CONDUCTOR

Michael Gielen

1927 - 2019

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Michael Andreas Gielen (20 July 1927 – 8 March 2019) was an Austrian conductor and composer known for promoting contemporary music in opera and concert. Principally active in Europe, his performances are characterized by precision and vivacity, aiding his ability to interpret the complex contemporary music he specialized in. He first worked in Buenos Aires, where he lived with his family between 1938 and 1950. In Europe, he first worked in Vienna and then in Sweden as the Generalmusikdirektor (GMD) of the Royal Swedish Opera. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Gielen is the 79th most popular conductor (up from 81st in 2019), the 3,878th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,993rd in 2019) and the 11th most popular German Conductor.

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Among CONDUCTORS

Among conductors, Michael Gielen ranks 79 out of 128. Before him are Henry Wood, Charles Mackerras, Jorma Panula, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Paavo Järvi, and Joseph Keilberth. After him are Gustavo Dudamel, Ferdinand Leitner, Antonio Pappano, Otmar Suitner, Artur Rodziński, and Grzegorz Fitelberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Michael Gielen ranks 239. Before him are Sadako Ogata, Rachel Roberts, Franco Donatoni, Torbjørn Falkanger, William Hickey, and Claudio Brook. After him are Serge Lang, Pierre Granier-Deferre, Thomas S. Monson, Micheline Bernardini, Mathé Altéry, and Freddie Jones. Among people deceased in 2019, Michael Gielen ranks 250. Before him are Charles Jencks, Jurica Jerković, Ari Behn, Martin Peters, Dick Miller, and Alain Barrière. After him are Robert Ryman, Sergei Yursky, Kazuo Koike, Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly, Chelo Alonso, and Isacio Calleja.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Michael Gielen ranks 3,880 out of 7,253. Before him are Étienne Laspeyres (1834), Hans Hotter (1909), Eberhard Vogel (1943), Udo Voigt (1952), Konrad Wolf (1925), and Leonhard Graf von Blumenthal (1810). After him are Johann Julius Walbaum (1724), Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald (1902), Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1655), Wolfgang Becker (1954), Princess Amalie of Saxony (1794), and Erich Marcks (1891).

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Among CONDUCTORS In Germany

Among conductors born in Germany, Michael Gielen ranks 11. Before him are Franz Danzi (1763), Eugen Jochum (1902), Günter Wand (1912), Karl Muck (1859), Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt (1900), and Joseph Keilberth (1908). After him are Ferdinand Leitner (1912), Hans Zender (1936), and Ludwig von Brenner (1833).

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