1927 - 2019
Michael Andreas Gielen (20 July 1927 – 8 March 2019) was an Austrian conductor and composer known for promoting contemporary music in opera and concert. Principally active in Europe, his performances are characterized by precision and vivacity, aiding his ability to interpret the complex contemporary music he specialized in. He first worked in Buenos Aires, where he lived with his family between 1938 and 1950. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Gielen has received more than 113,068 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Gielen is the 68th most popular conductor (down from 51st in 2019), the 3,417th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,701st in 2019) and the 12th most popular German Conductor.
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Among conductors, Michael Gielen ranks 68 out of 97. Before him are Joseph Keilberth, Vasily Agapkin, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Jean Martinon, Jiří Bělohlávek, and Kent Nagano. After him are Armas Järnefelt, Charles Mackerras, Niyazi, Jeffrey Tate, Aleksandr Gauk, and Franz Welser-Möst.
1908 - 1968
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 62
1884 - 1964
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 63
1900 - 1973
HPI: 50.86
Rank: 64
1910 - 1976
HPI: 50.55
Rank: 65
1946 - 2017
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 66
1951 - Present
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 67
1927 - 2019
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 68
1869 - 1958
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 69
1925 - 2010
HPI: 50.01
Rank: 70
1912 - 1984
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 71
1943 - 2017
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 72
1893 - 1963
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 73
1960 - Present
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 74
Among people born in 1927, Michael Gielen ranks 200. Before him are Cecil Bødker, Marcel Ophüls, Roy Cohn, Serge Lang, Rachel Roberts, and Odvar Nordli. After him are Franco Maria Malfatti, Adhemar da Silva, Herbert Ross, Simin Behbahani, Roger Carel, and Gerard K. O'Neill. Among people deceased in 2019, Michael Gielen ranks 219. Before him are Egil Danielsen, Lee Radziwill, Lydia Wideman, Achille Silvestrini, Roland Matthes, and Vladimir Etush. After him are Fahrudin Jusufi, Herman Wouk, Janet Asimov, Reinhard Bonnke, Jan Olszewski, and Claude Goretta.
1927 - 2020
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 194
1927 - Present
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 195
1927 - 1986
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 196
1927 - 2005
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 197
1927 - 1980
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 198
1927 - 2018
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 199
1927 - 2019
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 200
1927 - 1991
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 201
1927 - 2001
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 202
1927 - 2001
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 203
1927 - 2014
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 204
1927 - 2020
HPI: 49.95
Rank: 205
1927 - 1992
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 206
1933 - 2019
HPI: 50.45
Rank: 213
1933 - 2019
HPI: 50.43
Rank: 214
1920 - 2019
HPI: 50.34
Rank: 215
1923 - 2019
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 216
1950 - 2019
HPI: 50.27
Rank: 217
1922 - 2019
HPI: 50.26
Rank: 218
1927 - 2019
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 219
1939 - 2019
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 220
1915 - 2019
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 221
1926 - 2019
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 222
1940 - 2019
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 223
1930 - 2019
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 224
1929 - 2019
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 225
Among people born in Germany, Michael Gielen ranks 3,417 out of 6,142. Before him are Friedrich Sämisch (1896), Georg Kolbe (1877), Horst Köppel (1948), Nannette Streicher (1769), Ernest II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1564), and Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury (1797). After him are Gisela Mauermayer (1913), Philip II, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1559), Prince Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau (1799), Grete Stern (1904), Theodor Plievier (1892), and Jacob Sturm (1771).
1896 - 1975
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 3,411
1877 - 1947
HPI: 50.18
Rank: 3,412
1948 - Present
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 3,413
1769 - 1833
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 3,414
1564 - 1611
HPI: 50.16
Rank: 3,415
1797 - 1890
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 3,416
1927 - 2019
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 3,417
1913 - 1995
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 3,418
1559 - 1588
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 3,419
1799 - 1864
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 3,420
1904 - 1999
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 3,421
1892 - 1955
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 3,422
1771 - 1848
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 3,423
Among conductors born in Germany, Michael Gielen ranks 12. Before him are Franz Danzi (1763), Günter Wand (1912), Karl Muck (1859), Ferdinand Leitner (1912), Joseph Keilberth (1908), and Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt (1900). After him are Hans Zender (1936) and Ludwig von Brenner (1833).
1763 - 1826
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 6
1912 - 2002
HPI: 52.50
Rank: 7
1859 - 1940
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 8
1912 - 1996
HPI: 51.27
Rank: 9
1908 - 1968
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 10
1900 - 1973
HPI: 50.86
Rank: 11
1927 - 2019
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 12
1936 - 2019
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 13
1833 - 1902
HPI: 44.18
Rank: 14