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István Kertész

1929 - 1973

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István Kertész (28 August 1929 – 16 April 1973) was a Hungarian orchestral and operatic conductor who throughout his brief career led many of the world's great orchestras, including the Cleveland, Chicago, Philadelphia, New York, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, Detroit, San Francisco and Minnesota Orchestras in the United States, as well as the London Symphony, Vienna Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic, and L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Kertész's orchestral repertoire numbered over 450 works from all periods, and was matched by a repertoire of some sixty operas ranging from Mozart, Verdi, Puccini and Wagner to the more contemporary Prokofiev, Bartók, Britten, Kodály, Poulenc and Janáček. Kertész was part of a musical tradition that produced fellow Hungarian conductors Fritz Reiner, Antal Doráti, János Ferencsik, Eugene Ormandy, George Szell, János Fürst, Peter Erős, Ferenc Fricsay, and Georg Solti. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. István Kertész is the 845th most popular composer (up from 913th in 2019), the 361st most popular biography from Hungary (up from 373rd in 2019) and the 14th most popular Hungarian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, István Kertész ranks 845 out of 1,451. Before him are La Monte Young, Elliott Carter, Nicolas Gombert, Cesare Pugni, Heino Eller, and Edmond Audran. After him are Shunsuke Kikuchi, Koichi Sugiyama, Aimeric de Peguilhan, Temistocle Solera, Alfred Bruneau, and Mateo Flecha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, István Kertész ranks 244. Before him are Liz Sheridan, Dick Button, George Crumb, Milton Glaser, Péter Szondi, and Alla Horska. After him are Lolita Torres, Rutka Laskier, Karin Lindberg, Ulla Jacobsson, Hong Song-nam, and Toshiko Akiyoshi. Among people deceased in 1973, István Kertész ranks 139. Before him are Aleksandr Ptushko, Joe E. Brown, Alexander Vandegrift, Jim Croce, Oliver Macdonald, and Théo Lefèvre. After him are Henry Darger, Carmine Gallone, Dean Corll, Eleazar López Contreras, Sergei Tumansky, and Günther Pancke.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, István Kertész ranks 361 out of 1,077. Before him are Rózsa Péter (1905), László Polgár (1946), Vilmos Aba-Novák (1894), Béla Király (1912), Péter Szondi (1929), and Angéla Németh (1946). After him are Géza Gárdonyi (1863), Bertalan Farkas (1949), Lajos Werkner (1883), Ottó Bláthy (1860), Jenő Fock (1916), and Mickey Hargitay (1926).

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Among COMPOSERS In Hungary

Among composers born in Hungary, István Kertész ranks 14. Before him are Ferenc Erkel (1810), Joseph Kosma (1905), Hans Swarowsky (1899), Joseph Szigeti (1892), Dora Pejačević (1885), and Leó Weiner (1885). After him are Ferenc Farkas (1905), Sigmund Romberg (1887), and Frigyes Hidas (1928).

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