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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 134,482 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Jiří Bělohlávek is the 66th most popular conductor (down from 65th in 2019), the 413th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 405th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Czech Conductor.

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Among CONDUCTORS

Among conductors, Jiří Bělohlávek ranks 66 out of 97. Before him are Ferdinand Leitner, Stanisław Skrowaczewski, Joseph Keilberth, Vasily Agapkin, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, and Jean Martinon. After him are Kent Nagano, Michael Gielen, Armas Järnefelt, Charles Mackerras, Niyazi, and Jeffrey Tate.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Jiří Bělohlávek ranks 290. Before him are Robert Metcalfe, Davorin Popović, Suzanne Somers, Aleksander Wolszczan, Jacques Tardi, and Minoru Kobata. After him are Stuart Wilson, Sue Townsend, Daniel Bensaïd, Mick Ronson, Katia Ricciarelli, and Trevor Pinnock. Among people deceased in 2017, Jiří Bělohlávek ranks 220. Before him are John Ashbery, Ivan Dias, Jimmy Snuka, Hilarion Capucci, Svend Asmussen, and Klaus Huber. After him are Gorden Kaye, Haruo Nakajima, Leo Kinnunen, Mildred Dresselhaus, Imre Földi, and András Kovács.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Jiří Bělohlávek ranks 413 out of 973. Before him are Ivan Passer (1933), Jan Svatopluk Presl (1791), Karel Kryl (1944), Jiří Wolker (1900), Edgar G. Ulmer (1904), and Zdeněk Nehoda (1952). After him are Rudolf Charousek (1873), Vlastimil Hort (1944), Georg Joseph Kamel (1661), Christian Mayer (1719), Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer (1689), and Carl Borivoj Presl (1794).

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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).

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