MUSICIAN

Alice Herz-Sommer

1903 - 2014

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Alice Herz-Sommer (Hebrew: אליס הרץ-זומר; née Herz; 26 November 1903 – 23 February 2014), was a Czech-born Israeli classical pianist, music teacher, and supercentenarian who survived Theresienstadt concentration camp. She lived for 40 years in Israel, before emigrating to London in 1986, where she resided until her death, and at the age of 110 was the world's oldest known Holocaust survivor until Yisrael Kristal was recognized as such. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alice Herz-Sommer is the 367th most popular musician (up from 465th in 2019), the 197th most popular biography from Czechia (up from 249th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Czech Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Alice Herz-Sommer ranks 367 out of 3,175. Before her are Jerry Reed, Glenn Tipton, John Hammond, Richard Z. Kruspe, Dave Mustaine, and Tré Cool. After her are Ivo Pogorelić, Domenico Alberti, Jacques Dutronc, 3T, Robby Krieger, and Simon Phillips.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Alice Herz-Sommer ranks 85. Before her are Charles W. Morris, Evelyn Waugh, Sadegh Hedayat, Prince Nicholas of Romania, Lou Gehrig, and Mikhail Kalatozov. After her are Heinz Reinefarth, Fritz Bauer, Bob Hope, Henry Corbin, Charlotte Perriand, and Nico Diederichs. Among people deceased in 2014, Alice Herz-Sommer ranks 88. Before her are Hal Finney, Billy Milligan, B. K. S. Iyengar, Siegfried Lenz, Gabriel Axel, and Jean-Luc Dehaene. After her are Ben Bradlee, Oscar de la Renta, Stuart Hall, Gottfried John, Ralph H. Baer, and Valeri Kubasov.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Alice Herz-Sommer ranks 197 out of 1,200. Before her are Tomáš Rosický (1980), Boleslaus III, Duke of Bohemia (950), Catherine of Bohemia (1342), Wenceslaus Hollar (1607), Libuše Šafránková (1953), and Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria (1860). After her are Prince Rupert of the Rhine (1619), Ignaz Moscheles (1794), Guido Adler (1855), Clement Mary Hofbauer (1751), John Henry, Margrave of Moravia (1322), and Zdeněk Fibich (1850).

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Among MUSICIANS In Czechia

Among musicians born in Czechia, Alice Herz-Sommer ranks 3. Before her are Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644), and Alfred Brendel (1931). After her are Jan Kubelík (1880), David Popper (1843), Wojciech Żywny (1756), Jan Hammer (1948), Rudolf Serkin (1903), Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst (1812), Josef Suk (1929), Ivan Mládek (1942), and Franz Konwitschny (1901).

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