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The Black Rider is the twelfth studio album by Tom Waits, released in 1993 on Island Records, featuring studio versions of songs Waits wrote for the play The Black Rider, directed by Robert Wilson and co-written by William S. Burroughs.

Scherchen was born in Berlin. Originally a violist, he played among the violas of the Bluthner Orchestra of Berlin while still in his teens. He conducted in Riga from 1914 to 1916 and in Königsberg from 1928 to 1933, after which he left Germany in protest of the new Nazi regime and worked in Switzerland.

Cobos initially began as an arranger and composer for a Los Angeles latin-soul aggregation called 'Conexión' who released a number of popular dance cuts and one album including "I will pray" from the late 1960s to the early 1970s.

Born in Barcelona, he made his debut on the operatic stage at 11 as Trujamán in Manuel de Falla's El retablo de Maese Pedro, and went on to a career that encompassed over 60 roles, performing in the world's leading opera houses and on numerous recordings.

Herbert von Karajan (5 April 1908 – 16 July 1989) was an Austrian conductor. He was principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic for 34 years.

The name "Czech Philharmonic Orchestra" appeared for the first time in 1894, as the title of the orchestra of the Prague National Theatre.

The Vienna Philharmonic's Summer Night Concert is one of the most visited classical music concerts every year, because it takes place in the festively illuminated palace park of Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna in front of 100,000 visitors. In Germany, the popular concert will be broadcast by 3SAT, in Austria by ORF.

George Enescu (August 19, 1881 in Liveni Vîrnav, today in Botoșani County; † May 4, 1955 in Paris) was a Romanian composer, violinist and conductor.

Kondrashin was born in Moscow to a family of orchestral musicians. Having spent many hours at rehearsals, he made a firm decision at the age of 14 to become a conductor.

The internationally acclaimed Soprano Martina Bortolotti von Haderburg “Is loved by her public for her bright, warm, expressive voice and her intense performances.”