All-new classical power couples of 2017
mainWe 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
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