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Vangelis
Greek composer and musician (1943–2022)
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Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou (Greek: Ευάγγελος Οδυσσέας Παπαθανασίου 29 March 1943 – 17 May 2022), known professionally as Vangelis ( vang-GHEL-iss; Greek: Βαγγέλης ), was a Greek musician and composer ...
Date of birth: 27 March 1943
Date of death: 17 May 2022
Nationality: Greek
Occupation: Composer
Gender: Male
Height: 6' (183 cm)
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Franz Liszt (Hungarian: Liszt Ferencz, in modern usage Liszt Ferenc 22 October 1811 – 31 July 1886) was a Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor, music teacher, arranger, and organist of ...
Date of birth: 22 October 1811
Date of death: 31 July 1886
Nationality: Hungarian
Occupation: Composer
Gender: Male
Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)
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Edvard Hagerup Grieg (GREEG, 15 June 1843 – 4 September 1907) was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is widely considered one of the leading Romantic era composers, and his music is part of the ...
Date of birth: 15 June 1843
Date of death: 4 September 1907
Nationality: Norwegian
Occupation: Composer
Gender: Male
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ( chy-KOF-skee; Russian: Пётр Ильи́ч Чайко́вский, 7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893) was a Russian composer of the Romantic period. He was the first Russian composer whose music ...
Date of birth: 7 May 1840
Date of death: 6 November 1893
Nationality: Russian
Occupation: Composer
Gender: Male
Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)
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Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff ( rahkh-MAH-nə-nawf, -nof, rahk-; Russian: Серге́й Васи́льевич Рахма́нинов, Sergei Vasilyevich Rakhmaninov, 1 April [O.S. 20 March] 1873 – 28 March ...
Date of birth: 1 April 1873
Date of death: 28 March 1943
Nationality: Russian
Occupation: Composer
Gender: Male
Height: 6' 6" (198 cm)
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Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (Russian: Дми́трий Дми́триевич Шостако́вич, Dmitriy Dmitrievich Shostakovich, 25 September [O.S. 12 September] 1906 – 9 August 1975) was a Soviet and ...
Date of birth: 26 September 1906
Date of death: 9 August 1975
Nationality: Russian
Occupation: Composer
Gender: Male
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Ivan Moody (11 June 1964 – 18 January 2024) was a British composer and musicologist.
Date of birth: 11 June 1964
Date of death: 18 January 2024
Nationality: British
Occupation: Composer
Gender: Male
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Marc Broude (born August 23, 1984) is an American musician whose work encompasses experimental music, noise, musique concrète, industrial, psychedelic and punk.
Date of birth: 23 August 1984
Nationality: American
Occupation: Musician
Gender: Male
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Arvo Pärt (born 11 September 1935) is an Estonian composer of classical and religious music. Since the late 1970s, Pärt has worked in a minimalist style that employs his self-invented compositional te ...
Date of birth: 11 September 1935
Nationality: Estonian
Occupation: Composer
Gender: Male
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György Sándor Ligeti (Hungarian: Ligeti György Sándor 28 May 1923 – 12 June 2006) was a Hungarian-Austrian composer of contemporary classical music. He has been described as "one of the most important ...
Date of birth: 28 May 1923
Date of death: 11 June 2006
Nationality: Hungarian
Occupation: Composer
Gender: Male
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Béla Viktor János Bartók (Hungarian: Bartók Béla, 25 March 1881 – 26 September 1945) was a Hungarian composer, pianist, and ethnomusicologist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the ...
Date of birth: 25 March 1881
Date of death: 26 September 1945
Nationality: Hungarian
Occupation: Composer
Gender: Male
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Franz Lehár ( LAY-har; Hungarian: Lehár Ferenc 30 April 1870 – 24 October 1948) was an Austro-Hungarian composer. He is mainly known for his operettas, of which the most successful and best known is The ...
Date of birth: 30 April 1870
Date of death: 24 October 1948
Nationality: Austrian
Occupation: Composer
Gender: Male
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Miklós Rózsa (18 April 1907 – 27 July 1995) was a Hungarian-American composer trained in Germany (1925–1931) and active in France (1931–1935), the United Kingdom (1935–1940) and the United States (194 ...
Date of birth: 18 April 1907
Date of death: 27 July 1995
Nationality: Hungarian
Occupation: Composer
Gender: Male
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Władysław Szpilman (5 December 1911 – 6 July 2000) was a Polish pianist and classical composer of Jewish descent. Szpilman is widely known as the central figure in the 2002 Roman Polanski film The Pianist ...
Date of birth: 5 December 1911
Date of death: 6 July 2000
Nationality: Polish
Occupation: Pianist
Gender: Male
Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)
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Esa-Pekka Salonen (pronunciation : born 30 June 1958) is a Finnish orchestral conductor and composer. He is principal conductor and artistic advisor of the Philharmonia Orchestra in London, conductor ...
Date of birth: 30 June 1958
Nationality: Finnish
Occupation: Musician
Gender: Male
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Osvaldo Noé Golijov (born December 5, 1960) is an Argentine composer of classical music and music professor, known for his vocal and orchestral work.
Date of birth: 5 December 1960
Nationality: Argentinean
Occupation: Composer
Gender: Male
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Lalo Schifrin
Argentine-American pianist and composer (born 1932)
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Boris Claudio "Lalo" Schifrin (born June 21, 1932) is an Argentine-American pianist, composer, arranger and conductor. He is best known for his large body of film and TV scores since the 1950s, including ...
Date of birth: 21 June 1932
Nationality: American
Occupation: Composer
Gender: Male
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Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin (Russian: Александр Николаевич Скрябин 6 January 1872 [O.S. 25 December 1871] – 27 April [O.S. 14 April] 1915) was a Russian composer and virtuoso pianist ...
Date of birth: 6 January 1872
Date of death: 27 April 1915
Nationality: Russian
Occupation: Inventor
Gender: Male
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Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (Russian: Модест Петрович Мусоргский, Modést Petróvich Músorgskiy, 21 March [O.S. 9 March] 1839 – 28 March [O.S. 16 March] 1881) was a Russian composer ...
Date of birth: 21 March 1839
Date of death: 28 March 1881
Nationality: Russian
Occupation: Composer
Gender: Male
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Jean Sibelius ( sib-AY-lee-əs; born Johan Julius Christian Sibelius, 8 December 1865 – 20 September 1957), was a Finnish composer and violinist of the late Romantic and early-modern periods. He ...
Date of birth: 8 December 1865
Date of death: 20 September 1957
Nationality: Finnish
Occupation: Composer
Gender: Male
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