Olivier Messiaen

Olivier Messiaen

male, deceased (1992)
Olivier Messiaen was a French composer, organist, and ornithologist. He entered the Paris Conservatoire at the age of 11, and numbered Paul Dukas,...
Jonathan Harvey

Jonathan Harvey

male, 70 years old
Jonathan Harvey (born 3 May, 1939 in Sutton Coldfield) is a British composer. He studied with Erwin Stein and Hans Keller at St John's College,...
Emmanuel Pahud

Emmanuel Pahud

male, 39 years old
Emmanuel Pahud is a French-Swiss flute player. He started to learn the flute at the age of 6 and in 1990 graduated with the Premier Prix from the...
Gilles Tremblay

Gilles Tremblay

male, 77 years old
Gilles Tremblay is a Canadian composer. He studied at the Conservatories of Montreal and Paris (1954–61), where his teachers including Olivier Me...

Paul Jacobs

male, deceased (1983)
Paul Jacobs (born June 22, 1930 in New York City; died September 25, 1983) was an American pianist. Jacobs attended PS 95 and DeWitt Clinton High...

Jennifer Bate

female, 65 years old
Jennifer Bate (b. 11 November 1944) is an internationally acclaimed concert organist. She is especially regarded as a unique authority on the organ...

Michael Thompson

male
Michael Thompson is a British horn player. After studying at the Royal Academy of Music, Thompson was appointed Principal Horn with the BBC...
Karel Goeyvaerts

Karel Goeyvaerts

male, deceased (1993)
Karel Goeyvaerts was a Belgian composer. After studies at the Royal Flemish Music Conservatory in Antwerp, he studied composition in Paris with...

Roger Désormière

male, deceased (1963)
Roger Désormière was a French conductor. He is well known for having directed one of the earliest, and arguably one of the best, recordings of De...
John Foulds

John Foulds

male, deceased (1939)
John Herbert Foulds, was a British composer of classical music from England. A successful composer of light music and theatre scores, his principal...