Modest Mussorgsky

Modest Mussorgsky

male, deceased (1881)
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (Modest Petrovič Musorgskij, one of the Russian composers known as the Five, was an innovator of Russian music. He s...
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...
Barry Douglas

Barry Douglas

male, 49 years old
Barry Douglas (born April 23, 1960) is a British classical pianist. Born in Belfast, he won the International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1986, the...
Boris Tchaikovsky

Boris Tchaikovsky

male, deceased (1996)
Boris Alexandrovich Tchaikovsky (10 September 1925 - 7 February 1996) was a Soviet composer, born in Moscow, whose works included Slavic rhapsody...
Geoffrey Simon

Geoffrey Simon

male
Australian conductor Geoffrey Simon is resident in London and has appeared there with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra,...
Hartmut Haenchen

Hartmut Haenchen

male, 66 years old
Hartmut Haenchen is a prominent German orchestral conductor. Haenchen was born in Dresden and began his musical career as a member of the Dresden...
Ezio Pinza

Ezio Pinza

male, deceased (1957)
The Italian bass Ezio Pinza (18 May 1892 - 9 May 1957) was one of the outstanding opera singers of the first half of the 20th century. He spent...
Kazuhito Yamashita

Kazuhito Yamashita

male, 48 years old
Kazuhito Yamashita (born 1961 in Nagasaki) is a Japanese classical guitarist. Especially during his formative years, Yamashita was well-known for...
Kim Borg

Kim Borg

male
The Finnish bass-baritone, teacher and composer Kim Borg studied voice with Heikki Teittinen at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki (1936-1941 and...
Walter Goehr

Walter Goehr

male, deceased (1960)
Walter Goehr (28 May 1903, Berlin - 4 December, 1960, Sheffield) was a German composer. Goehr was born in Berlin. Arnold Schoenberg was his most...