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Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

1933 - 2014

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Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (born Rafael Frühbeck; 15 September 1933 – 11 June 2014) was a Spanish conductor and composer. Frühbeck was born in Burgos, Spain to a family of German ancestry. He first took up conducting while on military service in the Spanish Army before graduating from the Hochschule für Musik in Munich. Frühbeck was principal conductor of various orchestras around the world, starting with the Bilbao Symphony Orchestra from 1958 to 1962, then moving on to the Spanish National Orchestra, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra of Tokyo and many others. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos is the 95th most popular conductor (down from 67th in 2019), the 1,391st most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,134th in 2019) and the most popular Spanish Conductor.

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Among CONDUCTORS

Among conductors, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos ranks 95 out of 128Before him are Ádám Fischer, Vasily Agapkin, Niyazi, Daniele Gatti, Hans Zender, and Jukka-Pekka Saraste. After him are Ludwig von Brenner, Georg Schnéevoigt, Kirill Petrenko, Albert Coates, Paul Paray, and Milan Horvat.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos ranks 327Before him are Eddie Adams, Sarah Marshall, Jean Becker, Otar Chiladze, Ágnes Gergely, and Frank Gorshin. After him are Lou Rawls, Vladimir Melanin, Nicholas Pileggi, Juzo Itami, Diane Disney Miller, and Muhamed Mujić. Among people deceased in 2014, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos ranks 293Before him are Gyula Török, Sarah Marshall, Ichirō Nagai, Bel Kaufman, Mary F. Lyon, and Arnoldo Foà. After him are William H. Dana, Aurelio Milani, Eugene Dynkin, Åke Johansson, Marian Seldes, and Carmelo Bossi.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos ranks 1,391 out of 3,355Before him are Antonio Muñoz Molina (1956), Pedro Casado (1937), Assumpta Serna (1957), Héctor Bellerín (1995), Luis Royo (1954), and Julián Marías (1914). After him are Gloria Fuertes (1917), Vicente Espinel (1550), César Sánchez (1971), Amparo Poch y Gascón (1902), Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba (1951), and Josep Tarradellas (1899).

Among CONDUCTORS In Spain

Among conductors born in Spain, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos ranks 1After him are Tomás Bretón (1850).