All-new 2023 power couples of classical music

There have been some significant changes in the 2020 global power list as the Netrebkos slip into the relegation zone and some others suffered break-ups.

These are the big hitters in 2023.

1 Yuja Wang and Klaus Mäkelä
Cool pianist with hot young conductor, their agents are planning joint gigs for several years to come.

2 Met boss Peter Gelb, Ukrainian activist conductor Kerri-Lynn Wilson

3 Edinburgh Festival director Nicola Benedetti, composer-trumpeter Wynton Marsalis

4 Tenor Jonas Kaufmann, opera director Christiane Lutz

5 Pianists Lang Lang, Gina Alice Redlinger

6 Soprano Sonya Yoncheva, Liverpool conductor Domingo Hindoyan

7 Ulster conductor Daniele Rustioni, violinist Francesca Dego

8 Glyndebourne owner Gus Christie, soprano Danielle DeNiese

9 Russian-Lithuanian pianists Lukas Geniusas, Anna Geniushene

10 Montreal symphony conductor Rafael Payare, cellist Alisa Weilerstein

11 Lithuanian soprano Asmik Grigorian, Vienna opera director Vasily Barkhatov

12 Tenor Roberto Alagna, soprano Aleksandra Kurzak

13 Violinist Renaud Capucon, media-savvy tV host Laurence Ferrari

14 Met music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin, violist Pierre Tourville

15 Conductor Dalia Stasevska, rock musician and Sibelius heir Lauri Porra

16 Russian violinist Vadim Repin, dancer Svetlana Zakharova

17 BBC conductor Jessica Cottis, soprano Elsa Ridderstedt

18 Composer Anna Clyne, audio engineer Jody Elff

19 Conductor David Robertson, pianist Orli Shaham

20 Violinist Joshua Bell, soprano Larisa Martinez