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Georg Solti

1912 - 1997

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Sir Georg Solti ( JORJ SHOL-tee, Hungarian: [ˈʃolti]; born György Stern; 21 October 1912 – 5 September 1997) was a Hungarian-British orchestral and operatic conductor, known for his appearances with opera companies in Munich, Frankfurt, and London, and as a long-serving music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Born in Budapest, he studied there with Béla Bartók, Leó Weiner, and Ernő Dohnányi. In the 1930s, he was a répétiteur at the Hungarian State Opera and worked at the Salzburg Festival for Arturo Toscanini. His career was interrupted by the rise of the Nazis' influence on Hungarian politics, and being Jewish, he fled the increasingly harsh Hungarian anti-Jewish laws in 1938. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Georg Solti is the 25th most popular conductor (down from 16th in 2019), the 170th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 137th in 2019) and the most popular Hungarian Conductor.

Georg Solti is most famous for being the conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1969-1991. He is also most famous for his work with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Salzburg Festival.

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Among CONDUCTORS

Among conductors, Georg Solti ranks 25 out of 128. Before him are Kurt Masur, Carlo Maria Giulini, Erich Kleiber, Hans Knappertsbusch, Leopold Stokowski, and Serge Koussevitzky. After him are Franz Danzi, Eugen Jochum, Charles Dutoit, Leif Segerstam, Simon Rattle, and Giuseppe Sinopoli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Georg Solti ranks 83. Before him are Pedro Armendáriz, Lev Gumilyov, Ivan Yakubovsky, Jean Améry, Khertek Anchimaa-Toka, and A. E. van Vogt. After him are Ertuğrul Osman, Hugh Griffith, Michael Wilding, Petar Stambolić, Kamala Sohonie, and Rihei Sano. Among people deceased in 1997, Georg Solti ranks 74. Before him are Louis, Prince Napoléon, Yuri Nikulin, Bulat Okudzhava, Narciso Yepes, Roland Topor, and Mate Boban. After him are Nikolai Tikhonov, Alparslan Türkeş, Stig Anderson, Amado Carrillo Fuentes, Barbara, and Héctor Yazalde.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Georg Solti ranks 170 out of 1,077. Before him are Péter Nádas (1942), Béla Balázs (1884), Coloman of Galicia (1208), Rosika Schwimmer (1877), Géza Lakatos (1890), and Peter Delyan (1009). After him are Imi Lichtenfeld (1910), András Arató (1945), Magda Szabó (1917), Béla Tarr (1955), Ladislaus Hunyadi (1431), and Karl Goldmark (1830).

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Among CONDUCTORS In Hungary

Among conductors born in Hungary, Georg Solti ranks 1. After him are George Szell (1897), Fritz Reiner (1888), Antal Doráti (1906), Iván Fischer (1951), and Ádám Fischer (1949).

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