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Otmar Suitner

1922 - 2010

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Otmar Suitner (German pronunciation: [ˈɔtmaʁ zuˈiːtnɐ]; 16 May 1922 – 8 January 2010) was an Austrian conductor who spent most of his professional career in East Germany. He was born in Innsbruck and died in Berlin. He was principal conductor of the Staatskapelle Dresden from 1960 to 1964, and then music director at the Berlin State Opera in East Berlin from 1964 to 1990. He was concurrently chief conductor of the Staatskapelle Berlin from 1964 to 1991. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Otmar Suitner is the 83rd most popular conductor (down from 80th in 2019), the 751st most popular biography from Austria (down from 745th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Austrian Conductor.

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Among CONDUCTORS

Among conductors, Otmar Suitner ranks 83 out of 128. Before him are Paavo Järvi, Joseph Keilberth, Michael Gielen, Gustavo Dudamel, Ferdinand Leitner, and Antonio Pappano. After him are Artur Rodziński, Grzegorz Fitelberg, Claudio Scimone, Aleksandr Gauk, Armas Järnefelt, and Ádám Fischer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Otmar Suitner ranks 252. Before him are Karl-Erik Nilsson, Pino Cerami, Michel Auclair, Donald Keene, Lorenzo Antonetti, and Evelyn Mase. After him are Agustín Gaínza, Xenia Stad-de Jong, Tomás Maldonado, Karl Aage Præst, Simon Hantaï, and Juhan Smuul. Among people deceased in 2010, Otmar Suitner ranks 225. Before him are Robin Milner, Vitaly Sevastyanov, Alex Higgins, Laurent Terzieff, Hank Jones, and Chushiro Hayashi. After him are Yuri Ilyenko, Hans Ørberg, Zelda Rubinstein, Yvonne Loriod, Jacqueline de Romilly, and Gheorghe Apostol.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Otmar Suitner ranks 751 out of 1,424. Before him are Archduke Friedrich of Austria (1821), Fritz Kortner (1892), Joseph Schildkraut (1896), Wlodimir Ledóchowski (1866), Maria Wodzińska (1819), and Rudolf Krčil (1906). After him are Wilhelm Hahnemann (1914), Sebastian Kurz (1986), Liane Haid (1895), Richard Beer-Hofmann (1866), Franz Tost (1956), and Johann Horvath (1903).

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Among CONDUCTORS In Austria

Among conductors born in Austria, Otmar Suitner ranks 6. Before him are Herbert von Karajan (1908), Karl Böhm (1894), Erich Kleiber (1890), Felix Mottl (1856), and Franz Welser-Möst (1960).

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