All-new classical power couples of 2017

All-new classical power couples of 2017

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norman lebrecht

March 19, 2017

We present, by popular request, a revised Slipped Disc power list:

1 Anna Netrebko and Yusuf Eyvazov

2 Minnesota music director Osmo Vänskä and concertmaster Erin Keefe

3 Powerhouse Daniel Barenboim, pianist and festival director Elena Bashkirova

4 LSO chief Sir Simon Rattle, mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kozena

5 Boston chief Andris Nelsons, hyper soprano Kristine Opolais

 

6 Trumpeter Alison Balsom and new husband, director Sam Mendes

7 Tenor Roberto Alagna, soprano Aleksandra Kurzak

8 Soprano Sonya Yoncheva, conductor Domingo Hindoyan

 

9 Soprano Elina Garanca, conductor Karel Mark Chichon

10 Conductor Gennady Rozhdestvensky and pianist Viktoria Postnikova, together since 1969

11 Conductor David Robertson and pianist Orli Shaham

12 Composers Kaija Saariaho and Jean-Baptiste Barrière

13 Cellist Alisa Weilerstein, conductor Rafael Payare

14 Glyndebourne hosts Gus Christie and Danielle DeNiese

15 Violinist Nicola Benedetti, cellist Leonard Elschenbroichn (UPDATE: Break-up)

16 Composer György Kurtág, pianist Marta Kurtág

17 Israeli composers Noam Sherriff and Ella Sheriff

18 Met boss Peter Gelb, conductor Kerri-Lynn Wilson

19 Pianist David Fray, director Chiara Muti

 

20 Cellist David Finckel and  pianistWu Han, chamber music entrepreneurs

21 Soprano Nino Machaidze, baritone Guido Loconsolo.

22 Soprano Diana Damrau, bass-baritone Nicola Testé.

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