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Composers died

Johann Strauss II

Composer from Austria
1825 in Vienna, Austria - 1899 in Vienna, Austria

Georges Bizet

Composer from France
1838 in Paris, France - 1875 in Bougival, France

Artists died

André Cluytens

Conductor from Belgium
1905 in Antwerp, Belgium - 1967 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France

Composers born

James Hook

Composer from United Kingdom
1746 -

Artists born

Albrecht Mayer

Oboist from Germany
1965 in Erlangen, Germany -

Haochen Zhang

Pianist from China
1990 in Shanghai, China -

Jan Peerce

Tenor from United States of America
1904 in New York, NY, United States - 1984 in New York, NY, United States

Last Videos

Come paride vezzoso (L'elisir d'amore) - Juan Pons 1991

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Juan Pons - "Cortigiani, vil razza dannata" (Rigoletto)

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Beethoven Violin Sonata No.5 (Spring / Frühling) – Thomas Albertus Irnberger / Michael Korstick

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Discover Composers

Ferdinand Hérold

Composer from France
1791 - 1833

Heitor Villa-Lobos

Composer from Brazil
1887 in Rio de Janeiro - State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 1959 in Rio de Janeiro - State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Gioachino Rossini

Composer from Italy
1792 in Pesaro, Province of Pesaro and Urbino, Italy - 1868 in Paris, France

Ture Rangström

Composer from Sweden
1884 in Stockholm, Sweden - 1947 in Stockholm, Sweden

Witold Rudziński

Composer from Poland
1913 in Sebezh, Pskov Oblast, Russia - 2004 in Warsaw, Poland

Henryk Melcer-Szczawiński

Composer from Poland
1869 in Poland - 1928 in Warsaw, Poland

Georg Hendrik Witte

Composer from Netherlands
1843 in Utrecht, Netherlands - 1929 in Essen, Germany

Toma Proshev

Composer from Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of
1931 in North Macedonia - 1996 in Zagreb, Croatia

Discover Artists

Patricia Petibon

Soprano from France
1970 in Montargis, France -

Juan Manuel Cañizares

Guitarist from Spain
1966 in Sabadell, Spain -

Leon Fleisher

Pianist from United States of America
1928 in San Francisco, CA, United States -

Jacqueline du Pré

Cellist from United Kingdom
1945 in Oxford, United Kingdom - 1987 in London, United Kingdom

András Schiff

Pianist from Hungary
1953 in Budapest, Hungary -

Pekka Kuusisto

Violinist from Finland
1976 in Espoo, Finland -

Yevgeny Svetlanov

Conductor from Russian Federation
1928 in Moscow, Russia - 2002 in Moscow, Russia

Leslie Howard

Pianist from Australia
1948 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia -