ballet artists

At a glance

36 published ballet artists; 1,243 studio albums have verified cover art.

When they started

Debut decade from each artist's earliest dated release. Most debuts fell in the 1990s (10 artists).

Where they come from

Countries with the most ballet artists. France leads with 4.

• France 4
• Russian Empire 4
• United States 3
• Australia 2
• Finland 2
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 2
• Austria 1
• Germany 1

Often paired with

Genres that share artists with ballet. The most shared is opera, with 33 artists in both.

• opera 33
• classical music 19
• symphony 17
• concerto 4
• symphonic music 4
• incidental music 3
• song 3
• art music 2

Covers from ballet

1,243 studio albums have verified cover art. The 12 shown come from the most famous artists.

Leaders

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky has the most release groups (268); Jules Massenet the longest career (113 years); Tikhon Khrennikov the most awards (41).

More ballet artists

Showing 1–24 of 24 artists

Gara Garayev

Soviet Union · Person · born 1918

opera, symphony, ballet

38 wikis · Tier 2

Reinhold Glière

Russian Empire · Person · born 1874

folk music, classical music, opera, symphony, ballet

38 wikis · Tier 2

Tikhon Khrennikov

Soviet Union · Person · born 1913

opera, concerto, symphony, ballet, song, sonata, string quartet

35 wikis · Tier 2

Ludwig Minkus

Austrian Empire · Person · born 1826

ballet

31 wikis · Tier 2

Gottfried von Einem

Austria · Person · born 1918

classical music, opera, ballet

24 wikis · Tier 3

Andrei Eshpai

Soviet Union · Person · born 1925

opera, symphony, 20th-century classical music, ballet, song, cantata, concert

22 wikis · Tier 3

Oskar Nedbal

Czechoslovakia · Person · born 1874

classical music, opera, operetta, ballet

22 wikis · Tier 3

Riccardo Drigo

Kingdom of Italy · Person · born 1846

opera, ballet

21 wikis · Tier 3

Erkki Melartin

Finland · Person · born 1875

traditional folk music, opera, schlager music, symphony, ballet, choral music, incidental music, solo singing, piano music

21 wikis · Tier 3

David Diamond

United States · Person · born 1915

contemporary classical music, opera, symphonic music, film score, symphony, ballet, art song

20 wikis · Tier 3

Leopold Koželuch

Person · born 1747

classical music, opera, ballet

20 wikis · Tier 3

Joseph Weigl

Habsburg monarchy · Person · born 1766

opera, ballet, church music

20 wikis · Tier 3

Jean-Féry Rebel

France · Person · born 1666

classical music, opera, ballet

19 wikis · Tier 3

Cesare Pugni

Kingdom of Italy · Person · born 1802

classical music, opera, ballet, liturgical music

18 wikis · Tier 3

Pavel Vranický

Austrian Empire · Person · born 1756

classical music, opera, ballet

18 wikis · Tier 3

Person

Andria Balanchivadze

Russian Empire · Person · born 1906

opera, symphonic music, symphony, ballet, theatre music

15 wikis · Tier 3

Lord Berners

United Kingdom · Person · born 1883

classical music, opera, ballet, autobiography

15 wikis · Tier 3

Uuno Klami

Finland · Person · born 1900

classical music, concerto, symphonic music, symphony, ballet

15 wikis · Tier 3

Person

Pascal Collasse

France · Person · born 1649

classical music, opera, ballet, liturgical music

14 wikis · Tier 3

Person

Marius Constant

Romania · Person · born 1925

classical music, opera, ballet

14 wikis · Tier 3

Peggy Glanville-Hicks

Australia · Person · born 1912

opera, vocal music, ballet, instrumental music

14 wikis · Tier 3

Yuri Khanon

Soviet Union · Person · born 1965

opera, art music, ballet

14 wikis · Tier 3

Fran Lhotka

Croatia · Person · born 1883

classical music, opera, ballet

14 wikis · Tier 3

Elena Kats-Chernin

Australia · Person · born 1957

electronic music, opera, concerto, symphonic music, film score, ballet

9 wikis · Tier 3