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Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Nikolaus Harnoncourt was an Austrian conductor and cellist who pioneered the early music movement, founding the period-i...

Austrian Historical Cello Early Music

8.6 Great

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John Eliot Gardiner

John Eliot Gardiner is an English conductor celebrated as a leading figure in historically informed performance, notably...

Contemporary British Early Music Choir

8.4 Great

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Philippe Herreweghe

Belgian conductor Philippe Herreweghe founded the Collegium Vocale Gent in 1970 and is celebrated worldwide for his hist...

Romantic Contemporary Belgian Early Music

8.2 Great

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Frans Brüggen

Dutch conductor and virtuoso recorder player Frans Brüggen co-founded the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century in 1981, b...

Recorder Historical Dutch Early Music

8.1 Great

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Masaaki Suzuki

Japanese organist and conductor Masaaki Suzuki founded the Bach Collegium Japan in 1990, earning international acclaim f...

Contemporary Japanese Early Music Bach

8.1 Great

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Jordi Savall

Catalan conductor and viol player Jordi Savall founded the early music ensemble Hesperion XX in 1974, becoming a leading...

Contemporary Spanish Medieval Early Music

8.1 Great

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William Christie

American-born French harpsichordist and conductor William Christie founded the ensemble Les Arts Florissants in 1979, ch...

Opera French American Contemporary

8.0 Great

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René Jacobs

Rene Jacobs is a Belgian countertenor and conductor who received the Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording in 2007 for h...

Opera Contemporary Belgian Early Music

7.9 Good

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Emmanuelle Haïm

French conductor Emmanuelle Haïm is a renowned harpsichordist and founder of the Baroque ensemble Le Concert d'Astrée, e...

Opera French Contemporary Early Music

7.9 Good

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Teodor Currentzis

Greek conductor Teodor Currentzis founded the musicAeterna orchestra in 2004, earning international recognition for his...

Russian Contemporary Avant Garde Greek

7.9 Good

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François-Xavier Roth

French conductor who founded the period-instrument ensemble Les Siècles and has served as chief conductor of the Gürzeni...

Symphony Modern French Contemporary

7.9 Good

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Trevor Pinnock

British harpsichordist and conductor Trevor Pinnock founded the period-instrument ensemble The English Concert in 1973,...

Classical Contemporary British Early Music

7.8 Good

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Nathalie Stutzmann

French conductor Nathalie Stutzmann is notable for serving as the music director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra from...

Symphony Opera French Contemporary

7.8 Good

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Andrew Manze

British conductor Andrew Manze is known for historically informed performance, serving as the principal conductor of the...

Classical Contemporary Violin British

7.8 Good

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Roger Norrington

Roger Norrington is a British conductor notable for his advocacy of historical performance practices with modern orchest...

Classical Contemporary British Early Music

7.7 Good

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Nicholas McGegan

British conductor who served as music director of Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra in San Francisco for over three decades...

Opera Contemporary British Early Music

7.6 Good

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Paul McCreesh

British conductor and founder of the Gabrieli Consort & Players (1982), internationally recognized for large-scale histo...

Opera Contemporary British Early Music

7.6 Good

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Rinaldo Alessandrini

Italian harpsichordist and conductor who founded Concerto Italiano in the 1980s, renowned for historically informed perf...

Opera Italian Contemporary Early Music

7.6 Good

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Fabio Biondi

Italian violinist and conductor who founded Europa Galante in 1990, celebrated for innovative Baroque violin technique a...

Baroque Italian Contemporary Violin

7.6 Good

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Laurence Equilbey

French conductor who founded the choral ensemble Accentus in 1991 and the period orchestra Insula orchestra in 2012, spe...

Symphony French Contemporary Early Music

7.3 Good