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Born May 2, 1953 (age 73) • Moscow • Russia
James Levine
James Levine
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Igor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky
Russian composer
Sergey Rachmaninoff in profile, seated at a piano, playing with both hands on the keys.
Sergey Rachmaninoff
Russian musician
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov.
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov
Russian composer
Mstislav Rostropovich
Mstislav Rostropovich
Russian musician
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Eugen Jochum
German conductor
Joseph Haydn
Joseph Haydn
Austrian composer
Richard Wagner
Richard Wagner
German composer
Hector Berlioz
Hector Berlioz
French composer
Gustav Mahler
Gustav Mahler
Austrian composer
Oil portrait of composer Georg Frideric Handel by Thomas Hudson, showing Handel in a red coat with gold trim, white wig, and holding a sheet of music.
George Frideric Handel
German-English composer
Richard Strauss
Richard Strauss
German composer
Felix Mendelssohn
Felix Mendelssohn
German musician and composer
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Harry Lawrence Freeman
American composer and conductor
Maestrao Gustavo Dudamel
Gustavo Dudamel
Venezuelan conductor
Michael Tilson Thomas
Michael Tilson Thomas
American conductor and composer
Schuller, Gunther
Gunther Schuller
American composer
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Susanna Mälkki
Finnish conductor
Thea Musgrave
Thea Musgrave
British composer
Smetana
Bedřich Smetana
Bohemian composer