Conductor and composer Oliver Knussen, seen here in 1994, died July 9 at the age of 66. Frans Schellekens/Redferns via Getty Images hide caption
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Flutist Elizabeth Rowe, performing as a soloist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 2016. Winslow Townson/Courtesy of the Boston Symphony Orchestra hide caption
From the Top performs Tiny Desk on June 4, 2018. Eslah Attar/NPR hide caption
Elisabeth Moss stars in a new short film directed by George Belfield, with music by Max Richter. George Belfield hide caption
Violist Jonah Sirota, in this premiere video by Anthony Hawley, finds strength through sadness. Anthony Hawley/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads the Philadelphia Orchestra, one of two leading American orchestras offering no music composed by women in the upcoming season. Jan Regan/Philadelphia Orchestra hide caption
Russian conductor Gennady Rozhdestvensky, rehearsing in 1966 at an unknown location. He died Saturday at age 87. Erich Auerbach/Getty Images hide caption
Third Coast Percussion performs a Tiny Desk Concert on April 27, 2018. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
Mezzo-soprano Aleks Romano performs in Carmen in Concert at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. on April 21, 2018. Shannon Finney/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Composer Thea Musgrave, at 90, is still composing music. Kate Mount/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Thea Musgrave, The 90-Year-Old Composer With 80 Players In The Bullpen
James Levine, rehearsing with the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Paris in 2007. Miguel Medina/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Sheku Kanneh-Mason performs for millions at the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. YouTube hide caption
'Cello Bae' Sheku Kanneh-Mason Wins Worldwide Fans After Royal Wedding
Saoirse Ronan plays newlywed Florence in On Chesil Beach, in theaters now. Bleecker Street hide caption
Classical Music Captures A Young Wife's Anxiety In 'On Chesil Beach'
Birgit Nilsson (ca. 1960) as Isolde, in Wagner's opera Tristan und Isolde. Louis Melançon /Metropolitan Opera Archives hide caption
Doug Perkins performs "Filigree," part of a longer work by composer Robert Honstein. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Glenn Branca, conducting his ensemble in Brooklyn in 2000. Hiroyuki Ito/Getty Images hide caption
American composer and guitarist Glenn Branca performs live on stage at the Paradiso in Amsterdam, Netherlands on 2nd February 1988. Frans Schellekens hide caption
Leonard Bernstein composing in 1955. Al Ravenna/Library of Congress hide caption
'Something Develops Onstage Called Love': Baltimore Symphony's Bernstein Centennial
Matt Marks was an integral member of the contemporary music group Alarm Will Sound. Taylor Dixson hide caption
The London Symphony Orchestra, performing with conductor Valery Gergiev in London's Trafalgar Square in May 2016. Eamonn M. McCormack/Getty Images for BMW & London Symphony Orchestra hide caption
Simone Dinnerstein and Philip Glass. Richard Guérin/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Ballerinas of the New York City Ballet perform Serenade by George Balanchine at the Mariinsky theatre in St.Petersburg, July 30, 2003. AFP/AFP/Getty Images hide caption