swap_horiz René Jacobs Alternatives

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Kirill Petrenko

Kirill Petrenko is a highly regarded conductor recognized for his interpretations of both classical and contemporary sym...

Symphony Austrian Opera Russian

9.0 Excellent

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Riccardo Muti

Riccardo Muti is an Italian conductor known for his work in opera and the symphonic repertory. He served as music direct...

Music Opera Italian Contemporary

8.8 Great

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Antonio Pappano

Antonio Pappano is a renowned conductor celebrated for his interpretations of both classical and contemporary works with...

Pianist Opera Italian Contemporary

8.7 Great

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Christian Thielemann

Christian Thielemann is a German conductor known especially for the operas and orchestral works of Richard Wagner and Ri...

German Symphony Romantic Opera

8.6 Great

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Vladimir Jurowski

Vladimir Jurowski is a Russian-born conductor known for work in both orchestral music and opera. He served as principal...

Symphony Opera Russian Modern

8.6 Great

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Riccardo Chailly

Riccardo Chailly is an Italian conductor recognized for his extensive work in both symphonic and operatic repertoire. He...

Symphony Opera Modern Italian

8.5 Great

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John Eliot Gardiner

John Eliot Gardiner (born 1943) is an English conductor associated with historically informed performance of Baroque, Cl...

Contemporary British Early Music Choir

8.4 Great

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Ivan Fischer

Ivan Fischer is a Hungarian conductor who co-founded the Budapest Festival Orchestra in 1983, developing it into an ense...

Symphony Opera Modern Hungarian

8.3 Great

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Philippe Herreweghe

Philippe Herreweghe is a Belgian conductor known for historically informed performances of Renaissance, Baroque, Classic...

Romantic Contemporary Belgian Early Music

8.2 Great

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Jakub Hrůša

Czech conductor appointed chief conductor of the Bamberg Symphony in 2016, also serving as music director of the Royal O...

Symphony Romantic Opera Contemporary

8.2 Great

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William Christie

William Christie is an American-born French harpsichordist and conductor specializing in French Baroque music. In 1979,...

Opera French American Contemporary

8.0 Great

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Emmanuelle Haïm

Emmanuelle Haïm is a French harpsichordist and conductor specializing in Baroque and early music. In 2000, she founded t...

Opera French Contemporary Early Music

7.9 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

Paul McCreesh is a British conductor known for historically informed performances of Renaissance, Baroque, and Classical...

Opera Contemporary British Early Music

7.6 Good

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Rinaldo Alessandrini

Rinaldo Alessandrini is an Italian harpsichordist, organist, and conductor specializing in music of the Renaissance and...

Opera Italian Contemporary Early Music

7.6 Good

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Jane Glover

Jane Glover is a British conductor and musicologist known particularly for opera, Mozart, and music of the Baroque and C...

Opera Contemporary British Mozart

7.5 Good

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Harry Bicket

Harry Bicket is a British conductor and harpsichordist internationally recognized for his expertise in Baroque and Class...

Opera Contemporary British Early Music

7.5 Good

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Diego Fasolis

Diego Fasolis is a Swiss conductor and the artistic director of I Barocchisti, a Swiss ensemble focused on Baroque and e...

Opera Swiss Contemporary Early Music

7.3 Good

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Ottavio Dantone

Ottavio Dantone is an Italian harpsichordist and conductor associated with historically informed performance. He has ser...

Opera Italian Contemporary Early Music

7.2 Good

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Alessandro De Marchi

Alessandro De Marchi is an Italian conductor known for work in Baroque and Classical opera and historically informed per...

Opera Italian Contemporary Cello

7.0 Good