CONDUCTOR

Jiří Bělohlávek

1946 - 2017

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Jiří Bělohlávek, (Czech pronunciation: [jɪr̝iː bjɛloɦlaːvɛk]; 24 February 1946 – 31 May 2017) was a Czech conductor. He was a leading interpreter of Czech classical music, and became chief conductor of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra in 1990, a role he would serve on two occasions during a combined span of seven years (1990–92, 2012–17). He also served a six-year tenure as the chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra from 2006 to 2012. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jiří Bělohlávek has received more than 139,678 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Jiří Bělohlávek is the 78th most popular conductor (down from 66th in 2019), the 492nd most popular biography from Czechia (down from 413th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Czech Conductor.

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  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CONDUCTORS

Among conductors, Jiří Bělohlávek ranks 78 out of 128. Before him are Jeffrey Tate, Joseph Keilberth, Paul Kletzki, Armas Järnefelt, Paavo Berglund, and Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt. After him are Aleksandr Gauk, Otmar Suitner, Michael Gielen, Ádám Fischer, Zdeněk Mácal, and Adrian Boult.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Jiří Bělohlávek ranks 400. Before him are Marc Forné Molné, Chava Alberstein, Álvaro Arzú, Ludo Martens, Andrej Hoteev, and Franz Roth. After him are Frank Hsieh, Mogens Lykketoft, Andrew Davis, Galina Starovoytova, Wes Unseld, and Józef Oleksy. Among people deceased in 2017, Jiří Bělohlávek ranks 265. Before him are James Rosenquist, Richard Hatch, Leonid Bronevoy, Giulio Angioni, Jaki Liebezeit, and Lennart Nilsson. After him are Om Puri, Kim Young-ae, Márta Rudas, Alois Mock, Tim Pigott-Smith, and Margot Hielscher.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Jiří Bělohlávek ranks 492 out of 1,200. Before him are Jiří Tichý (1933), Josef Čtyřoký (1906), Petr Korda (1968), Miroslav Tyrš (1832), Karel Urbánek (1941), and August Wilhelm Ambros (1816). After him are Prokop Diviš (1698), Edgar G. Ulmer (1904), Jaroslav Šilhavý (1961), Ernst Streeruwitz (1874), Ludvík Daněk (1937), and Olga Taussky-Todd (1906).

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Among CONDUCTORS In Czechia

Among conductors born in Czechia, Jiří Bělohlávek ranks 4. Before him are Rafael Kubelík (1914), Václav Neumann (1920), and Karel Ančerl (1908). After him are Zdeněk Mácal (1936), and Martin Turnovský (1928).

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