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Michael Gielen

1927 - 2019

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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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  • 110k

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  • 50.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among CONDUCTORS

Among conductors, Michael Gielen ranks 68 out of 97Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Michael Gielen ranks 200Before 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 219Before 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.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Michael Gielen ranks 3,417 out of 6,142Before 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).

Among CONDUCTORS In Germany

Among conductors born in Germany, Michael Gielen ranks 12Before 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).