Sviatoslav Teofilovich Richter was a Soviet pianist who was recognized as one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century. He was well known for the depth of his interpretations, virtuoso technique and vast repertoire. First who gave him a first basic education in music was his father who was a pianist and organist. Richter gave his first recital, at the engineers" club of Odessa on March 1934, but his studies started three years later at the Moscow Conservatory with famous pianist and piano teacher Heinrich Neuhaus.
 
Sviatoslav Richter"s repertoire spanned the major works of the piano repertoire, although with many omissions. His noted recordings are works by Franz Schubert, Beethoven, Bach, Frédéric Chopin, Franz Liszt, Sergei Prokofiev, Sergei Rachmaninov, Alexander Scriabin and many others. He preferred not to plan concerts years in advance. He died in Moscow while studying for a concert series.

Italian tenor was born in Modena and was managed to vocal training from his nine years. Pavarotti began the serious study of music in 1954 at the age of 19 with Arrigo Pola. His career began as a tenor in 1961 in Italy. He sang in opera houses in The Netherlands, Vienna, London, Ankara, Budapest and Barcelona. His major breakthrough came on in 1972 in the United States, in a production of La fille du régiment at New York"s Metropolitan Opera, in which he drove the crowd into a frenzy with his nine effortless high C in the signature aria. From this day he had known worldwide. 
 
Pavarotti crossed over into popular music and became one of the world"s most famous vocal performers. He was one of The Three Tenors – he sang together with Plácido Domingo and José Carreras, he had several concerts also with pop icons. Luciano Pavarotti died at home in Modena from pancreatic cancer in 2007.