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Conductor Biographies
Every archived life recorded as conductor, ordered by their place in the ledger.
Modern era
Frederik IX of Denmark
March 11, 1899 – January 14, 1972
King of Denmark from 1947 to 1972
Modern era
Prince Albert
August 26, 1819 – December 14, 1861
Consort of Queen Victoria from 1840 to 1861 (1819–1861)
Early Modern era
Joseph Haydn
March 31, 1732 – May 31, 1809
Austrian composer (1732–1809)
Modern era
Ludwig van Beethoven
December 16, 1770 – March 26, 1827
German composer who carried music from the classical to the romantic age
Modern era
Franz Liszt
October 22, 1811 – July 31, 1886
Hungarian romantic composer and virtuoso pianist (1811-1886)
Modern era
Robert Schumann
June 8, 1810 – July 29, 1856
German composer, pianist and critic (1810–1856)
Modern era
Johannes Brahms
May 7, 1833 – April 3, 1897
German composer (1833–1897)
Modern era
Richard Wagner
May 22, 1813 – February 13, 1883
German composer (1813–1883)
Modern era
Giuseppe Verdi
April 10, 1813 – January 27, 1901
Italian opera composer (1813–1901)
Modern era
Giacomo Puccini
December 22, 1858 – November 29, 1924
Italian opera composer (1858–1924)
Modern era
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
April 25, 1840 – October 25, 1893
Russian composer (1840–1893)
Modern era
Sergei Rachmaninoff
April 1, 1873 – March 28, 1943
Russian composer, pianist and conductor (1873–1943)
Modern era
Igor Stravinsky
June 18, 1882 – April 6, 1971
Russian, French, and American composer (1882–1971)
Modern era
Antonin Dvorak
September 8, 1841 – May 1, 1904
Czech composer (1841–1904)
Modern era
Maurice Ravel
March 7, 1875 – December 28, 1937
French composer (1875–1937)
Modern era
Gustav Mahler
July 7, 1860 – May 18, 1911
Austrian late-Romantic composer (1860–1911)
Modern era
Felix Mendelssohn
February 3, 1809 – November 4, 1847
German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of Jewish descent (1809-1847)
Modern era
Hector Berlioz
December 11, 1803 – March 8, 1869
French composer and conductor (1803–1869)
Modern era
Camille Saint-Saens
October 9, 1835 – December 16, 1921
French composer, organist, conductor and pianist (1835–1921)
Modern era
Jean Sibelius
December 8, 1865 – September 20, 1957
Finnish composer (1865–1957)
Modern era
Sergei Prokofiev
April 23, 1891 – March 5, 1953
Russian and Soviet pianist, composer and conductor (1891–1953)
Modern era
Leonard Bernstein
August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990
American conductor and composer (1918–1990)
Modern era
John Williams
b. February 8, 1932
American composer and conductor (born 1932)
Modern era
Ennio Morricone
November 10, 1928 – July 6, 2020
Italian composer, orchestrator and conductor (1928–2020)
Modern era
Ella Fitzgerald
April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996
American jazz singer (1917–1996)
Modern era
Miles Davis
May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991
American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer (1926–1991)
Modern era
John Coltrane
September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967
American jazz saxophonist (1926–1967)
Modern era
Fela Kuti
October 15, 1938 – August 2, 1997
Nigerian musician and activist (1938–1997)
Modern era
Aram Khachaturian
May 24, 1903 – May 1, 1978
Soviet Armenian composer (1903–1978)
Early Modern era
Antonio Salieri
August 18, 1750 – May 7, 1825
Italian composer and teacher (1750–1825)
Modern era
Johann Strauss II
October 25, 1825 – June 3, 1899
Austrian composer (1825-1899)
Modern era
Jacques Offenbach
June 20, 1819 – October 5, 1880
German-born French composer (1819–1880)
Modern era
Georges Bizet
October 25, 1838 – June 3, 1875
French composer (1838–1875)
Modern era
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
March 6, 1844 – June 20, 1908
Russian composer (1844–1908)
Modern era
Bedrich Smetana
March 2, 1824 – May 12, 1884
Czech composer
Modern era
Ralph Vaughan Williams
October 12, 1872 – August 26, 1958
English composer (1872-1958)
Modern era
Gustav Holst
September 21, 1874 – May 25, 1934
British composer (1874–1934)
Modern era
Edward Elgar
June 2, 1857 – February 23, 1934
English composer (1857-1934)
Modern era
Benjamin Britten
November 22, 1913 – December 4, 1976
English composer, conductor, and pianist (1913-1976)
Modern era
Aaron Copland
November 14, 1900 – December 2, 1990
American composer, composition teacher, writer, and conductor (1900-1990)
Modern era
Samuel Barber
March 9, 1910 – January 23, 1981
American composer (1910-1981)
Modern era
Astor Piazzolla
March 11, 1921 – July 4, 1992
Argentine tango composer, bandoneon player and arranger
Modern era
Heitor Villa-Lobos
March 5, 1887 – November 17, 1959
Brazilian composer (1887–1959)
Contemporary era
Itzhak Perlman
b. August 31, 1945
Israeli-American violinist and conductor (born 1945)
Modern era
Herbert von Karajan
April 5, 1908 – July 16, 1989
Austrian conductor (1908–1989)
Modern era
Arturo Toscanini
March 25, 1867 – January 16, 1957
Italian conductor (1867–1957)
Modern era
John Philip Sousa
November 6, 1854 – March 6, 1932
American conductor and composer (1854–1932)
Modern era
Benny Goodman
May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986
American jazz clarinetist and bandleader (1909–1986)