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Roman Totenberg

1911 - 2012

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Roman Totenberg (January 1, 1911 – May 8, 2012) was a Polish-American violinist and educator. A child prodigy, he lived in Poland, Moscow, Berlin, and Paris, before formally immigrating to the U.S. in 1938, at age 27. He performed and taught nationally and internationally throughout his life. One of Totenberg's favorite instruments was the Ames Stradivarius, which was stolen from his office in the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, Massachusetts after a concert in May 1980. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Roman Totenberg is the 2,090th most popular musician (up from 2,439th in 2024), the 1,258th most popular biography from Poland (up from 1,340th in 2019) and the 30th most popular Polish Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Roman Totenberg ranks 2,090 out of 3,175. Before him are Glyn Johns, Woody Shaw, Terry Chimes, Terry Callier, The Rev, and Charlie Puth. After him are Lena Raine, Les Claypool, Tom Angelripper, Graham Coxon, Joe South, and Jimmy Van Heusen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Roman Totenberg ranks 374. Before him are Betty Nuthall, Terence Rattigan, Ann Dvorak, Rudolf Kotormány, Momčilo Đokić, and Bruno Ahlberg. After him are Alf Martinsen, André Saeys, Rudi Ball, Phil Silvers, Foy Draper, and Norman Malcolm. Among people deceased in 2012, Roman Totenberg ranks 428. Before him are Salvador Reyes Monteón, Ronald Stretton, Maja Bošković-Stulli, Manuel Preciado Rebolledo, Deborah Raffin, and Terry Callier. After him are Stanford R. Ovshinsky, Joe South, Robert B. Sherman, Colin Davis, Turhan Bey, and Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Roman Totenberg ranks 1,258 out of 1,694. Before him are Andrzej Badeński (1943), Stanisław Szozda (1950), Janusz Wojciechowski (1954), Anna-Maria Sieklucka (1992), Euzebiusz Smolarek (1981), and Andrzej Fischer (1952). After him are Jacek Bąk (1973), Janusz Lewandowski (1951), Martin Max (1968), Ryszard Parulski (1938), Zbigniew Jaremski (1949), and Helena Pilejczyk (1931).

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Among MUSICIANS In Poland

Among musicians born in Poland, Roman Totenberg ranks 30. Before him are Bronisław Kaper (1902), Harry Winter (1914), Wanda Wiłkomirska (1929), Adam Darski (1977), Zbigniew Namysłowski (1939), and Nicolas Chumachenco (1944). After him are Adam Taubitz (1967), Rafał Blechacz (1985), Leszek Możdżer (1971), Zbigniew Robert Promiński (1978), Tomasz Wróblewski (1980), and Donatan (1984).

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