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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. ~ M ~ Ma, Yo-Yo (MAH)( 7 OCT - )Fr-Am= Cellist AMG Ma, Sony Classical Bio Maag, Peter (MAGH) (Sw, 1920 - Verona, 19 APR 2001 )Swiss=Con Maazel, Lorin (LOHR in MAH zel) ( 6 MAR - )Am=Cond-V Macal, Zdenek (ZDEH nyek MAH tsahl)Czech=Con MacGregor, J (16 JUN - )Eng=P Mackerras, Sir Charles (muh KAH rus)(Schenectady, NY 17 NOV - )Australian=Con, MET 1972 Mackie, N (11 DEC - )Scot=Ten Mackintosh, Catherine ( - ) V-Cond MacNamara, Hilary ( - )Pianist Macurdy, John (Detroit, - )Am=Bass, MET 1962 Magaloff, Nikita ( 21 FEB - )Rus-Swiss=P Maggio-Ormezowski, Franco (FRAHN koh MAH joh or meh ZOFF skee) Magy, Sandor Solyom (SHAN dohr SAWL yahm mahj) Mahler, Gustav ( 7 JUL 1860 - 18 MAY 1911)Austrian=Comp-Cond Maisky, Mischa (MEE sha MY skee)(10 JAN - )Latvian=Cel Makarina, Olga (Archangelsk, Russia - )Rus=Sop, MET 1998 Maksymiuk, Jerzy (YAIR' zee max eh ME' ook) (9 APR - )Pol=Con Maliponte, Adriana ( - ) = Malitz, Roger ( - )Am=Cel Malcolm, George ( 28 FEB 1917 - 14 OCT 1997)ENG=Harpscd=C Malcuzynski, Witold (VEE told mal soo JIN skee) Malgoire, Jean (zhaun mahl GWAR') Malibran, M (24 MAR - )Sp=Contr Malfitano, Cathrine (NYC, 18 APR - )Am=Sop, MET 1979 Malgoire, J-C (25 NOV - )Fr=Con-Oboe Mann, John ( - )Eng=Organist Manning, J (20 SEP - )Eng=Sop Mantovani, P. Anunzio (15 NOV - )Eng=V-Con Manze, Andrew ( - ) Marcoulescou, Yolanda (MAR koo LES koo)(1923 - 1992)Bucharest, HUNG=Sop Margalit, Israela (is RAY lah MAR goh lit) ( - )P Margison, Richard (Victoria, - )Canada=Ten, MET 1995 Marinuzzi, Gino (GEE noh mah ree noot tsee)( - ) Markey, Jim ( - )Am=trombone, NY Phil Markl, Jun (Munich, - )Ger=Cond, MET 1998 Markevich, Igor (EE' gohr mar KAY' vitch) (27 JUL - )Rus-Swiss=C Markovici, S (30 JAN - )Romanian=V Marriner, Neville Sir(NEH vul MAH reh ner)( 15 APR - )Eng=V-Cond Marsalis, Branford (26 AUG - )Am=Sax (brother) mar SAH liss, is preferred over mar SAL iss Marsalis, Wynton (18 OCT 1961)Am=Tr (brother) Marshall, - (4 JAN - )Scot=Sop Marshall, W (31 JAN - )Eng=Organ-P-Con Martineau, Malcolm ( - )Scot=P Martenon, Maurice (MAR tee nohn) (Paris, 14 OCT 1898 - Paris, 10 OCT 1980 - )FR=Inventor of Ondes Martenon, electronic musical instrument. Martin, Gary (Morrison, IL - )Am=Bar, MET 1998 Martin, Joel 20 APR 1996 - ) Martinez, O de la (31 OCT - )Cuba=Con Martinon, Jean (zhahn mahr tee nohn) ( - )Fr=con Marton, Eva (18 JUN 1943 -)Hung=Sop Masters, R (9 SEP - )Eng=Harp Masterson, Valerie (3 JUN - )Eng=Sop Marusin, Yuri (Perm, - )Rus=Ten, MET 1998 Massis, Annick (Paris, - )Fr=Sop, MET 1998 Masson, D (21 JUN - )Sp-Fr=Con Masterson, V (3 JUN - )Eng=Sop Masur, Kurt (koort mah ZOOR') (18 JUL - )Ger=C Mata, Eduardo (MAH tah) (Mexico City, 5 SEP 1942 - Mexico Air Crash, OBIT 1995)Mex=Cond Mathis, Edith (ay DEET mah TEES)(11 FEB - )Swiss=Sop Mattila, Karita (Ervela, 5 SEP - )Finn=Sop, MET 1990 Mauceri, John (maw CHER ee) (12 SEP - )Am=Con Maurer, Laurel Ann ( - )Am=Flutist Matthay, (MAT' ay) English music prof. Mavrovitis, Reveka (Fremont, CA - )Am=Mez-Sop, MET 1995 Maxwell, D (12 DEC - )Scot=Bar McCabe, John ( 9 - )Liverpool, Eng =P-Com McCormack, John (14 JUN - )Ir-Am=Ten Count John McCormack Tenorland Site McCormick, Mary Ann (Pittsburgh, - )Am=Mez-Sop, MET 1991 McCreesh, Paul (24 MAY - )Eng=Con McDaniel, John (St. Louis, 26 FEB 1961 - )Am=cond-arr-P McDonall, Lois ( - ) Soprano McDuffy, Robert ( - )Am=V McDougall, Ian ( - ) Canadian trombonist McFerrin, Bobby ( - )Am=Cond McGegan, Nicholas (14 JAN - )Eng=Harpsc'd-Con McGlin, John (18 SEP - )Am=Con McGregor, Joanna ( - ) Eng=P McIntyre, Sir D (22 OCT - )NZ=BassBar McLaughlin, M (2 NOV - )Scot=Sop McNair, Sylvia (Mansfield, OH 23 JUN - )Am=Sop, MET 1992 McNair Unofficial Page McPHERSON TRIO British Columbia, Canada McVeigh, John (Manchester, CN - )Am=Ten, MET 1997 MEDICI STRING QUARTET, (MEH deh chee) Medina, Jesus ( - )Mex=Cond. Mehta, Bejin ( - ) counter-tenor Mehta, Zubin (ZOO bin MAY tah) (Bombay, 28 APR - )In=Con Meier, Waltraud VAL trood MY er (9 JAN 1956 - )Ger=MEZSop Melanie (3 FEB 1947)NY-AM=VOC=G=COMP Melba, Dame Nellie (19 MAY - )Australian=Sop Melchior, Lauritz (LOW ritz MEL kyor) ( - )DAN=TEN Lauritz Melchior Tenorland Site MELOS QUARTET (MEH los) (Based in Stuttgart) Meneses, Antonio ( - )cellist Mengelberg, Wilhelm (VIL luhm MEN gul bairg) (28 MAR - )Dutch=Con Menges, Herbert (MENG ihs)( - )Eng=Con Mentzer, Susanne soo zann MEANT zer (Philadelphia, - )Am=Mez-Sop, MET 1989 Menuhin, Hebzibah (HEP' zeh bah MEHN' oo in)Am=P (sister) (MEN you in = American, meh NOO in = European) Menuhin, Jeremy (SF, - )Am=P, son of Yehudi Menuhin, Yehudi (yeh HOO' dee MEHN' oo in) (22 APR 1916, NYC - 12 MAR 1999, Berlin )Am= V-Cond. (brother, father) "Yehudi Menuhin: A Life" One of the best-loved classical musicians of the twentieth century, Yehudi Menuhin (1916-1999) was born in New York City to Russian Jewish immigrants. The gifted violinist gave his first solo recital at the age of eight and within five years rose to international fame. In addition to his enduring career as a performer and conductor, Menuhin was a tireless champion of humanitarian causes, ran the Bath Festival, founded a renowned music school, and served as cultural ambassador to the United Nations. Meppelink, Hieke (HEE kuh MEP uh link) ( - )Sop Mercurio, Stephen ( - )Cond Mero, Yolanda (1887 - 1963)Hung-Am=P Merrick, F (30 APR - )Eng=P Merrill, Robert (4 JUN - )Am=Bar Merritt, Chris (27 SEP - )Am=Ten Merville, Francois (frahn SWAH mehr VEE) Mescheriakova, Marina (Volgograd, - )Rus=Sop, MET 1997 Mesple, Mady ( - ) =Sop Mester, Jorge (jorg MEHS ter)(Mexican Born American prefers not to use HORhay, aka Bruno Pantolfo)(10 APR 1935 - )Mex=cond-violist MD-Cond: Pasadena, CA Sym c.2000 PDQ Bach, Peter Schikele Metson, Marian Ruhl (-)Organist MEXICO CITY PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Meyer, Carol (Potsville, IO - )Am=Sop, MET 1995 Meyer, Edgar ( - ) =BASS V Meyer, K (3 APR - )Swed=MezSop Meyer, Sabine (SAH bine My er) ( - )Ger=Clar also see Myers Michalkova, Alzbeta (AHLZ beh tah MEE kal kov vah) Michaels, Steven ( - )Am=P Michaels-Moore, Anthony (Grays, 8 APR - )Eng=bar, MET 1996 Michejew, Alexander (mee KAY chef)( - )cellist Michelangeli, Arturo Benedetti (Mee keh LAHN' gel ee) (Brescia, 5 JAN 1920 - 1995) Lugano, SW 12 JUN 1995 )IT=P Remembering A B M, by John Bell Young, pianist-teacher Micheau, Janine (jah neen mee sho) Midori (Midori Goto) (mee DOOR ee)(Goto, Mi Dori) (Osaka, 25 OCT 1971 - )Jpn=V Miessen, Marijke (mah RY kah MEE suhn)( - ) recorder Migenes, Julia (Johnson) ( 13 MAR - )PR=Soprano Mikulas, Peter (PAY ter MEE koo lash) Milanov, Zinka (ZING kah MEE lah noff) Milanova, S (5 AUG - )Bulg=V Milenkovich, Stefan (Mih-lehn-koh-vitz) ( 1977 - )Yugoslavian= V Miles, Alistair (Harrow, - )Eng=Bass, MET 1996 Milkeviciute, Irena (Kaunas, - )Lithuania=Sop, MET 1998 Miller, Tonna (Waco, - )Am=Sop, MET 1998 Millo, Aprile (NYC, 14 APR - )Am=Sop, MET 1984 Mills, Mary (Shreveport, LA - )Am=Sop, MET 1994 Milman, Mikhail (mee KAH eel MIL moon) Milne, A (27 APR - )Scott=P Milnes, Sherrill (SHEH ril MILNZ)(10 JAN - )Am=Bar Milstein, Nathan (nah TAHN MIL stine)(NAY thun MIL styn)(31 DEC - )Rus-Am=V MILTON KEYNES CITY ORCHESTRA f. 1974 by conductor Hilary Davan Wetton. Minkowski, Marc (meen KOW skee)( - )Cond. Minter, D (11 JAN - )Am=ConTen Minton, Yvonne (4 DEC - )Australian=MezSop Mintz, Schlomo (30 OCT - )Rus=V Miolin, Anders ( - )=G Mirabal, Robert ( - ) Native AM=VOC=FL Miricioiu, Nelly (mee ree CHOY oo)(31 MAR - )Romanian=Sop Mischakov, M (16 APR - )Rus=Am-V Mitchinson, J (31 MAR - )Eng=Ten Mitropoulos, Dimitri (dih MEE tree mah TRAH poh lus)( 1 MAR - )GR-Am=C Mizukami, Aya ( - )Jpn=P Modl, Martha (mer dil) Moffo, Anna (AH nah MAH foh)(27 JUN - )Am=Sop Moiseiwitsch, Beno (beh noh moy SAY ah vitch)(22 FEB 1890 -1963 )Rus-Eng=P Molinari, Bernardino (Rome, 11 APR 1880 - Rome, 25 DEC 1952)It-Con, Rome Augusteo Orch. Molinari-Pradelli, Francesco (frahn CHESS koh moh lee NAH ree prah DAY lee) (Bologna, 4 JUL 1911 - It=con Moll, K (11 APR - )Ger=Bass Moll, Phillip (mole)( - ) Moller, Wouter (WOW ter MOH er)( - ) harpsichord Monden, Godelieve (mon DAN') Montague, D (8 APR - )Eng=MezSop Montagnana Trio (MON' tahn YAH' nah) Monteux, Claude (klawd mohn TOH)(mon TOE') ( - )Fr=Fl (son) Monteux, Pierre (pee yair mon TOH)( 4 APR 1875, Paris - 1 JUL 1964, Hancock, Maine)Fr=Con (father) MONTREAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Moodie, Henrie ( - )Con - Harlem Opera Moody, T. E. (M. Unit Project) (25 JAN 1954) IN-AM=V=Mandolin=G Moon, Sandra (Dayton, OH - )Am=Sop, MET 1997 Moore, Gerald (30 JUL - )Eng=P Moravec, Ivan (EE'vahn MOOR'ah vets) ( - )=P Mork, Truis (25 APR - )Norw=Cel Morelli, Frank (meh REH lee) ( - )bassoon Morese, Andrea (3 JUL 1957)MA-AM=VOC=P Morrell, Gareth (Southport, - )Eng=Con, MET 1998 Morris, Gareth (13 MAY - )Eng=Fl Morris, James (Baltimore, - )Am=BassBar, MET 1971 Morris, Kenneth (Chicago, - )Am=Ten, MET 1998 Morris, Scott ( - )Am=G Morris, W (14 FEB - )Welsh=Con Mortimore, H (10 APR - )Eng=Con-Trumpet MOSCOW CHAMBER ORCHESTRA MOZZAFIATO WIND ENSEMBLE Mravinsky, Evgeni ( 4 JUN 1903 - 19 JAN 1988)Rus=Cond. Muffitt, Timothy ( - ) Con Mukk, Jozsef (YOH zhef mook) Muller, Edoardo (Trieste, - )It=Cond, MET 1984 Muller, Otto Werner ( - )Ger.=Cond.- Juilliard Music Prof (orchestral conducting, orchestral studies) Muller-Lorenz, Wolfgang (Cologne, Germany - )Tenor. MET debut 1999-2000 Mullova, Victoria (27 NOV - )Rus=V Munch, Charles (sharl mun ch) ( - )FR=Con Munchinger, Karl (MUN ching er)Ger=con MUNCHNER BLASERAKADEMIE KOLN (MOONK ner BLAY zer ah kah day mee koln) Mund, Uwe (OO vah MOONT)Con MUNICH PRO ARTE ORCHESTRA (MYOO nik proh AHR tay) Munroe, David (Birmingham, 12 AUG 1942 - Buckinghamshire, 15 MAY 1976 )Eng=Recorder, Early Music Consort of London. Death, deprssion/suicide) Murdock, Katherine ( - ) Va Murphy, Peter (11 JUL 1957 - )Am=G-Voc Murphy, S ( 15 OCT - )Scot=Sop Murray, Ann (27 AUG - )Ir=Mez-Sop Murray, John Horton (Braunschweig, - )Ger=Ten, MET 1990 MUSE-ART Guitar Duo MUSICA AD RHENUM Ensemble (MOO zee kah ahd RAY num) MUSICA ANTIQUA (MOO zee KAH ahn TEE kwa) MUSICA FIATA KOLN MUSICA INTAVOLATA Israeli Baroque Ensemble. Drora Bruck, recorder; Miri Singer, harpsichrd; and Isidoro Roitman, archlute. Mustonen, Ollie (OH' lee MOST toh nin) (Helsinki, 1967 - )Fin = Pianist Muti, Riccardo(ree KAR doh MOO tee) (Naples, 23 JUL 1941 - )It=Con Mutter, Anne-Sophie (AH'nah SOH'fee MOO'ter) (29 JUN 1963 - )GER=V Myers, Philip ( - )Am=horn, NYPhil our e-mail address is: comments@MUSIClassical.com

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