Well, actually, when I think of "classical music" I do think of Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, and the rest. But I also think of music for qin, zheng, and pipa; of the music of Samuel Ekpe Akpabot and Yunus al-Katib; of the singing of the mukhannathun, and even of the songs of the Yupiq and Inuit. True, my cultural background is European, but that does not prevent me from appreciating the music of other cultures (even if they are not to my personal taste).

Perhaps this has to do with a growing up in a multi-cultural neighborhood, I don't know.