CONDUCTOR

Rafael Kubelík

1914 - 1996

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Rafael Jeroným Kubelík, KBE (29 June 1914 – 11 August 1996) was a Czech conductor and composer. The son of a distinguished violinist, Jan Kubelík, he was trained in Prague and made his debut with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra at the age of 19. Having managed to maintain a career in Czechoslovakia under the Nazi occupation, he refused to work under what he considered a "second tyranny" after the Communist Czechoslovak coup d'état of 1948, and took refuge in Britain. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rafael Kubelík has received more than 190,930 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Rafael Kubelík is the 18th most popular conductor (down from 17th in 2019), the 161st most popular biography from Czechia (down from 143rd in 2019) and the most popular Czech Conductor.

Rafael Kubelík is most famous for his interpretations of Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219 and the Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216.

Memorability Metrics

  • 190k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CONDUCTORS

Among conductors, Rafael Kubelík ranks 18 out of 128. Before him are Karl Böhm, Bruno Walter, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Otto Klemperer, Georg Solti, and Herbert Blomstedt. After him are Kurt Masur, Carlo Maria Giulini, Felix Weingartner, Erich Kleiber, Leopold Stokowski, and Hans Knappertsbusch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Rafael Kubelík ranks 62. Before him are Akira Nozawa, James Van Allen, Francisco da Costa Gomes, Creighton Abrams, Mario Bava, and Lilli Palmer. After him are Kurt Franz, Jackie Coogan, Jan Karski, Carlo Maria Giulini, Achille Compagnoni, and Lina Bo Bardi. Among people deceased in 1996, Rafael Kubelík ranks 55. Before him are Nevill Francis Mott, Martin Balsam, George Davis Snell, Marianne Bachmeier, František Plánička, and Geoffrey Wilkinson. After him are Frida Boccara, Lucio Fulci, Obdulio Varela, María Casares, Brigitte Helm, and Helmut Schön.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Rafael Kubelík ranks 161 out of 1,200. Before him are Franz Benda (1709), Josef Čapek (1887), Hugo Meisl (1881), Věra Chytilová (1929), Victor Adler (1852), and Josef Ressel (1793). After him are Maria Theresa of Austria-Este (1849), Emilie Schindler (1907), Julius Fučík (1872), František Palacký (1798), Christoph Schönborn (1945), and Georg Benda (1722).

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Among CONDUCTORS In Czechia

Among conductors born in Czechia, Rafael Kubelík ranks 1. After him are Václav Neumann (1920), Karel Ančerl (1908), Jiří Bělohlávek (1946), Zdeněk Mácal (1936), and Martin Turnovský (1928).

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