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aMUSIClassical directory Performing Artists Database Soloists, conductors and Ensembles. MAJOR performing artists of the past and present, with date of birth, death, nationality and pronunciation. Remember the links are maintained by the source and we cannot guarantee their accuracy. ~ B ~ Blake, Rockwell Robert (10 JAN 1951 - )Am=ten Blanchard, Terence ( - )Am=Trumpet Blech, H (2 MAR - )Eng=Con-V Blech, Leo (LAY' oh BLEK) ( - )P Blegen, Judith (BLAY gin) ( - ) =sop Blomstedt, Herbert (BLOOM stedt) (11 JUL - )Am-Swed=Cond Bloom, Myron ( - ) Bloomfield-Zeisler, Fanny (1863 - 1927)Am-Pianist Blume, Norbert ( - ) Blumenthal, Felicja (Feh LEE' sha BLOO' men thal ( - 1997)AM=P Blythe, Stephanie (Mongaup Valley, NY; - )Am=Mez-Sop, MET 1995 Boatwright, Helen ( - )Sop Teacher Boatwright, Howard (Newport News, VA 16 MAR 1918 - 20 FEB 1999)V-Cond-Com-Teacher Bocelli, Andrea ( - )IT=Ten Boehm, T (9 APR - )Ger=flute crafter Bogaard, Ed (BOH kard) ( - )Danish=Sax Bogachov, Vladimir (Moscow, - )Rus-Ten, MET 1994 Bogatcheva, Irina (St.Petersburg, - )Rus=Mez-Sop, MET 1998 Bohm, Karl (be(r)m) (28 AUG - )Austrian=Con BOISE PHILHARMONIC Bok, Henri ( ahn REE Bahk) ( - )Fr=clarinet Bolcom, William (BOWL kum) ( - )Am=P=Comp Boldachev, Sasha ( - )Rus-harpist Bolet, Jorge (jhorjh boo LET') ( 15 NOV - 1995)Cuban-Am=P BOLOGNA (bah LOAN yah) Italy BOLSHOI BALLET, ORCHESTRA, OPERA, THEATER - (Bahl SHOY) Russian company and Theater, Founded in Moscow, 1825. Bonel, Carlos (KAR los boh NELL) ( - ) Bonfiglio, Robert (bohn FEE lee oh) ( - )Am=Harmonica Bonn, James ( - ) =P Bonney, Barbara (Montclair, NJ; 14 APR - )Am= Soprano, MET 1989 Bonynge, Richard Alan (BAH' ning) (29 SEP 1930 - )AUSTRALIAN=C-P Booth, Philip (Washington, D.C; - )Am=Bass, MET 1975 Borg, Kim (Helsinki, 7 AUG 1919- 28 APR 2000)Swed-Fin Bass-Baritone, Composer Borge, Victor (BORE' gah) (3 JAN 1909 - 23 DEC 2000 )Dan=P-humorist Borgue, Daniel (DAH nyel BORG) ( - ) Borkh, Inge (ING' geh BORK) Borodina, Olga (bah rah dee NAH)(St. Petersburg, - )Rus=Mez-Sop, MET 1997 Borowska, Joanna (yoh AHN ah boh ROF shak) ( - ) Boru, Brian (boh ROO) ( - )Ir (March named for him) Boskovsky, Willie (VIL ee bos KOF skah) (16 JUN - )Austrian=C-V BOSTON POPS of the Boston Sym BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Bostridge, Ian ( - )Eng=ten Ian Bostridge, EMI Classics Bott, C (11 SEP - )Eng=Sop Botstein, Leon ( - )Am-Cond, American Sym Orch; pres, Bart School NY BOTTESINI DUO Botvay, Karoly (KAH roy BOHT vee) ( - )Hung=cellist Boughton, William (BOT' en) ( - )Eng=Con Founded ENGLISH S O (1980) Boulanger, Nadia (NAH' dee ah boo lahn jhay)FR=P=Teacher=C Boulez, Pierre (Boo LEZ') (26 MAR - ) Fr=Con-Com Boult, Adrian (Sir) (AYD ree ahn BOLT) (8 APR - )Eng=Con Bour, Ernest (bower) ( - )Dan=Con Bourne, Jean-Luc (zhahn luk BORN) ( - )Fr BOURNEMOUTH SINFONIETTA(BORN Mith) England Bourgeois, D (16 OCT - )Eng=Con-Com Bourgue, Maurice (BOORg) ( - )oboe Boutros, Kamel (Cairo, - )Egptian=Bar, MET 1997 Bowen, York (BOH win) (1884-1961)Eng=P-Com Bower, David (5 FEB 1969 - )A=G=VOC Bower, David ( - )Organist Bower, Kevin (BOY er) ( - ) Bowman, J (6 NOV - )Eng=CounTen Boyd, Douglas ( - )cond.-oboe Boyd, Liona (lee OH nah) ( - )Can=G Boyk, James ( - )Am=P Brabec, Emanuel (eh MANN oo el BRA bets) ( - )Czech=cellist Brailowsky, Alexander (bray LOF' skee) Brain, Dennis (17 MAY - )Eng=Horn-Organ Brainin, Norbert (12 MAR - )Austrian-Eng=V Braithwaite, Nicholas (26 AUG - )Eng=Con Bramma, H (11 NOV - )Eng=Org-Con-Writer Braun, Victor ( - 6 JAN 2001 )(Canadian baritone) Acclaimed for his portrayal of Golaud in the premiere run of the MET's production of PELLEAS. BIO in French BRATISLAVA (BRA teh slah vah) Slovakian capital. Brautigam, Ronald ( )P Bream, Julian (breem) (15 JUL - )Eng=G-lute BREDA MUSIC INSTITUTE Breda, (BRAY dah) Holland Brediclanu, Milai (MEE hi Bray dee CHAH noo) ( - )Roumanian=Con Brembeck, Christian (BREM bek KREES ty ahn) ( - )Ger=Cond Brendel, Alfred (BREN' dul) (5 JAN - )Austrian=P Bresciani, Paul ( - )Am=Cellist Brey, Carter (BRAY) ( - )Am=Cel (NY phil) CNN Profile BRIDGER TRIO BRNO (BER noh) Czech Republic Brockway, Howard (Brooklyn, NY, 1870 - 1951)Am-Pianist, opera transcriber Bronfman, Yefim ( - ) Isr=P Y. Bronfman, Sony Classical Biog Brown, Bruce ( - ) Brown, Ian ( - )Eng=P Brown, Iona (Eye OH nah) (7 JAN - )Eng=Con-V Brown, Stephen ( Nottingham, Eng. - )Can Browning, John (22 MAY - )Am=P Brownridge, Angela ( - )Eng=P BRT PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA - Belgian Radio and Television Brubaker, Robert (Elisabethtown, Pa; - )Am=Ten, MET 1993 BRUGES(Broozh) Belgium Bruggen, Franz (BROO' gin) (30 OCT 1934 - )Dutch=Recorder-Cond Brunelle, Philip (1 JUL - )Am=Con Brunner, Eduard (Broo ner)Dan= Brusilov, Anshel (AHN shel BROO seh lof) ( - )Am=V (Phila O) Bruson, Renato (Broo ZOHN) (13 JAN - )It=Bar Brymer, Jack (BRY mer) ( 27 JAN - )Eng=Clar Bryn-Julson, Phyllis (brin JOOL sun) (5 FEB - )Am=Sop Buchanan, I (15 MAR - )Scott=Sop Buchbinder, Rudolph (BOOK' bin ter)( 1 DEC - )Austrian=P BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Buketoff, Igor (1915- ) Cond. Bulow, Hans Von (Hahns fon BOO low) (1830 - 1894 )Ger=Comp-P-Con Bumbry, Grace (BUM bree) (4 JAN - )Am=Sop Bunell, Jane (Madison, NJ - ) Am=Mez-Sop, MET 1991 Burchuladze, P (12 FEB - )Georgian=Bass Burden, William ( - )Am=ten Burdick, James Owen (BER dick) ( - ) Burchinal, Frederick (Wichita, - )Am=Bar, MET 1974 Burchuladze, Paata (Tbilsi, Georgia; - )Rus=Bass, MET 1989 Burgess, S (9 OCT - )S.Afr=MezSop Burney, C (7 APR - )Eng=Writer Burnside, Iain ( - )Eng-P Burrowes, Norma (24 APR - )Eng=Sop Burrows, Stuart (7 FEB - )Welsh=Ten Stuart Burrows, Tenorland Site Busch, Adolph (8 AUG - )Ger=V Busch, Fritz (Bush) (13 MAR 1890 - 1951)Ger=Con Busoni, Ferruccio(1866 - 1924)It=Pianist-Comp. Buyse, Leone (lay OH nah BUY sul) ( - )Dan=flute Bybee, Luretta (San Antonio, - )Am=Mez-Sop, MET 1998 Bychkov, Semion (seem YOHN Bitch KOFF) (30 NOV - )Rus=Con BYDGOSZCZ (BID gosh) City in Poland Bylsma, Anner(AH ner BY lz mah)(17 FEB - )Dutch=Cel Byrd, Richard L. ( - )

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