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Arturo Toscanini

Arturo Toscanini (1867-1955) was a prominent Italian conductor renowned for his demanding interpretations and rigorous s...

Symphony Opera Italian 20TH Century

9.2 Excellent

2

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

3

Claudio Abbado

Claudio Abbado was an Italian conductor notable for serving as music director of both Milan's La Scala and the Berlin Ph...

Symphony Opera Italian 20TH Century

8.7 Great

4

Antonio Pappano

British-Italian conductor Antonio Pappano served as the Music Director of the Royal Opera House in London from 2002 to 2...

Pianist Opera Italian Contemporary

8.7 Great

5

Christian Thielemann

German conductor Christian Thielemann is widely recognized for his interpretations of Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss...

German Symphony Romantic Opera

8.6 Great

6

Vladimir Jurowski

Russian conductor Vladimir Jurowski is notable for serving as the principal conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchest...

Symphony Opera Russian Modern

8.6 Great

7

Carlo Maria Giulini

Carlo Maria Giulini was an Italian conductor celebrated for his deeply spiritual interpretations of Verdi and Bruckner,...

Symphony Opera Italian 20TH Century

8.5 Great

8

Riccardo Chailly

Italian conductor Riccardo Chailly notably served as the Gewandhauskapellmeister in Leipzig from 2005 to 2016 and became...

Symphony Opera Modern Italian

8.5 Great

9

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

10

Ivan Fischer

Hungarian conductor who co-founded the Budapest Festival Orchestra in 1983, building it into one of the world's leading...

Symphony Opera Modern Hungarian

8.3 Great

11

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

12

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

13

Gianandrea Noseda

Italian conductor Gianandrea Noseda became the Music Director of the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington D.C. in 2...

Symphony Opera Modern Italian

8.0 Great

14

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

15

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

16

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

17

Daniele Gatti

Italian conductor Daniele Gatti served as the principal conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra from 1996 to 2009...

Symphony Romantic Opera Italian

7.6 Good

18

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

19

Michele Mariotti

Michele Mariotti is an Italian conductor known for his bel canto interpretations who led the Teatro Comunale di Bologna...

Symphony Opera Italian Contemporary

7.4 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