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