British-born conductor Leopold Anthony Stokowski was born on this day in 1882. Revered as one of the preeminent conductors of the early to mid-20th century, he

  Italian Composer and Violinist Ottorino Respighi died on this day in 1936- 88 years ago. A versatile Italian figure in the realm of music, he is

  Gregor Piatigorsky was born into a Jewish family in Ekaterinoslav (now Dnipro, Ukraine). He began learning the violin and piano from his father in his

  Today is Soviet-born Israeli-American pianist Yefim Bronfman's birthday! Born in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, in 1958 Bronfman immigrated to Israel with his family at the age of