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István Kertész

1929 - 1973

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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. Kertész's 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 6,519 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. István Kertész is the 913th most popular composer (down from 877th in 2019), the 373rd most popular biography from Hungary (down from 337th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Hungarian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, István Kertész ranks 913 out of 1,451. Before him are Maximilian Steinberg, Johann Jacob Bach, Lev Knipper, Ary Barroso, Carlo Rustichelli, and Elliott Carter. After him are Silvestre Revueltas, Jan Kalivoda, François Francoeur, Akira Ifukube, Gérard Grisey, and Christoph Demantius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, István Kertész ranks 252. Before him are John Osborne, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Yuri Artsutanov, June Squibb, Jürgen Ehlers, and Fernando Sebastián Aguilar. After him are Adrienne Rich, Link Wray, Rutka Laskier, Slavko Avsenik, Hermann Prey, and Ken McGregor. Among people deceased in 1973, István Kertész ranks 147. Before him are Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, Jeannette Rankin, Rafael Franco, Nobuko Yoshiya, Paavo Talvela, and Willy Fritsch. After him are Gustaf Molander, Mikhail Isakovsky, John Cranko, Winthrop Rockefeller, Lev Artsimovich, and Paul Kletzki.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, István Kertész ranks 373 out of 1,077. Before him are Pál Turán (1910), István Örkény (1912), Lili Kraus (1903), Kálmán Darányi (1886), Kálmán Mészöly (1941), and Árpád Weisz (1896). After him are Eva Klein (1925), Pál Losonczi (1919), Imre Makovecz (1935), Charles Vidor (1900), Cornell Capa (1918), and László Cseh (1910).

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Among COMPOSERS In Hungary

Among composers born in Hungary, István Kertész ranks 15. Before him are Karl Goldmark (1830), Dora Pejačević (1885), Hans Swarowsky (1899), Joseph Szigeti (1892), Leó Weiner (1885), and Ferenc Farkas (1905). After him are Frigyes Hidas (1928), and Sigmund Romberg (1887).

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