Classical Composers & Performers

Rankings are recomputed on the monthly poll cycle.

AI Consensus Ranking

  1. #1Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart154.2
  2. #2Johann Sebastian Bach145.0
  3. #3Ludwig van Beethoven138.4
  4. #4Tchaikovsky88.2
  5. #5Franz Schubert77.3
  6. #6Johannes Brahms65.2
  7. #7Haydn60.9
  8. #8Itzhak Perlman58.0
  9. #9Debussy55.7
  10. #10Chopin52.4
  11. #11Jascha Heifetz47.1
  12. #12Yo-Yo Ma46.7
  13. #13Igor Stravinsky44.7
  14. #14Arthur Rubinstein44.6
  15. #15Richard Wagner44.1
  16. #16wikipedia.org42.3
  17. #17Vladimir Horowitz40.4
  18. #18Mstislav Rostropovich39.1
  19. #19Pablo Casals37.4
  20. #20Yehudi Menuhin36.8
  21. #21Leonard Bernstein33.6
  22. #22David Oistrakh33.0
  23. #23Vivaldi33.0
  24. #24Leonidas Kavakos31.8
  25. #25Gramophone Hall of Fame30.0
  26. #26Herbert von Karajan29.3
  27. #27Handel29.0
  28. #28Glenn Gould27.4
  29. #29Gustav Mahler26.9
  30. #30Jacqueline du Pré26.3
  31. #31Martha Argerich26.0
  32. #32Anne-Sophie Mutter23.5
  33. #33Carlos Kleiber22.3
  34. #34Arturo Toscanini22.1
  35. #35Maria Callas20.3
  36. #36stagemusiccenter.com19.2
  37. #37Sviatoslav Richter18.8
  38. #38Spotify17.1
  39. #39Gramophone Artist of the Year16.9
  40. #40Dvořák15.8
  41. #41worldhistory.org15.6
  42. #42Emanuel Ax15.6
  43. #43Luciano Pavarotti15.5
  44. #44Plácido Domingo15.3
  45. #45Gidon Kremer15.0
  46. #46Arthur Grumiaux14.4
  47. #47YouTube14.3
  48. #48Jean-Pierre Rampal14.2
  49. #49Andrés Segovia14.0
  50. #50beginner-friendly playlist14.0

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