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Composers died

Franz Schreker

Composer from Austria
1878 - 1934

Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov

Composer from Russian Federation
1865 - 1936

Artists died

Willem Mengelberg

Conductor from Netherlands
1871 in Utrecht, Netherlands - 1951 in Sent, Scuol, Switzerland

Composers born

Modest Mussorgsky

Composer from Russian Federation
1839 in Karevo, Vladimir Oblast, Russia - 1881 in Saint Petersburg, Russia

Johann Sebastian Bach

Composer from Germany
1685 in Eisenach, Germany - 1750 in Leipzig, Germany

Artists born

João de Sousa Lima

Pianist from Brazil
1898 in São Paulo, State of São Paulo, Brazil - 1982 in São Paulo, State of São Paulo, Brazil

Paul Kletzki

Conductor from Poland
1900 in Łódź, Poland - 1973 in Liverpool, UK

Pasquale Amato

Baritone from Italy
1878 in Naples, Metropolitan City of Naples, Italy - 1942 in New York, NY, United States

Paul Tortelier

Cellist from France
1914 in Paris, France - 1990 in Chaussy, France

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 -