Scriabin baby, Scriabin is where it's at. e- you meant literal musicians, i thought composers. oops.. i just realized every non-popular classical musician I know is famous in a very small circle, there's seemingly no middle ground between Perlman, Lang Lang and Yo-Yo Ma and my uncle's old roommate.
Oh man, Scriabin was such a crazy dude. Classical music is a world of very small circles. Most string players have no idea who famous wind players are, and they only know famous string players (other than those of their own instrument) if they're paying attention. I can almost guarantee that you have no idea who Joel Quarrington is (which is a shame considering the beauty of his playing), let alone who Hal Robinson or Ed Barker are. You may never have even heard of Gary Karr, who is like, the grand-daddy of solo bass in the 20th century. Crazy stuff right?