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Willem Kes

1856 - 1934

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Willem Kes (Dordrecht, 16 February 1856 – München, 22 February 1934, was a Dutch conductor, composer, violist, and violinist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Willem Kes has received more than 18,975 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Willem Kes is the 97th most popular conductor (down from 85th in 2019), the 674th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 621st in 2019) and the most popular Dutch Conductor.

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Among CONDUCTORS

Among conductors, Willem Kes ranks 97 out of 97Before him are Georg Schnéevoigt, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Milan Horvat, Daniele Gatti, Nikolai Golovanov, and Tomás Bretón. After him are Valery Khalilov, Dennis Russell Davies, Antonio Pappano, Kirill Petrenko, John Pritchard, and Andris Nelsons.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1856, Willem Kes ranks 94Before him are Ernesto Schiaparelli, Louis Brandeis, Władysław Ślewiński, James Buchanan Duke, Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger, and Günther Beck von Mannagetta und Lerchenau. After him are Ernst Brenner, Alfred Deakin, Alberto Palacio, Nigâr Hanım, Jens Christian Christensen, and Helene von Druskowitz. Among people deceased in 1934, Willem Kes ranks 112Before him are Gustave Lanson, Oskar von Miller, Caleb Bradham, Fritz Graebner, Nathaniel Lord Britton, and Elizabeth Gertrude Britton. After him are Sergey Oldenburg, Eduard Bagritsky, Manuel Márquez Sterling, Theobald Smith, Lou Tellegen, and N. E. Brown.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Willem Kes ranks 674 out of 1,427Before him are Wim Jonk (1966), Jan Burgers (1895), Betty Stöve (1945), Leen Vente (1911), Richard Krajicek (1971), and Jan Frederik Gronovius (1686). After him are Prince Carlos, Duke of Parma (1970), Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (1873), Alfred Schreuder (1972), Karen Mulder (1970), Balthasar van der Pol (1889), and Adri van Male (1910).

Among CONDUCTORS In Netherlands

Among conductors born in Netherlands, Willem Kes ranks 1After him are Jaap van Zweden (1960).