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Deutsche Grammophon artists

  • Richard StraussRichard Georg Strauss was born on the 11th of June 1864 in Munich. His father Franz worked as a principal horn player at the Court Opera and taught at the…
  • John WilliamsJohn Towner Williams was born on the 8th of February 1932, in Queens, New York. His father Johnny Williams played drums and percussion for the Raymond Scott…
  • London Symphony OrchestraOn the 9th of June 1904, Hans Richter stood on a platform at Queen's Hall to conduct the first concert of a new ensemble.
  • Sofia GubaidulinaOn the 24th of October 1931, a girl named Sofia Gubaidulina was born in the city of Chistopol within the Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
  • Ravi ShankarRavi Shankar was born on the 7th of April 1920 in Benares, now known as Varanasi. He grew up as the youngest of seven brothers in a Bengali Hindu family.
  • Joe HisaishiHisaishi was born in Nakano, Nagano, Japan. He started learning the violin at the age of four using the Suzuki method. His father took him to watch hundreds…