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Otto Klemperer

1885 - 1973

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Otto Nossan Klemperer (German: [ˌɔto ˈklɛmpəʁɐ] ; 14 May 1885 – 6 July 1973) was a German conductor and composer, originally based in Germany, and then the United States, Hungary and finally, Great Britain. He began his career as an opera conductor, but he was later better known as a conductor of symphonic music. A protégé of the composer and conductor Gustav Mahler, from 1907 Klemperer was appointed to a succession of increasingly senior conductorships in opera houses in and around Germany. Between 1929 and 1931 he was director of the Kroll Opera in Berlin, where he presented new works and avant-garde productions of classics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Otto Klemperer is the 13th most popular conductor (up from 15th in 2019), the 219th most popular biography from Poland (up from 253rd in 2019) and the most popular Polish Conductor.

Otto Klemperer is most famous for conducting the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and the New Philharmonia Orchestra.

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Among CONDUCTORS

Among conductors, Otto Klemperer ranks 13 out of 128. Before him are Wilhelm Furtwängler, Karl Böhm, Sergiu Celibidache, Lorin Maazel, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, and Bruno Walter. After him are Felix Weingartner, Herbert Blomstedt, Seiji Ozawa, Rafael Kubelík, Dimitri Mitropoulos, and Kurt Masur.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Otto Klemperer ranks 44. Before him are Hugo Sperrle, Nikolaus von Falkenhorst, Erich von Stroheim, Tamara Karsavina, Giacomo Matteotti, and Luigi Russolo. After him are Uzeyir Hajibeyov, Jules Pascin, G. W. Pabst, Romano Guardini, Will Durant, and Velimir Khlebnikov. Among people deceased in 1973, Otto Klemperer ranks 53. Before him are Emmy Göring, Elsa Schiaparelli, A. S. Neill, François Cevert, Taha Hussein, and Howard H. Aiken. After him are P. Ramlee, Lex Barker, Edward G. Robinson, Leo Strauss, Katina Paxinou, and Adolf Strauss.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Otto Klemperer ranks 219 out of 1,694. Before him are Magnus Hirschfeld (1868), Stefan Wyszyński (1901), Stanislaus Kostka (1550), Otto Kretschmer (1912), Karl Denke (1860), and Paul Tillich (1886). After him are Mykhailo Hrushevsky (1866), Vasily Sokolovsky (1897), Carl Wernicke (1848), Mieszko II Lambert (990), Leszek Kołakowski (1927), and Catherine Opalińska (1680).

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Among CONDUCTORS In Poland

Among conductors born in Poland, Otto Klemperer ranks 1. After him are Kurt Masur (1927), Kurt Sanderling (1912), Marek Janowski (1939), and Paul Kletzki (1900).

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