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Why on Earth should I change my tag. Change your system! It would be equally valid to change the name to Haendel; Handel, Georg Frideric (the name he adopted after being granted citizenship in GB) or a whole variety of variants. So, LastFM, once again I would ask you to read the guidelines you have adopted from Musicbrainz, and arrive at some coherent strategy as to how you tag classical composers.

Yo-Yo Ma is a world-famous Chinese-American cellist. He is considered one of the best cellists in the world and has made over 50 albums. He was born to Chinese parents living in Paris. He began to study the cello with his father at age 4 and soon came with his family to New York, where he spent most of his formative years. Later, his principal teacher was Leonard Rose at the Juilliard School. He sought out a traditional liberal arts education to expand upon his conservatory training, graduating from Harvard University in 1976.

Christopher Jarvis Haley Hogwood (born 10 September 1941) is a well-known British conductor, harpsichordist, writer and scholar. Hogwood was born in Nottingham, and studied music and classical literature at Pembroke College, Cambridge. He went on to study performance and conducting under Raymond Leppard and Thurston Dart; and later with Rafael Puyana and Gustav Leonhardt. A British Council scholarship enabled him to study in Prague for a year.

There are at least three artists known as David Cooper: 1. David Cooper, an american trumpets player for jazz and classical music. He is also a composer and arranger with numerous jazz, rock and commercial ensembles. 2. David "David C" Cooper, a young musician for calm, guitar supported electronica. His songs are available for free on his website. 3. David Cooper is David Cooper.