The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past (1993) featured a cast of 27 tracked actors. Of these, 1 (8%) are still alive today and 11 have passed away. The oldest surviving cast member is John Eliot Gardiner, age 83. This film starred John Barbirolli and Sir Thomas Beecham.
8% still with us· verified cast4% of full cast · incl. 15 unverified
Survivorship
Cast Reunion Index: 8% still living
Avg. Age at Death: 78.9 yrs
Deaths by Year
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Cast27 members
| Person | Character | Status | DOB | Age | DOD | Age in 1993 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 John Barbirolli Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Sir Thomas Beecham Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Leonard Bernstein Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 25/08/1918 | 72 | 14/10/1990 | 75 |
 Fritz Busch Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Wilhelm Furtwängler Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 25/01/1886 | 68 | 30/11/1954 | 107 |
| Self | Living | 20/04/1943 | 83 | — | 50 | |
 Herbert von Karajan Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 05/04/1908 | 81 | 16/07/1989 | 85 |
 Serge Koussevitzky Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Otto Klemperer Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Arthur Nikisch Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Fritz Reiner Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 19/12/1888 | 74 | 15/11/1963 | 105 |
 Richard Strauss Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 11/06/1864 | 85 | 08/09/1949 | 129 |
| Self | Deceased | 18/04/1882 | 95 | 13/09/1977 | 111 | |
 George Szell Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Arturo Toscanini Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 25/03/1897 | 59 | 16/01/1957 | 96 |
 Bruno Walter Self | Self | Deceased | 15/09/1876 | 85 | 17/02/1962 | 117 |
 Felix Weingartner Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Jascha Heifetz Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 02/02/1901 | 86 | 10/12/1987 | 92 |
 Yehudi Menuhin Self | Self | Deceased | 22/04/1916 | 82 | 12/03/1999 | 77 |
Richard Mohr Self | Self | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Jack Brymer Self | Self | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Oliver Knussen Self | Self | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Suvi Raj Grubb Self | Self | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Isaac Stern Self | Self | Deceased | 21/07/1920 | 81 | 22/09/2001 | 73 |
Hugh Bean Self | Self | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Werner Thärichen Self | Self | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Julius Baker Self | Self | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
