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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

8.78 Great

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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

8.28 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

8.00 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

7.91 Good

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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

7.87 Good

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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

7.82 Good

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Andrew Davis

Sir Andrew Davis was a British conductor who lived from 1944 to 2024 and worked extensively in orchestral music and oper...

Music Opera Contemporary Orchestral

7.74 Good

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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

7.71 Good

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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

7.64 Good

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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

7.52 Good

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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

7.38 Good

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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

7.22 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

6.99 Fair

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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

6.95 Fair

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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

6.95 Fair

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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

6.90 Fair

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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

6.85 Fair

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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

6.72 Fair

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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

6.58 Fair

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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

6.44 Fair