Ludwig van Beethoven

German Classical Composer

Claudio Arrau

Chilean Classical Pianist

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Austrian Classical Composer

Frédéric Chopin

Polish Romantic Era Composer and Pianist

Richard Wagner

German Romantic Opera Composer

Béla Bartók

Hungarian Classical Composer and Pianist

Arnold Schoenberg

Austrian Composer and Music Theorist

Georges Bizet

French Romantic Era Composer

Alban Berg

Austrian Composer of the Second Viennese School

Anton Webern

Austrian Serialist Composer

Bruno Walter

Renowned Austrian-born Conductor

The Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra

Prestigious New York-based Opera Orchestra

Hans Knappertsbusch

Renowned German Conductor

Bayerisches Staatsorchester

Prestigious German State Orchestra

Charles Munch

Renowned French Conductor and Violinist

Pierre Monteux

Celebrated French Conductor

Juilliard String Quartet

Renowned American Chamber Ensemble

Chor Der Bayerischen Staatsoper

German State Opera Chorus

Serge Koussevitzky

Renowned Russian-born Conductor and Double Bassist

Maria Stader

Swiss-Hungarian Soprano

Sena Jurinac

Austro-Croatian operatic soprano

Gustav Neidlinger

German Operatic Bass-Baritone

Gregor Piatigorsky

Renowned Russian-American Cellist

Ezio Pinza

Italian opera singer and Broadway performer

Fritz Busch

German Conductor and Classical Musician

Artur Rodzinski

Polish-American Conductor and Orchestra Director

Helen Traubel

American Operatic Soprano

Jan Peerce

Celebrated American Operatic Tenor

Dezso Ernster

Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra Of New York

Kurt Baum

Torsten Ralf

Frederick Guthrie

Georg Paskuda

Paul Neuner

Richard Burgin

Ruth Posselt