| ARTUROTOSCANINI | Italian conductor who was musical director of La Scala, Milan, and of the NBC symphony Orchestra in New York |
| OZAWA | Seiji, conductor who was musical director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra between 1973 and 2002 (5) |
| ASHKENAZY | Vladimir, Russian pianist who was musical director of the RPO, 1987-95 (9) |
| LASCALA | Sailor docked west of city where Toscanini was musical director |
| TOSCANINI | Arturo -, Italian conductor, who was music director of the NBC Symphony Orchestra (9) |
| HAITINK | Violinist who was the principal conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra 1967-79 and musical director of Glyndebourne 1978-88 (7) |
| GIGLI | Surname of the great Italian tenor, who first appeared under Toscanini at La Scala, Milan, in 1918 (5) |
| BLISS | Composer and conductor who was knighted in 1950 and appointed Master of the Queen's Music in 1953 in succession to Sir Arnold Bax (5) |
| LEOPOLD | Baton-free conductor who was the musical director of Walt Disney's Fantasia, ... Stokowski |
| LOMBARDY | Containing Lake Como, region of northern Italy between the Alps and the Po, site of La Scala opera house in its capital Milan (8) |
| SIMONRATTLE | British conductor who became music director of the London Symphony Orchestra in 2017 (5,6) |
| SNL | Its studio was built for the NBC Symphony in '37 |
| VONKARAJAN | Herbert, conductor who was the artistic director of the Vienna State Opera from 1957-64 (3,7) |
| LUTOSLAWSKI | Polish composer Witold ____'s third symphony was premiered by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in 1983 |
| BRUNOWALTER | German-born US conductor who was the first to conduct Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde and Ninth Symphony |
| STEVECARELL | American actor and comedian best known for playing Michael Scott in the NBC version of The Office |
| GEORGESZELL | Musical director of the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra from 1946 to 1970 |
| SLATKIN | Leonard, musical director of the St Louis Symphony Orchestra (1979-96) |
| PAPPANO | Antonio, conductor who is musical director of the Royal Opera House (7) |
| ALLA | Teatro ___ Scala aka La Scala (Milan opera house) |
