Marin Alsop (born October 16, 1956) is an American conductor and violinist. She is the music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and principal conductor of the São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra.Alsop was born in New York City to professio
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James Lawrence Levine (lɨˈvaɪn; born June 23, 1943) is an American conductor and pianist. He is best known for his four decades as Music Director of the Metropolitan Opera. On leave since May 2011 due to multiple health problems, he returne
Continue reading >>Gian Carlo Menotti (pronounced [dʒan ˈkarlomeˈnɔtːi]) (July 7, 1911 – February 1, 2007) was an Italian-American composer and librettist. Although he often referred to himself as an American composer, he kept his Italian citizenshi
Continue reading >>Barry Manilow (born June 17, 1943)[1] is an American singer-songwriter and producer. He is best known for such recordings as Could It Be Magic, Mandy, Can't Smile Without You, Daybreak and Copacabana (At the Copa).
Continue reading >>Maazel was born to Jewish American parents of Russian origin in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, and brought up in the United States, primarily at his parents' home in Pittsburgh's Oakland neighborhood.[1] His father, Lincoln Maazel (1903–2009),[2] was a singer
Continue reading >>Edward Alexander MacDowell (December 18, 1860[1] – January 23, 1908) was an American composer and pianist of the Romantic period. He was best known for his second piano concerto and his piano suites Woodland Sketches, Sea Pieces, and New England Idylls. W
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