Conductor

Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Austrian conductor

1929 - 2016

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His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2024). Nikolaus Harnoncourt is the 11th most popular conductor, the 736th most popular biography from Germany (up from 750th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular German Conductor.

Nikolaus Harnoncourt is a conductor who is most famous for his work with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. He is also the founder of the Concentus Musicus Wien, a chamber music group.

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Nikolaus Harnoncourt ranks #11 of 136 Conductors worldwide, placing them among the top 9% of the profession.

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Nikolaus Harnoncourt's biography appears in 39 language editions of Wikipedia, more than 92% of all Conductors.

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Among Conductors

Among conductors, Nikolaus Harnoncourt ranks 11 out of 136. Before him are Daniel Barenboim, Zubin Mehta, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Karl Böhm, Sergiu Celibidache, and Lorin Maazel. After him are Bruno Walter, Otto Klemperer, Felix Weingartner, Herbert Blomstedt, Seiji Ozawa, and Rafael Kubelík.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Nikolaus Harnoncourt ranks 51. Before him are Eric Kandel, Frano Selak, Graham Hill, Karolos Papoulias, Mohamed Al-Fayed, and Chet Baker. After him are Christa Wolf, Nureddin al-Atassi, Ivar Giaever, Milorad Pavić, Bruno Cremer, and John Cassavetes. Among people deceased in 2016, Nikolaus Harnoncourt ranks 47. Before him are Alvin Toffler, Junko Tabei, Andrzej Żuławski, Frano Selak, George Kennedy, and Vera Rubin. After him are Reinhard Selten, Bernardo Provenzano, Esma Redžepova, Viktor Korchnoi, Gene Wilder, and Zsa Zsa Gabor.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Nikolaus Harnoncourt ranks 736 out of 8,184. Before him are Rudolf Schenker (1948), Ludwig Stumpfegger (1910), Johann Deisenhofer (1943), Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim (1771), Manfred Gerlach (1928), and Elisabeth of Wied (1843). After him are Johann Adolph Hasse (1699), Jürgen Stroop (1895), Thomas Bach (1953), John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1658), Magda Schneider (1909), and Hugo Ball (1886).

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Among Conductors In Germany

Among conductors born in Germany, Nikolaus Harnoncourt ranks 2. Before him is Wilhelm Furtwängler (1886). After him are Bruno Walter (1876), Hans Knappertsbusch (1888), Franz Danzi (1763), Eugen Jochum (1902), Günter Wand (1912), Karl Muck (1859), Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt (1900), Joseph Keilberth (1908), Michael Gielen (1927), and Ferdinand Leitner (1912).

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