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Henryk Szeryng

1918 - 1988

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Henryk Bolesław Szeryng (usually pronounced HEN-r-ik SHEH-r-in-g) (22 September 1918 – 3 March 1988) was a Polish-Mexican violinist. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henryk Szeryng is the 285th most popular musician (down from 258th in 2019), the 272nd most popular biography from Poland (down from 266th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Polish Musician.

Henryk Szeryng is most famous for his performances on the violin. He is a virtuoso and a soloist.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Henryk Szeryng ranks 285 out of 3,175. Before him are Burt Bacharach, Peter Tosh, Roy Harper, Tansen, Paul Stanley, and András Schiff. After him are Lars Ulrich, Jaco Pastorius, Émile Waldteufel, Eddie Van Halen, Bruno Mars, and Bill Wyman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Henryk Szeryng ranks 70. Before him are Edwin G. Krebs, Rosemary Kennedy, Sam Walton, Robert Aldrich, Ahmed Deedat, and Kazu Naoki. After him are Mary Anderson, Kakuei Tanaka, John Forsythe, Jeff Chandler, Edward A. Murphy Jr., and Spiro Agnew. Among people deceased in 1988, Henryk Szeryng ranks 36. Before him are Felix Wankel, Clifford D. Simak, Luis Barragán, Franz Josef Strauss, Christina Onassis, and Farida of Egypt. After him are Jean-Michel Basquiat, Valerie Solanas, Gert Fröbe, Heo Jeong, Willem Drees, and Hermann Graf.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Henryk Szeryng ranks 272 out of 1,694. Before him are Martin Kutta (1867), Hans-Jürgen Stumpff (1889), Maria Szymanowska (1789), Theresa Kunegunda Sobieska (1676), Franz Mehring (1846), and Hermann Grassmann (1809). After him are Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff (1848), Władysław I Herman (1043), Jerzy Skolimowski (1938), Jan Kochanowski (1530), Carl Gotthard Langhans (1732), and Stanisław Ryłko (1945).

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Among MUSICIANS In Poland

Among musicians born in Poland, Henryk Szeryng ranks 5. Before him are Władysław Szpilman (1911), Arthur Rubinstein (1887), Henryk Wieniawski (1835), and Wanda Landowska (1879). After him are Artur Schnabel (1882), Krystian Zimerman (1956), Carl Tausig (1841), Theodor Leschetizky (1830), Julie Guicciardi (1782), Josef Hofmann (1876), and Christoph Eschenbach (1940).

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