Claudio Abbado

Claudio Abbado

male, 76 years old
The outstanding Italian conductor, Claudio Abbado , studied the piano at the Milan Conservatory with his father Michelangelo Abbado, and went on to...
John Barbirolli

John Barbirolli

male, deceased (1970)
Sir John Giovanni Battista Barbirolli, CH, was a British conductor and cellist. Barbirolli was particularly associated with the Hallé Orchestra in M...
Willi Boskovsky

Willi Boskovsky

male, deceased (1991)
Willi Boskovsky (Vienna on June 16, 1909- Visp, Switzerland on April 21, 1991) was an Austrian violinist and conductor. Willi Boskovsky joined the...
Fritz Kreisler

Fritz Kreisler

male, deceased (1962)
Fritz Kreisler was an Austrian (later American) violinist and composer, one of the most famous violinists of his day. Kreisler was noted for his...
Rudolf Serkin

Rudolf Serkin

male, deceased (1991)
Rudolf Serkin (March 28, 1903 - May 8, 1991) was a Bohemian-born pianist. He was born in Cheb (Eger), Bohemia (now Czech Republic) to a...
Carl Schuricht

Carl Schuricht

male, deceased (1967)
Carl Adolph Schuricht was an orchestra conductor born in Danzig (Gdańsk), in what is now Poland. His career was not that of a star but he was l...
James King

James King

male, deceased (2005)
James King (May 22 1925 - November 20 2005) was widely regarded as the finest American Heldentenor of the post-war period. Born in Dodge City,...
Manfred Honeck

Manfred Honeck

male
Manfred Honeck (born 1958 in Austria) is an Austrian conductor, the son of Otto and Frieda Honeck, from a family of nine children. As a youth, he...
Felix Weingartner

Felix Weingartner

male, deceased (1942)
Felix Weingartner, Edler von Münzberg (June 2 1863 - May 7 1942) was an Austrian conductor, composer and pianist. Weingartner was born in Zara, D...