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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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Paavo Berglund

Paavo Berglund was a Finnish conductor renowned for his definitive interpretations of the symphonies of his compatriot,...

Symphony Classical Historical Violin

8.3 Great

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Manfred Honeck

Austrian conductor Manfred Honeck has served as the Music Director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra since 2008, winn...

Symphony Austrian Opera Contemporary

8.0 Great

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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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Susanna Mälkki

Finnish conductor Susanna Mälkki is recognized for her contemporary music expertise, notably serving as chief conductor...

Symphony Modern Contemporary Cello

7.8 Good

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Sakari Oramo

Finnish conductor Sakari Oramo is notable for serving as the chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra since 2013, f...

Symphony Modern Contemporary Violin

7.8 Good

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Mikko Franck

Finnish conductor Mikko Franck became the Music Director of the Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France in 2015, having...

Symphony Opera Contemporary Violin

7.6 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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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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Jukka-Pekka Saraste

Finnish conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste is recognized for his distinguished career, notably serving as the chief conductor...

Symphony Modern Contemporary Violin

7.5 Good

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Hannu Lintu

Finnish conductor Hannu Lintu is notable for his tenure as chief conductor of the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra from...

Symphony Modern Contemporary Piano

7.4 Good

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Jaap van Zweden

Dutch violinist and conductor Jaap van Zweden became the Music Director of the New York Philharmonic in 2018, having pre...

Symphony Modern Contemporary Violin

7.3 Good

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Gábor Takács-Nagy

Hungarian violinist and conductor who founded the Takács Quartet in 1975 and later became music director of the Manchest...

Symphony Hungarian Contemporary Violin

7.3 Good

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Vladimir Spivakov

Russian violinist and conductor who founded the Moscow Virtuosi chamber orchestra in 1979 and served as artistic directo...

Symphony Russian Contemporary Violin

7.3 Good

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Jean-Christophe Spinosi

French conductor who founded the Ensemble Matheus, known for critically acclaimed and energetic recordings of Vivaldi an...

Symphony Opera French Contemporary

7.3 Good

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Leif Segerstam

Finnish conductor Leif Segerstam is renowned for his prolific composing career, having written over 300 symphonies, and...

Composer Symphony Contemporary Violin

7.2 Good

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Tomáš Netopil

Czech conductor who served as general music director of the Aalto Theatre in Essen from 2009 to 2017 and is a regular gu...

Symphony Opera Contemporary Violin

7.2 Good

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Krzysztof Urbański

Polish conductor who became music director of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra in 2011, among the youngest conductors...

Symphony Polish Modern Contemporary

7.1 Good

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Bertrand de Billy

French conductor who served as music director of the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra from 2002 to 2011, known for a broa...

Symphony Opera French Contemporary

7.1 Good

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Okko Kamu

Okko Kamu is a Finnish conductor who gained international fame when he won the first Herbert von Karajan Conducting Comp...

Symphony Classical Contemporary Violin

6.9 Fair