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Classical artists from Philadelphia

The 28 most-read classical artists based in Philadelphia, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.

28 artists are tagged classical in Philadelphia. The biggest move was Susan Starr, up 4 places.

#	Artist	Readers	30d
01	William McGlaughlinclassical	17,810	0
02	The Philadelphia Orchestraclassical, orchestral	2,102	0
03	Milton Babbittclassical	1,644	0
04	Sarah Changclassical	1,336	0
05	Eliot Fiskclassical	859	+3
06	David Tudorclassical, experimental	747	0
07	James DePreistclassical	652	-2
08	Uri Caineclassical, jazz	577	+1
09	Jerome Lowenthalclassical	505	-2
10	Mark Adamoclassical	452	+1
11	Oscar Shumskyclassical	380	-1
12	Lambert Orkisclassical	272	+1
13	Jacob Druckmanclassical	229	+1
14	Susan Starrclassical	200	+4
15	Orlando Coleclassical	162	+2
16	Giora Schmidtclassical	141	-1
17	Melinda Wagnerclassical	136	+2
18	David Soyerclassical	123	-2
19	Annie Gosfieldclassical	117	+2
20	Leon Batesclassical	109	-8
21	Richard Yardumianclassical	91	+1
22	Lydia Artymiwclassical	90	-2
23	Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphiaclassical, orchestral	70	0
24	Joseph De Pasqualeclassical	69	+1
25	Curtis String Quartetclassical, string quartet	67	+2
26	Philadelphia String Quartetclassical	65	-2
27	Claire Polinclassical	38	-1
28	Arlene Zallmanclassical	22	0

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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 August 2026; movement compares that against July 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.