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Artist Name |
Artist Bio |
Instruments |
Genres |
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Alan Gilbert |
Conductor Alan Gilbert first learned to play the violin from his parents—two New York Philharmonic violinists. Today, he leads the New York Philharmonic as the Music Director, launching what New York magazine called “a fresh future for the Philharmonic.” (While his father retired i… Read More_» |
conductor, strings |
classical |
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Bobby McFerrin |
With a four-octave range and a dazzling repertoire of vocal techniques, 10-time Grammy Award-winner Bobby McFerrin has sold over 20 million albums.
Born in New York City in 1950, Bobby is the son of singer Sara Cooper and opera baritone Robert McFerrin, the first black man to sing as a member of the… Read More_» |
conductor, piano, voice |
a capella, classical, jazz |
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Eric and Colin Jacobsen |
Raised in a musical household, conductor and cellist Eric Jacobsen and violinist Colin Jacobsen have gone on to start an orchestra, a string ensemble, and a music festival.
Eric and Colin began studying music as youngsters and later graduated from The Juilliard School. The brothers hosted informal… Read More_» |
conductor, strings |
classical, ensemble |
 |
John Mauceri |
John Mauceri is the Chancellor of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA), the Founding Director of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and Music Director of Walt Disney’s Legacy Series Concerts. His distinguished and extraordinary career has taken him not only to the world’s greate… Read More_» |
composition, conductor |
classical, opera, orchestra |
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John Williams |
In a career that spans five decades, John Williams has become one of America’s most accomplished and successful composers for film and the concert stage.
Born and raised in New York, Williams moved to Los Angeles with his family in 1948, where he studied composition with Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco.… Read More_» |
composition, conductor, piano |
classical |
 |
Leonard Slatkin |
Internationally acclaimed American conductor Leonard Slatkin was born in Los Angeles to a distinguished musical father, the conductor-violinist Felix Slatkin, and mother, cellist Eleanor Aller, who were founding members of the famed Hollywood String Quartet. Slatkin began his musical studies on the… Read More_» |
conductor |
classical, orchestra |
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Michael Tilson Thomas |
Michael Tilson Thomas is the Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony, Founder and Artistic Director of the New World Symphony, and Principal Guest Conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra. The Grammy and Peabody award-winning conductor, pianist and composer was born in Los Angeles into a fami… Read More_» |
composition, conductor, piano |
classical, orchestra |
