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Franz Konwitschny

1901 - 1962

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Franz Konwitschny (14 August 1901, Fulnek, Moravia – 28 July 1962, Belgrade) was a German conductor and violist of Moravian descent. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Franz Konwitschny is the 796th most popular musician (up from 1,102nd in 2019), the 379th most popular biography from Czechia (up from 513th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Czech Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Franz Konwitschny ranks 796 out of 3,175Before him are Oliver Riedel, Carl Palmer, Richard Galliano, John Michael Talbot, Stephen Heller, and Ira Gershwin. After him are Kenny G, Arthur De Greef, Huey Lewis, Scotty Moore, Sammy Hagar, and John Illsley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Franz Konwitschny ranks 150Before him are Mária Mednyánszky, Claude Choules, Ramón Serrano Suñer, Joachim Ernst, Duke of Anhalt, Otto Ambros, and Ernest Nagel. After him are Yuliya Solntseva, Antal Szerb, György Orth, Prince Christoph of Hesse, George Raft, and Kwon Ki-ok. Among people deceased in 1962, Franz Konwitschny ranks 96Before him are Juan Belmonte, Francisco Bru, Pedro Pablo Ramírez, Arthur Oncken Lovejoy, Mouloud Feraoun, and Eugene Aynsley Goossens. After him are Franz Kline, José Giral, Max Vasmer, Karl Rapp, György Orth, and Charles Galton Darwin.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Franz Konwitschny ranks 379 out of 1,200Before him are Otakar Vávra (1911), Antonín Vranický (1761), Jan Svatopluk Presl (1791), Rudolf Beran (1887), Jan Václav Voříšek (1791), and Zdeněk Burian (1905). After him are Franz Krommer (1759), Joseph von Sonnenfels (1732), Viktor Dyk (1877), Jana Brejchová (1940), Johann Georg Christian, Prince of Lobkowicz (1686), and Eduard Nápravník (1839).

Among MUSICIANS In Czechia

Among musicians born in Czechia, Franz Konwitschny ranks 12Before him are Wojciech Żywny (1756), Jan Hammer (1948), Rudolf Serkin (1903), Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst (1812), Josef Suk (1929), and Ivan Mládek (1942). After him are Eduard Nápravník (1839), Ignaz Brüll (1846), Alexander Dreyschock (1818), Miroslav Vitouš (1947), Jakub Jan Ryba (1765), and František Ondříček (1857).