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Edwin Fischer

1886 - 1960

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Edwin Fischer (6 October 1886 – 24 January 1960) was a Swiss classical pianist and conductor. He is regarded as one of the great interpreters of J.S. Bach and Mozart in the twentieth century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edwin Fischer is the 468th most popular musician (up from 475th in 2019), the 204th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 210th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swiss Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Edwin Fischer ranks 468 out of 3,175Before him are Milton Nascimento, Buddy Rich, The Game, Avril Lavigne, Menahem Pressler, and Géza Anda. After him are Bo Diddley, Paul Landers, Roger Whittaker, Alicia de Larrocha, Bobby McFerrin, and Mitsuko Uchida.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Edwin Fischer ranks 81Before him are Olaf Stapledon, Taimur bin Feisal, Nikolay Gumilyov, Hiroshi Ōshima, Tarsila do Amaral, and Shūmei Ōkawa. After him are Hugh Lofting, Rudolf Schmidt, Ğabdulla Tuqay, Frederic Bartlett, Henry H. Arnold, and Paul Radmilovic. Among people deceased in 1960, Edwin Fischer ranks 62Before him are Eddie Cochran, Maurice de Broglie, José Antonio Aguirre, Abram Ioffe, Pierre Reverdy, and Alexandre Benois. After him are Salvatore Ferragamo, Bruno Loerzer, The Great Gama, Hans Wilsdorf, Leonard Woolley, and Georges Claude.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Edwin Fischer ranks 204 out of 1,015Before him are Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825), Ueli Maurer (1950), Frithjof Schuon (1907), Köbi Kuhn (1943), Simonetta Sommaruga (1960), and Billy Meier (1937). After him are Pietro Lombardo (1435), Louis Zutter (1865), Pancho Vladigerov (1899), Jean Starobinski (1920), Guy Parmelin (1959), and DJ BoBo (1968).

Among MUSICIANS In Switzerland

Among musicians born in Switzerland, Edwin Fischer ranks 2Before him are Alfred Cortot (1877). After him are DJ BoBo (1968), Robert Miles (1969), Aurèle Nicolet (1926), Patrick Moraz (1948), Urs Bühler (1971), George Gruntz (1932), Emmanuel Pahud (1970), Mirwais (1960), Daniel Löble (1973), and DJ Antoine (1975).