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Born February 4, 1912 • Vienna • Austria
Died September 11, 1993 (aged 81) • Zürich • Switzerland
Awards And Honors Grammy Award (1971) • Grammy Award (1968) • Grammy Award (1966) • Grammy Award (1964) • Grammy Award (1963) • Grammy Award (1960) • Grammy Award (1959)
James Levine
James Levine
American conductor and pianist
Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein
American composer and conductor
Schuller, Gunther
Gunther Schuller
American composer
Karajan, 1968
Herbert von Karajan
Austrian conductor
Georg Solti
Georg Solti
British conductor
Szell
George Szell
American musician
Igor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky
Russian composer
Marvin Hamlisch.
Marvin Hamlisch
American composer, pianist, and conductor
André Previn.
André Previn
American composer and musician
Lorin Maazel
American conductor
Julius Rudel
Austrian-American conductor
Sergey Rachmaninoff
Sergey Rachmaninoff
Russian musician
Smetana
Bedřich Smetana
Bohemian composer
Nézet-Séguin, Yannick
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Canadian conductor and pianist
Bülow, Hans von
Hans von Bülow
German conductor
Alfred-Denis Cortot
French pianist
Casella, Alfredo
Alfredo Casella
Italian composer
Pierre Boulez
Pierre Boulez
French composer and conductor
Benjamin Britten
Benjamin Britten
British composer
Barenboim, Daniel
Daniel Barenboim
Israeli musician and conductor