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Ginette Neveu

1919 - 1949

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Ginette Neveu (11 August 1919 – 28 October 1949) was a French violinist. At the age of 15, she beat David Oistrakh to win the Polish Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition. She made several concert tours and was considered to be 'one of the finest violinists of her generation'. Following an interruption to her career during the Second World War she resumed playing concerts more widely and made a small number of recordings. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ginette Neveu is the 591st most popular musician (down from 492nd in 2019), the 2,611th most popular biography from France (down from 2,305th in 2019) and the 25th most popular French Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Ginette Neveu ranks 591 out of 3,175. Before her are Nelson Freire, İdil Biret, Gil Evans, Christoph Schneider, Marty Friedman, and Roger Hodgson. After her are Hermeto Pascoal, Loreena McKennitt, Coleman Hawkins, Artie Shaw, Lionel Hampton, and Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Ginette Neveu ranks 111. Before her are Ahmed Abdallah, Ferdinand Kübler, J. Presper Eckert, Amir-Abbas Hoveyda, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and Hermann Gmeiner. After her are Merce Cunningham, Silva Kaputikyan, John Ljunggren, Teruo Nakamura, Gérard Oury, and Hennes Weisweiler. Among people deceased in 1949, Ginette Neveu ranks 75. Before her are Lead Belly, Erich von Drygalski, Damaskinos of Athens, Amadeo Giannini, Douglas Hyde, and Otto Wächter. After her are Alejandro Lerroux, Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe, Koçi Xoxe, Frank Morgan, Sam Wood, and Nándor Dáni.

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In France

Among people born in France, Ginette Neveu ranks 2,611 out of 6,770. Before her are Maximilien Luce (1858), Jacques Villon (1875), Otto IV, Count of Burgundy (1248), Elisabeth of Lorraine (1574), Jean-Féry Rebel (1666), and Marie of the Incarnation (1566). After her are Ezzo, Count Palatine of Lotharingia (955), Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent (1823), François Joseph Paul de Grasse (1722), Hervé Bazin (1911), Bathilde d'Orléans (1750), and Yvonne de Gaulle (1900).

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Among MUSICIANS In France

Among musicians born in France, Ginette Neveu ranks 25. Before her are Michel Polnareff (1944), François Habeneck (1781), André Navarra (1911), Yann Tiersen (1970), Manitas de Plata (1921), and Claude-Michel Schönberg (1944). After her are Michel Sogny (1947), Jean-Delphin Alard (1815), Jacques Loussier (1934), Michel Petrucciani (1962), Paul Tortelier (1914), and Zino Francescatti (1902).

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