| NAME |
OCCUPATION |
SUMMARY |
BORN |
DIED |
|
| Claudio Abbado
|
Conductor |
Conductor of La Scala, 1968-86 |
26-Jun-1933 |
TBD |
|
| Gerd Albrecht
|
Conductor |
Yomiuri Nippon Symphony, 1998-2007 |
19-Jun-1935 |
TBD |
|
Ernest Ansermet
|
Conductor |
Founder, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande |
11-Nov-1883 |
20-Feb-1969 |
DEAD
|
| Vladimir Ashkenazy
|
Conductor |
Director, NHK Symphony Orchestra |
06-Jul-1937 |
TBD |
|
John Barbirolli
|
Conductor |
Conductor at The Hallé, 1943-70 |
02-Dec-1899 |
29-Jul-1970 |
DEAD
|
Thomas Beecham
|
Conductor |
Founder, London and Royal Philharmonics |
29-Apr-1879 |
08-Mar-1961 |
DEAD
|
Leonard Bernstein
|
Conductor |
Conductor, New York Philharmonic |
25-Aug-1918 |
14-Oct-1990 |
DEAD
|
Gary Bertini
|
Conductor |
Music Director, Jerusalem Symphony, 1978-87 |
01-May-1927 |
18-Mar-2005 |
DEAD
|
| Herbert Blomstedt
|
Conductor |
Director, Leipzig Gewandhaus, 1998-2005 |
11-Jul-1927 |
TBD |
|
Artur Bodanzky
|
Conductor |
Opera Conductor at the NY Met, 1915-39 |
16-Dec-1877 |
23-Nov-1939 |
DEAD
|
Karl Böhm
|
Conductor |
Conductor, Vienna State Opera |
28-Aug-1894 |
14-Aug-1981 |
DEAD
|
Adrian Boult
|
Conductor |
Conductor, BBC Symphony Orchestra, 1930-50 |
08-Apr-1889 |
23-Feb-1983 |
DEAD
|
Hans von Bülow
|
Conductor |
German conductor, proponent of Wagner |
08-Jan-1830 |
12-Feb-1894 |
DEAD
|
Fritz Busch
|
Conductor |
Conductor, Danish National Symphony, 1934-51 |
13-Mar-1890 |
14-Sep-1951 |
DEAD
|
| Semyon Bychkov
|
Conductor |
Conductor, WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne |
30-Nov-1952 |
TBD |
|
Sarah Caldwell
|
Conductor |
Opera Company of Boston |
06-Mar-1924 |
23-Mar-2006 |
DEAD
|
Sergiu Celibidache
|
Conductor |
Director, Munich Philharmonic, 1979-96 |
11-Jul-1912 |
14-Aug-1996 |
DEAD
|
| Riccardo Chailly
|
Conductor |
Director, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra |
20-Feb-1953 |
TBD |
|
Walter Damrosch
|
Conductor |
Conductor, popularizer of music |
30-Jan-1862 |
22-Dec-1950 |
DEAD
|
| Andrew Davis
|
Conductor |
Music Director, Lyric Opera of Chicago |
02-Feb-1944 |
TBD |
|
| Colin Davis
|
Conductor |
Principal Conductor, LSO, 1995-2006 |
25-Sep-1927 |
TBD |
|
Antal Doráti
|
Conductor |
Conductor, Minneapolis Symphony, 1949-60 |
09-Apr-1906 |
13-Nov-1988 |
DEAD
|
| Christoph Eschenbach
|
Conductor |
Music Director, Orchestre de Paris |
20-Feb-1940 |
TBD |
|
| JoAnn Falletta
|
Conductor |
Music Director, Buffalo Philharmonic |
27-Feb-1954 |
TBD |
|
Arthur Fiedler
|
Conductor |
Conductor of the Boston Pops |
17-Dec-1894 |
10-Jul-1979 |
DEAD
|
Lukas Foss
|
Conductor |
Director, Buffalo Philharmonic, 1963-71 |
15-Aug-1922 |
01-Feb-2009 |
DEAD
|
| Lawrence Foster
|
Conductor |
Principal Conductor, Gulbenkian Orchestra |
23-Oct-1941 |
TBD |
|
Wilhelm Furtwängler
|
Conductor |
Pre-War German conductor |
25-Jan-1886 |
30-Nov-1954 |
DEAD
|
| Valery Gergiev
|
Conductor |
Principal Conductor, LSO |
02-May-1953 |
TBD |
|
Carlo Maria Giulini
|
Conductor |
LA Philharmonic Music Director, 1978-84 |
09-May-1914 |
14-Jun-2005 |
DEAD
|
Eugene Goossens III
|
Conductor |
Cincinnati Symphony, 1931-46 |
24-May-1893 |
13-Jun-1962 |
DEAD
|
| Bernard Haitink
|
Conductor |
Conductor, Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
04-Mar-1929 |
TBD |
|
Hamilton Harty
|
Conductor |
Principal Conductor, The Hallé, 1920-34 |
04-Dec-1879 |
19-Feb-1941 |
DEAD
|
Skitch Henderson
|
Conductor |
Original Tonight Show bandleader |
27-Jan-1918 |
01-Nov-2005 |
DEAD
|
Walter Hendl
|
Conductor |
Music Director, Dallas Symphony, 1949-58 |
12-Jan-1917 |
10-Apr-2007 |
DEAD
|
| Manfred Honeck
|
Conductor |
Music Director, Pittsburgh Symphony |
17-Sep-1958 |
TBD |
|
| Mariss Jansons
|
Conductor |
Conductor, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra |
14-Jan-1943 |
TBD |
|
| Neeme Järvi
|
Conductor |
Principal Conductor, Residentie Orchestra |
07-Jun-1937 |
TBD |
|
Herbert von Karajan
|
Conductor |
General music director of Europe |
05-Apr-1908 |
16-Jul-1989 |
DEAD
|
István Kertész
|
Conductor |
Hungarian operatic conductor |
28-Aug-1929 |
16-Apr-1973 |
DEAD
|
Otto Klemperer
|
Conductor |
Prominent German conductor |
14-May-1885 |
06-Jul-1973 |
DEAD
|
Paul Kletzki
|
Conductor |
Director, Bern Symphony, 1964-67 |
21-Mar-1900 |
05-Mar-1973 |
DEAD
|
André Kostelanetz
|
Conductor |
André Kostelanetz Presents |
22-Dec-1901 |
13-Jan-1980 |
DEAD
|
Serge Koussevitzky
|
Conductor |
Music Director, Boston Symphony, 1924-49 |
26-Jul-1874 |
04-Jun-1951 |
DEAD
|
Josef Krips
|
Conductor |
Director, Buffalo Philharmonic, 1954-63 |
08-Apr-1902 |
13-Oct-1974 |
DEAD
|
Rafael Kubelik
|
Conductor |
Conductor, Czech Philharmonic, 1942-48 |
29-Jun-1914 |
11-Aug-1996 |
DEAD
|
Erich Kunzel
|
Conductor |
Conductor, Cincinnati Pops, 1977-2009 |
21-Mar-1935 |
01-Sep-2009 |
DEAD
|
Erich Leinsdorf
|
Conductor |
Music Director, Boston Symphony, 1962-69 |
04-Feb-1912 |
11-Sep-1993 |
DEAD
|
| James Levine
|
Conductor |
Music Director, NY Metropolitan Opera |
23-Jun-1943 |
TBD |
|
Henry Lewis
|
Conductor |
Music Director, NJ Symphony, 1968-76 |
16-Oct-1932 |
26-Jan-1996 |
DEAD
|
| Andrew Litton
|
Conductor |
Music Director, Bergen Philharmonic |
16-May-1959 |
TBD |
|
| Fabio Luisi
|
Conductor |
Principal Conductor, Vienna Symphony |
17-Jan-1959 |
TBD |
|
| Lorin Maazel
|
Conductor |
Conductor, New York Philharmonic |
06-Mar-1930 |
TBD |
|
Mantovani
|
Conductor |
Popular light orchestral conductor |
15-Nov-1905 |
29-Mar-1980 |
DEAD
|
| Neville Marriner
|
Conductor |
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields |
15-Apr-1924 |
TBD |
|
Jean Martinon
|
Conductor |
Music Director, Chicago Symphony, 1963-68 |
10-Jan-1910 |
01-Mar-1976 |
DEAD
|
| Kurt Masur
|
Conductor |
Conductor, NY Philharmonic, 1991-2002 |
18-Jul-1927 |
TBD |
|
Eduardo Mata
|
Conductor |
Music Director, Dallas Symphony, 1977-93 |
05-Sep-1942 |
04-Jan-1995 |
DEAD
|
| Zubin Mehta
|
Conductor |
Conductor, New York Philharmonic |
29-Apr-1936 |
TBD |
|
Willem Mengelberg
|
Conductor |
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, 1895-1945 |
28-Mar-1871 |
21-Mar-1951 |
DEAD
|
Dimitri Mitropoulos
|
Conductor |
Conductor, NY Philharmonic, 1949-58 |
01-Mar-1896 |
02-Nov-1960 |
DEAD
|
Pierre Monteux
|
Conductor |
Music Director, SF Symphony, 1935-52 |
04-Apr-1875 |
01-Jul-1964 |
DEAD
|
Charles Münch
|
Conductor |
Conductor, Orchestre National de France, 1962-68 |
26-Sep-1891 |
06-Nov-1968 |
DEAD
|
| Riccardo Muti
|
Conductor |
Music Director of La Scala, 1986-2005 |
28-Jul-1941 |
TBD |
|
Eugene Ormandy
|
Conductor |
Music Director, Philadelphia Orchestra, 1938-80 |
18-Nov-1899 |
12-Mar-1985 |
DEAD
|
| Seiji Ozawa
|
Conductor |
Music Director, Vienna State Opera |
01-Sep-1935 |
TBD |
|
Paul Paray
|
Conductor |
Music Director, Detroit Symphony, 1951-62 |
24-May-1886 |
10-Oct-1979 |
DEAD
|
Fritz Reiner
|
Conductor |
Music Director, Chicago Symphony, 1953-62 |
19-Dec-1888 |
15-Nov-1963 |
DEAD
|
Nicola Rescigno
|
Conductor |
Conductor, Dallas Opera, 1957-90 |
28-May-1916 |
04-Aug-2008 |
DEAD
|
Artur Rodzinski
|
Conductor |
Conductor, NY Philharmonic, 1943-47 |
02-Jan-1892 |
27-Nov-1958 |
DEAD
|
| Gennady Rozhdestvensky
|
Conductor |
Bolshoi, Vienna Symphony, Stockholm |
04-May-1931 |
TBD |
|
Max Rudolf
|
Conductor |
Director, Cincinnati Symphony, 1958-71 |
15-Jun-1902 |
28-Feb-1995 |
DEAD
|
Victor de Sabata
|
Conductor |
Music Director at La Scala, 1930-53 |
10-Apr-1892 |
11-Dec-1967 |
DEAD
|
Paul Sacher
|
Conductor |
Founder, Basler Kammerorchester |
28-Apr-1906 |
26-May-1999 |
DEAD
|
| Esa-Pekka Salonen
|
Conductor |
Conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic |
30-Jun-1958 |
TBD |
|
Malcolm Sargent
|
Conductor |
Conductor, BBC Symphony, 1950-57 |
29-Apr-1895 |
03-Oct-1967 |
DEAD
|
| Wolfgang Sawallisch
|
Conductor |
Director, Philadelphia Orchestra, 1993-2003 |
26-Aug-1923 |
TBD |
|
Thomas Schippers
|
Conductor |
Music Director, Cinncinati Symphony, 1970-77 |
09-Mar-1930 |
16-Dec-1977 |
DEAD
|
| Gerard Schwarz
|
Conductor |
Music Director, Seattle Symphony |
19-Aug-1947 |
TBD |
|
| Leif Segerstam
|
Conductor |
Conductor, Helsinki Philharmonic, 1995-2007 |
02-Mar-1944 |
TBD |
|
| Doc Severinsen
|
Conductor |
Johnny Carson's musical sidekick |
07-Jul-1927 |
TBD |
|
Jacques Singer
|
Conductor |
Music Director, Oregon Symphony, 1962-72 |
09-May-1910 |
11-Aug-1980 |
DEAD
|
Giuseppe Sinopoli
|
Conductor |
Principal Conductor, Philharmonia, 1984-94 |
02-Nov-1946 |
20-Apr-2001 |
DEAD
|
| Leonard Slatkin
|
Conductor |
Music Director, Detroit Symphony |
01-Sep-1944 |
TBD |
|
Alexander Smallens
|
Conductor |
Russian-born American conductor |
01-Jan-1889 |
24-Nov-1972 |
DEAD
|
Nikolai Sokoloff
|
Conductor |
Founding Conductor, Cleveland Orchestra |
28-May-1886 |
25-Sep-1965 |
DEAD
|
Izler Solomon
|
Conductor |
Director, Indianapolis Symphony, 1956-76 |
11-Jan-1910 |
06-Dec-1987 |
DEAD
|
Georg Solti
|
Conductor |
Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
21-Oct-1912 |
05-Sep-1997 |
DEAD
|
William Steinberg
|
Conductor |
Music Director, Pittsburgh Symphony, 1952-76 |
01-Aug-1899 |
16-May-1978 |
DEAD
|
Leopold Stokowski
|
Conductor |
American Symphony Orchestra |
18-Apr-1882 |
13-Sep-1977 |
DEAD
|
Walter Susskind
|
Conductor |
Director, Toronto Symphony, 1956-65 |
01-May-1913 |
25-Mar-1980 |
DEAD
|
Yevgeny Svetlanov
|
Conductor |
Director, USSR State Symphony, 1965-2002 |
06-Sep-1928 |
03-May-2002 |
DEAD
|
George Szell
|
Conductor |
Conductor, Cleveland Orchestra, 1946-70 |
07-Jun-1897 |
30-Jul-1970 |
DEAD
|
| Michael Tilson Thomas
|
Conductor |
Music Director, SF Symphony |
21-Dec-1944 |
TBD |
|
Arturo Toscanini
|
Conductor |
20th Century virtuoso conductor |
25-Mar-1867 |
16-Jan-1957 |
DEAD
|
| Jaap van Zweden
|
Conductor |
Music Director, Dallas Symphony Orchestra |
12-Dec-1960 |
TBD |
|
| Christoph von Dohnányi
|
Conductor |
Conductor, Cleveland Orchestra, 1984-2002 |
08-Sep-1929 |
TBD |
|
Hans Vonk
|
Conductor |
Director, St. Louis Symphony, 1996-2002 |
18-Jun-1942 |
29-Aug-2004 |
DEAD
|
Bruno Walter
|
Conductor |
Conductor, Leipzig Gewandhaus, 1929-33 |
15-Sep-1876 |
17-Feb-1962 |
DEAD
|
Fred Waring
|
Conductor |
Innovative bandleader and musician |
09-Jun-1900 |
29-Jul-1984 |
DEAD
|
Felix Weingartner
|
Conductor |
Conductor, Vienna Philharmonic, 1919-27 |
02-Jun-1863 |
07-May-1942 |
DEAD
|
Lawrence Welk
|
Conductor |
Big band leader, TV champagne music host |
11-Mar-1903 |
17-May-1992 |
DEAD
|
| Franz Welser-Möst
|
Conductor |
Music Director, Cleveland Orchestra |
16-Aug-1960 |
TBD |
|