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Franz Welser-Möst

1960 - Today

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Franz Leopold Maria Möst (born 16 August 1960), known professionally as Franz Welser-Möst, is an Austrian conductor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Franz Welser-Möst has received more than 262,552 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Franz Welser-Möst is the 64th most popular conductor (up from 74th in 2019), the 677th most popular biography from Austria (down from 672nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Austrian Conductor.

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  • 260k

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  • 51.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CONDUCTORS

Among conductors, Franz Welser-Möst ranks 64 out of 128Before him are Marek Janowski, Eugene Aynsley Goossens, Robert Kajanus, Artur Rodziński, Jorma Panula, and Gary Bertini. After him are Paavo Järvi, Kent Nagano, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Felix Mottl, Karl Muck, and Jean Martinon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Franz Welser-Möst ranks 153Before him are José Peseiro, Richard Linklater, Angélique Kidjo, Adam Clayton, Yu Hua, and Uwe Bein. After him are Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, Reed Hastings, Eric Betzig, Ko Wen-je, Buster Douglas, and Igor Sechin.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Franz Welser-Möst ranks 677 out of 1,424Before him are Alfons Maria Stickler (1910), Carlo Gaetano Gaisruck (1769), Richard Oswald (1880), Edwin Ernest Salpeter (1924), Otto Erich Deutsch (1883), and Olga Wisinger-Florian (1844). After him are Simon von Stampfer (1790), Erik Schinegger (1948), Valie Export (1940), Johann Horvath (1903), Ferdinand Raimund (1790), and Felix Mottl (1856).

Among CONDUCTORS In Austria

Among conductors born in Austria, Franz Welser-Möst ranks 4Before him are Herbert von Karajan (1908), Karl Böhm (1894), and Erich Kleiber (1890). After him are Felix Mottl (1856), and Otmar Suitner (1922).