Classical
Discover renowned figures who have left an unforgettable mark on the world of classical music. From celebrated composers like Mozart and Beethoven to virtuoso performers such as Yo-Yo Ma and Renée Fleming, this list showcases the brilliance of classical artists throughout history. Explore their captivating stories and timeless masterpieces that continue to inspire generations.
Sasa Vectomov
Czech cellist of Russian origin
France Clidat
France
FranceFrench pianist.
Heinrich Ahna
Germany
GermanyGerman violinist and music teacher
Elinor Bennett
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish harpist.
Ginette Neveu
France
FranceFrench violinist
Solomon Abramzon
Soviet violinist
Severino Araujo
Brazil
BrazilBrazilian clarinetist, composer, conductor
Milan Graf
Croatia
CroatiaCroatian violinist, footballer and sports journalist.
Sven Lagergren
Sweden
SwedenSwedish organist.
Mathieu Crickboom
Belgium
BelgiumBelgian violinist and music teacher.
Nickolay Figner
Ukraine
UkraineSinger, director, teacher
Sergey Babayan
Russia
RussiaPianist
Eliisabet Batiaschvili
Georgia
GeorgiaGerman violinist of Georgian origin.
Janos Lavotta
Hungary
HungaryHungarian virtuoso violinist and composer.
Rivka Golani
Israel
IsraelIsraeli, Canadian and British violist, teacher
Jakob Grun
Austria
AustriaAustrian violinist and music teacher.
Radu Aldulescu
Romania
RomaniaRomanian-Italian cellist and music teacher.
Pietro Gvarnery
Italy
ItalyItalian violin maker
Ilya Grubert
Latvia
LatviaLatvian-Dutch violinist.
Willi Boskovsky
Austria
AustriaAustrian violinist and conductor
Endre Wolf
Sweden
SwedenSwedish violinist and music teacher of Hungarian Jewish descent
Malcolm Hamilton
USA
USAAmerican harpsichordist.
Jacques Gordon
USA
USAAmerican violinist of Russian origin.
Andras Schiff
Hungary
HungaryOutstanding classical pianist
Geza De Kresz
Canada
CanadaHungarian-Canadian violinist and music educator.
Anton Rubinshtein
Russia
RussiaPianist composer
Colin Carr
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish cellist.
Ingo Goritzki
Germany
GermanyGerman oboist.
Koromzay Denes
Hungary
HungaryHungarian-American violist and music educator.
Etienne Baudo
France
FranceFrench oboist.
Henry Lazarus
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish clarinetist and basset hornist
Emil Kamilarov
Bulgaria
BulgariaBulgarian and Swedish violinist
Louis Drouet
France
FranceDutch flutist of French origin.
Andre Jaunet
Switzerland
SwitzerlandSwiss flutist and music teacher of French origin
Laurent Albrecht Breuninger
Germany
GermanyGerman violinist and composer.
Martine Geliot
France
FranceFrench harpist
Pavel Minev
Bulgaria
BulgariaBulgarian violinist
Giovanni Buonaventura Viviani
Italy
ItalyA popular Italian violinist and composer of the 17th century.
Rudolf Hertl
Czech
CzechCzech flutist.
Mihay Kuttner
Hungarian-American violinist.
Henry Doktorski
USA
USAAmerican accordionist
Gregor Zubitskiy
Sweden
SwedenSwedish oboist.
Peter-Lucas Graf
Switzerland
SwitzerlandSwiss flutist.
Sophie-Veronique Cauchefer-Choplin
France
FranceFrench organist
Mauro Giuliani
Italy
ItalyItalian classical guitarist, composer and teacher. Father of Michele Giuliani.
Jean-Guihen Queyras
France
FranceFrench cellist.
Lyudmila Vaverko
Moldova
MoldovaMoldovan music teacher
Hayley Westenra
New Zealand
New ZealandNew Zealand singer
Ivan D'Arshambo
Belgium
BelgiumBelgian cellist
Daniela Barcellona
Italy
ItalyOpera singer (coloratura mezzo-soprano)