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Born May 2, 1953 (age 71) • Moscow • Russia
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James Levine
American conductor and pianist
Igor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky
Russian composer
Sergey Rachmaninoff
Sergey Rachmaninoff
Russian musician
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov.
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov
Russian composer
Mstislav Rostropovich
Mstislav Rostropovich
Russian musician
Eugen Jochum
German conductor
Joseph Haydn
Joseph Haydn
Austrian composer
Richard Wagner
Richard Wagner
German composer
Hector Berlioz
Hector Berlioz
French composer
Gustav Mahler
Gustav Mahler
Austrian composer
George Frideric Handel
George Frideric Handel
German-English composer
Richard Strauss
Richard Strauss
German composer
Felix Mendelssohn
Felix Mendelssohn
German musician and composer
Harry Lawrence Freeman
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Maestrao Gustavo Dudamel
Gustavo Dudamel
Venezuelan conductor
Michael Tilson Thomas
Michael Tilson Thomas
American conductor and composer
Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein
American composer and conductor
Schuller, Gunther
Gunther Schuller
American composer
Susanna Mälkki
Finnish conductor
Thea Musgrave
Thea Musgrave
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