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Michael Tilson Thomas

American conductor Michael Tilson Thomas served as the Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony from 1995 to 2020, c...

Composer Pianist Symphony American

8.7 Great

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Osmo Vänskä

Finnish conductor Osmo Vänskä is notable for his tenure as the music director of the Minnesota Orchestra from 2003 to 20...

Symphony Classical Contemporary Finnish

8.5 Great

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Mark Elder

Mark Elder is a distinguished British conductor who has served as the music director of the Manchester-based Hallé Orche...

Symphony Classical Opera Contemporary

8.1 Great

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Franz Welser-Möst

Austrian conductor Franz Welser-Most has served as the Music Director of the Cleveland Orchestra since 2002, also mainta...

Symphony Classical Austrian Opera

7.9 Good

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Vasily Petrenko

Russian conductor, chief conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra from 2006 to 2021, acclaimed for his aw...

Symphony Classical Opera Russian

7.9 Good

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Marin Alsop

American conductor Marin Alsop became the first woman to lead the BBC Last Night of the Proms in 2013, having broken bar...

Symphony American Contemporary Violin

7.8 Good

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David Zinman

American conductor known for his tenure as music director of the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich from 1995 to 2014 and his acc...

Symphony Classical American Historical

7.8 Good

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Ádám Fischer

Hungarian conductor who founded the Austro-Hungarian Haydn Philharmonic in 1987, acclaimed for his complete recordings o...

Symphony Classical Opera Hungarian

7.8 Good

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Semyon Bychkov

Russian-American conductor Semyon Bychkov, known for his expansive interpretations of late Romantic repertoire, became t...

Symphony Opera Russian American

7.7 Good

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Kent Nagano

American conductor who served as music director of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra from 2006 to 2020 and the Bavarian St...

Symphony Opera Modern American

7.7 Good

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Karina Canellakis

American conductor Karina Canellakis is acclaimed for winning the 2016 Malko Competition and later becoming the chief co...

Symphony Opera American Contemporary

7.6 Good

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JoAnn Falletta

American conductor JoAnn Falletta is notable for serving as the music director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra sin...

Symphony Modern American Contemporary

7.6 Good

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Leonard Slatkin

American conductor Leonard Slatkin is notable for his extensive recording legacy and his tenure as the music director of...

Symphony Classical American Contemporary

7.6 Good

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David Robertson

American conductor David Robertson is notable for his tenure as music director of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra from...

Symphony Opera Modern American

7.4 Good

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Daniele Rustioni

Daniele Rustioni is an Italian conductor who currently serves as the music director of the Opéra National de Lyon in Fra...

Symphony Classical Opera Italian

7.4 Good

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Xian Zhang

Chinese conductor Xian Zhang is recognized for serving as the music director of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, a rol...

Symphony Opera American Contemporary

7.2 Good

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Andrew Litton

American conductor Andrew Litton is notable for his distinguished career, serving as music director of the Bergen Philha...

Symphony Opera American Contemporary

7.2 Good

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Leopold Hager

Leopold Hager is an Austrian conductor highly regarded for his interpretations of Mozart and his work with the Salzburg...

Symphony Classical Austrian Opera

7.1 Good

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Robert Spano

American conductor Robert Spano is recognized for his tenure as music director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra from 20...

Pianist Symphony Opera American

7.0 Good

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Roberto Abbado

Roberto Abbado is an Italian conductor who has led major operatic productions at the Metropolitan Opera and La Scala ove...

Symphony Classical Opera Italian

7.0 Good