Best classical music of 2020: 10 heroes who came to our rescue in a horrendous year

Gustavo Dudamel, left, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Kristy Edmunds.
(Photo illustration by Micah Fluellen / Los Angeles Times; Getty Images; Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times (Dudamel and Salonen); Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times; Carolyn Cole/ Los Angeles Times)
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