ScholaCantorum, Goodbye Again, Paris Conservatoire, Lola Montes, Les Six
Georges Auric was a French composer, born in Lodève, Hérault, Languedoc-Roussillon, France. He was a child prodigy and at age 15 he had his first co...
Wanda Landowska

Wanda Landowska

female, deceased (1959)
French, folklorist, folklore, piano, Early music performer, polish language…ScholaCantorum
Wanda Landowska (July 5, 1879 - August 16, 1959), was a Polish (later a naturalized French citizen) harpsichordist whose performances, teaching,...

Déodat de Séverac

male, deceased (1921)
Romantic composer, composer, French, languedoc, conservatoire, opera…ScholaCantorum
Déodat de Séverac (Saint-Félix-de-Caraman, Haute-Garonne, July 20, 1872 - Céret, Pyrénées-Orientales, March 24, 1921) was a French composer who wa...
Benjamin Bagby

Benjamin Bagby

male
composer, Harpist, beowulf, notre dame, harmonia mundi, sequentia…ScholaCantorum
Benjamin Bagby is a singer, composer, harpist, and groundbreaking performer of medieval music. Educated at Oberlin and the Schola Cantorum in...