Maria João Pires ( born in Lisbon, Portugal, 23 July 1944) is a Portuguese pianist. Her first recital was at the age of five, a...

Elisabeth Leonskaja (b. November 23, 1945) is a distinguished Russian pianist and teacher. She was born to a Russian family living...

Sir Simon Denis Rattle , OM CBE (born 19 January 1955), is an English conductor. He rose to international prominence during the 1980...

Kristjan Järvi (born 13 June 1972, Tallinn) is an Estonian-born American conductor. Järvi is the younger son of Neeme Järvi, and ...

Sarah Chang (born Young Joo Chang , on December 10, 1980) is an American classical violinist. Recognized as a child prodigy, she first pl...