Genre in a city
The 28 most-read classical artists based in Philadelphia, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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28 artists are tagged classical in Philadelphia. The biggest move was Melinda Wagner, up 3 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | The Philadelphia Orchestraclassical, orchestral | 2,106 | 0 |
02 | Milton Babbittclassical | 1,646 | +1 |
03 | Sarah Changclassical | 1,432 | +1 |
04 | William McGlaughlinclassical | 1,330 | -2 |
05 | David Tudorclassical, experimental | 747 | 0 |
06 | James DePreistclassical | 673 | 0 |
07 | Uri Caineclassical, jazz | 584 | 0 |
08 | Eliot Fiskclassical | 510 | +1 |
09 | Jerome Lowenthalclassical | 439 | -1 |
10 | Oscar Shumskyclassical | 329 | +1 |
11 | Mark Adamoclassical | 314 | -1 |
12 | Jacob Druckmanclassical | 277 | 0 |
13 | Lambert Orkisclassical | 202 | 0 |
14 | Susan Starrclassical | 195 | 0 |
15 | Melinda Wagnerclassical | 191 | +3 |
16 | Giora Schmidtclassical | 181 | -2 |
17 | Orlando Coleclassical | 150 | -1 |
18 | Annie Gosfieldclassical | 120 | +2 |
19 | Leon Batesclassical | 106 | -2 |
20 | David Soyerclassical | 100 | +1 |
21 | Lydia Artymiwclassical | 98 | -3 |
22 | Richard Yardumianclassical | 87 | 0 |
23 | Joseph De Pasqualeclassical | 78 | +2 |
24 | Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphiaclassical, orchestral | 69 | 0 |
25 | Curtis String Quartetclassical, string quartet | 53 | +1 |
26 | Claire Polinclassical | 43 | +1 |
27 | Philadelphia String Quartetclassical | 39 | -5 |
28 | Arlene Zallmanclassical | 20 | 0 |
How this is ranked. Artists are matched from the MusicBrainz database by genre and by the area they are based in. An artist appears in a genre when at least 15% of their genre votes are for it. Position is set by readership of their English Wikipedia article in October 2026; movement compares that against September 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.