1929 - 1973
István Kertész (28 August 1929 – 16 April 1973) was a Hungarian orchestral and operatic conductor who throughout his brief career led many of the world's great orchestras, including the Cleveland, Chicago, Philadelphia, New York, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, Detroit, San Francisco and Minnesota Orchestras in the United States, as well as the London Symphony, Vienna Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic, and L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. His orchestral repertoire numbered over 450 works from all periods, and was matched by a repertoire of some sixty operas ranging from Mozart, Verdi, Puccini and Wagner to the more contemporary Prokofiev, Bartók, Britten, Kodály, Poulenc and Janáček. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of István Kertész has received more than 6,248 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). István Kertész is the 878th most popular composer (down from 794th in 2019), the 337th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 294th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Hungarian Composer.
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Among composers, István Kertész ranks 878 out of 1,216. Before him are Adolf Wiklund, Alexei Lvov, Salvatore Sciarrino, Giovanni Battista Bassani, Trevor Jones, and Felix Draeseke. After him are Paul Dessau, Vítězslava Kaprálová, Théodore Gouvy, Ludwig Thuille, Heinrich Albert, and Princess Amalie of Saxony.
1879 - 1950
HPI: 50.92
Rank: 872
1798 - 1870
HPI: 50.91
Rank: 873
1947 - Present
HPI: 50.88
Rank: 874
1650 - 1716
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 875
1949 - Present
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 876
1835 - 1913
HPI: 50.85
Rank: 877
1929 - 1973
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 878
1894 - 1979
HPI: 50.81
Rank: 879
1915 - 1940
HPI: 50.81
Rank: 880
1819 - 1898
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 881
1861 - 1907
HPI: 50.78
Rank: 882
1604 - 1651
HPI: 50.77
Rank: 883
1794 - 1870
HPI: 50.75
Rank: 884
Among people born in 1929, István Kertész ranks 232. Before him are Lyudmila Zykina, Luigi Taveri, June Squibb, Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar, Karl Koller, and Rhadi Ben Abdesselam. After him are Toshiko Akiyoshi, Patricia Routledge, Jean-Denis Bredin, Hong Song-nam, John Henry Holland, and Selim Hoss. Among people deceased in 1973, István Kertész ranks 137. Before him are Eleazar López Contreras, Jeannette Rankin, Abd al-Rahman al-Bazzaz, Elise Ottesen-Jensen, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, and Frances Marion. After him are Nancy Mitford, Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu, Aleksandr Ptushko, Mikhail Isakovsky, Ira Sprague Bowen, and Adolfo Zumelzú.
1929 - 2009
HPI: 50.98
Rank: 226
1929 - 2018
HPI: 50.96
Rank: 227
1929 - Present
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 228
1929 - Present
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 229
1929 - 2009
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 230
1929 - 2000
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 231
1929 - 1973
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 232
1929 - Present
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 233
1929 - Present
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 234
1929 - 2021
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 235
1929 - 2009
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 236
1929 - 2015
HPI: 50.78
Rank: 237
1929 - Present
HPI: 50.69
Rank: 238
1883 - 1973
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 131
1880 - 1973
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 132
1913 - 1973
HPI: 50.92
Rank: 133
1886 - 1973
HPI: 50.89
Rank: 134
1900 - 1973
HPI: 50.86
Rank: 135
1888 - 1973
HPI: 50.86
Rank: 136
1929 - 1973
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 137
1904 - 1973
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 138
1887 - 1973
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 139
1900 - 1973
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 140
1900 - 1973
HPI: 50.43
Rank: 141
1898 - 1973
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 142
1902 - 1973
HPI: 50.39
Rank: 143
Among people born in Hungary, István Kertész ranks 337 out of 866. Before him are Imre Frivaldszky (1799), Tibor Déry (1894), Lippo Hertzka (1904), Gyula Breyer (1893), Lili Kraus (1903), and Frigyes Riesz (1880). After him are Andrew G. Vajna (1944), József Rippl-Rónai (1861), Eugen Varga (1879), Milán Füst (1888), Otto Ferdinand von Abensperg und Traun (1677), and Ferenc Kölcsey (1790).
1799 - 1870
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 331
1894 - 1977
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 332
1904 - 1951
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 333
1893 - 1921
HPI: 50.90
Rank: 334
1903 - 1986
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 335
1880 - 1956
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 336
1929 - 1973
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 337
1944 - 2019
HPI: 50.78
Rank: 338
1861 - 1927
HPI: 50.78
Rank: 339
1879 - 1964
HPI: 50.77
Rank: 340
1888 - 1967
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 341
1677 - 1748
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 342
1790 - 1838
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 343
Among composers born in Hungary, István Kertész ranks 14. Before him are Ferenc Erkel (1810), Princess Maria Antonia Koháry (1797), Dora Pejačević (1885), Joseph Szigeti (1892), Leó Weiner (1885), and Ferenc Farkas (1905). After him are Sigmund Romberg (1887).
1810 - 1893
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 8
1797 - 1862
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 9
1885 - 1923
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 10
1892 - 1973
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 11
1885 - 1960
HPI: 51.76
Rank: 12
1905 - 2000
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 13
1929 - 1973
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 14
1887 - 1951
HPI: 44.73
Rank: 15