The Most Famous
CONDUCTORS from Latvia
This page contains a list of the greatest Latvian Conductors. The pantheon dataset contains 97 Conductors, 2 of which were born in Latvia. This makes Latvia the birth place of the 17th most number of Conductors behind Spain and Estonia.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Latvian Conductors of all time. This list of famous Latvian Conductors is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Grzegorz Fitelberg (1879 - 1953)
With an HPI of 47.56, Grzegorz Fitelberg is the most famous Latvian Conductor. His biography has been translated into 20 different languages on wikipedia.
Grzegorz Fitelberg (18 October 1879 – 10 June 1953) was a Polish conductor, violinist and composer. He was a member of the Young Poland group, together with artists such as Karol Szymanowski, Ludomir Różycki and Mieczysław Karłowicz.
2. Andris Nelsons (1978 - )
With an HPI of 44.59, Andris Nelsons is the 2nd most famous Latvian Conductor. His biography has been translated into 27 different languages.
Andris Nelsons (born 18 November 1978) is a Latvian conductor. He is currently music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Gewandhauskapellmeister of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. He was previously music director of the Latvian National Opera, chief conductor of the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, and music director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
Pantheon has 2 people classified as conductors born between 1879 and 1978. Of these 2, 1 (50.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living conductors include Andris Nelsons. The most famous deceased conductors include Grzegorz Fitelberg.
