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Also Known As Anda Géza
Born November 19, 1921 • Budapest • Hungary • (Birthday in 6 days)
Died June 14, 1976 (aged 54) • Zürich • Switzerland
Georg Solti
Georg Solti
British conductor
Weber, Carl Maria von
Carl Maria von Weber
German composer and musician
Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington
American musician
Count Basie, 1968
Count Basie
American musician
Sergey Rachmaninoff in profile, seated at a piano, playing with both hands on the keys.
Sergey Rachmaninoff
Russian musician
Pierre Boulez
Pierre Boulez
French composer and conductor
Portrait of Benjamin Britten, British composer, wearing a suit and patterned tie, looking toward the camera with a neutral expression.
Benjamin Britten
British composer
Marvin Hamlisch seated at a grand piano, wearing glasses and a dark shirt, with orchestral instruments and music stands visible in the background.
Marvin Hamlisch
American composer, pianist, and conductor
Nat King Cole
Nat King Cole
American singer and musician
James Levine
James Levine
American conductor and pianist
Fletcher Henderson
Fletcher Henderson
American musician
Michael Tilson Thomas
Michael Tilson Thomas
American conductor and composer
Leonard Bernstein, wearing a dark suit and red pocket square, conducts with his right arm raised, baton in hand, in front of an orchestra in 1988.
Leonard Bernstein
American composer and conductor
Schuller, Gunther
Gunther Schuller
American composer
The Genius
Ray Charles
American musician
Fats Waller
Fats Waller
American musician
Smetana
Bedřich Smetana
Bohemian composer
Barenboim, Daniel
Daniel Barenboim
Israeli musician and conductor
Mitsuko Uchida
Mitsuko Uchida
Japanese-born British pianist and conductor
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Leon Fleisher
American pianist and conductor