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Top Classical Conductors
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| Claudio Abbado (253) |
| Sir John Barbirolli (143) |
| Daniel Barenboim (161) The only child of musical parents, Barenboim studied first with his mother, then with his father. After his debut in Buenos Aires at the age of seven, his parents (descendants of Russian Jews from Odessa) decided to move to Israel. |
| Leonard Bernstein (288) |
| Karl Bohm (166) |
| Richard Bonynge (153) Richard Bonynge, conductor Born in Sydney, Richard Bonynge studied at the New South Wales Conservatorium of Music and the Royal College of Music in London. |
| Sir Adrian Boult (129) |
| Sir Colin Davis (246) |
| Charles Dutoit (124) |
| John Eliot Gardiner (152) |
| Gianandrea Gavazzeni (144) |
| Carlo Maria Giulini (171) |
| Bernard Haitink (168) |
| Vernon Handley (116) |
| Nikolaus Harnoncourt (112) |
| Richard Hickox (245) |
| Neeme Jarvi (207) |
| Herbert von Karajan (613) The Austrian-born conductor Herbert von Karajan (1908-1989) was possibly the most significant conductor during the second half of the twentieth century. As an interpreter he is thought to have made more recordings than any other classical artist. |
| Erich Leinsdorf (111) |
| James Levine (164) |
| Lorin Maazel (179) |
| Sir Charles Mackerras (250) |
| Sir Neville Marriner (357) |
| Kurt Masur (160) |
| Zubin Mehta (214) |
| Riccardo Muti (167) |
| Eugene Ormandy (222) |
| Seiji Ozawa (146) |
| Georges Pretre (128) |
| Andre Previn (195) |
| Sir Simon Rattle (137) |
| Gerard Schwarz (144) |
| Tullio Serafin (149) |
| Leonard Slatkin (121) Internationally recognized American conductor Leonard Slatkin will become Music Director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in 2008-2009, after completing his 12th and final season as... |
| Sir Georg Solti (219) |
| George Szell (130) |
| Antoni Wit (115) Antoni Wit, one of the most highly regarded Polish conductors, studied conducting with Henryk Czyz and composition with Krzysztof Penderecki at the Academy of Music in Cracow, subsequently continuing his studies with Nadia Boulanger in Paris. |
| Wolfgang Sawallisch (111) Sawallisch began to learn the piano at the age of five, studying theory and composition while still at school and subsequently becoming a pupil of Ruoff, Haas, and Sache in Munich, prior to joining the German army in 1942; following the end of World... |
| David Zinman (137) |
