John Ireland

John Ireland

male, deceased (1962)
Academic of the Royal College of Music, Alumni of the Royal College of Music, debussy, Impressionism, Classical composer, Beethoven
John Nicholson Ireland (13 August 1879 - 12 June 1962) was an English composer. Ireland was born in Bowdon, near Altrincham, Manchester, into a...
Louis Lortie

Louis Lortie

male, 50 years old
Leeds Competition, Leeds International Pianoforte Competition, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, National Order of Quebec, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Order of Canada…Beethoven
Louis Lortie CQ (born 27 April 1959) is a French-Canadian pianist. He is known for his interpretation of Ravel, Chopin and Beethoven. He is an...
Ferdinand Ries

Ferdinand Ries

male, deceased (1838)
Romantic composer, German, composer, Beethoven, Piano Concerto, violin concerto
Ferdinand Ries, from a musical family of Bonn, was a friend and pupil of Beethoven who published in 1838 a collection of reminiscences of his...
Myra Hess

Myra Hess

female, deceased (1965)
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Classical musician, Chamber music, guildhall school of music and drama, Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Alumni of the Royal Academy of Music…Beethoven
Dame Myra Hess DBE (February 25, 1890 - November 25, 1965), born Julia Myra Hess, was a British pianist. She was born in London. At the age of five...
Josef Krips

Josef Krips

male, deceased (1974)
Musician who left Nazi Germany, Josef Alois Krips, Vienna Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra…Beethoven
Josef Alois Krips (April 8, 1902 - October 13 1974) was an Austrian conductor and violinist. Krips was born in Vienna, Austria, and went on to...
Hermann Scherchen

Hermann Scherchen

male, deceased (1966)
emigrant, Britten's Child, libretto, Musician who left Nazi Germany, Simplicius Simplicissimus, Britten's Children…Beethoven
Hermann Scherchen was a German conductor. Born in Berlin, he conducted in Riga from 1914 to 1916 and in Konigsberg from 1928 to 1933, after which...
Anton Kuerti

Anton Kuerti

male, 71 years old
Schulich School of Music, New Democratic Party, Cleveland Institute of Music, Order of Canada, longy school of music, schubert…Beethoven
Anton (Emil) Kuerti is a Canadian pianist, music teacher and composer. Since his performance of the Grieg Piano Concerto with the Boston Pops...
Erich Kleiber

Erich Kleiber

male, deceased (1956)
Colon Theater, Musician who left Nazi Germany, musician, fidelio, Nazi Party, Teatro Colón…Beethoven
Erich Kleiber was an Austrian-born conductor. Born in Vienna, Kleiber studied in Prague. In 1923, after conducting a stirring performance of...
Byron Janis

Byron Janis

male, 81 years old
josef, chopin, Mercury Records, Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 2, RCA Victor
Byron Janis (born March 24, 1928) is an American pianist. He made several recordings for RCA Victor and Mercury Records, and occupies two volumes...
Jaap van Zweden

Jaap van Zweden

male, 49 years old
Noord-Holland, From Amsterdam, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Residentie Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic…Beethoven
Jaap van Zweden (pronounced: "Yahp vahn ZWEH-dn") (born December 12, 1960 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland) is a Dutch conductor and violinist. From...