Conductors. Violinists. Modern composers. Pianists.

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A listing of composers that have also been conductors as part of their professional career.


Composers who also play the violin and as such performed their own or other composer's compositions.


It is sometimes hard to tell when to call a composer modern, as opposed to Romantic. In general you can say that the Moder Eara in music started around the year 1900. However, many composers continued to write pieces in a romantic fashion long after that.


Composers who also play the piano and as such performed their own or other composer's compositions.


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(1870) Léo Delibes: Premiere of Coppélia, in Paris, France.
(1919) George Enescu: Premiere of Symphony no. 3, in Bucarest, Romania.
(1930) George Antheil: Premiere of Transatlantic, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
(1938) William Schuman: Premiere of Symphony no. 2, in New York, USA.
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