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Rudolf Serkin

1903 - 1991

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Rudolf Serkin (28 March 1903 – 8 May 1991) was a Bohemian-born Austrian-American pianist. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest Beethoven interpreters of the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rudolf Serkin is the 550th most popular musician (down from 436th in 2019), the 279th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 238th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Czech Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Rudolf Serkin ranks 550 out of 3,175. Before him are Uli Jon Roth, Isao Tomita, K. K. Downing, Lead Belly, Billy Ray Cyrus, and Agustín Barrios. After him are Lucio Battisti, Rudolf Kempe, Robert Miles, Nikki Sixx, Tatiana Nikolayeva, and Robert de Visée.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Rudolf Serkin ranks 114. Before him are Ma Bufang, Michail Stasinopoulos, Gregor Piatigorsky, Karl Fritzsch, Marshall Harvey Stone, and Steven Runciman. After him are Amy Johnson, Alf Sjöberg, Pedro Eugenio Aramburu, Nikolai Voznesensky, Jan de Klerk, and Maud Lewis. Among people deceased in 1991, Rudolf Serkin ranks 83. Before him are Héctor Rial, Pedro Arrupe, Cassandra Harris, Brad Davis, Jean Bruller, and Yevgeny Dragunov. After him are Shintaro Abe, Ho Jong-suk, Berenice Abbott, Kevin Peter Hall, Vasko Popa, and Edmond Jabès.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Rudolf Serkin ranks 279 out of 1,200. Before him are Alois Eliáš (1890), Karl Fritzsch (1903), Tomáš Špidlík (1919), Vincenz Priessnitz (1799), Josef Abrhám (1939), and Vladimír Remek (1948). After him are Conrad II, Duke of Bohemia (1136), Svatopluk, Duke of Bohemia (1100), Lubomír Štrougal (1924), František Brixi (1732), Václav Vorlíček (1930), and Georg Joseph Kamel (1661).

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Among MUSICIANS In Czechia

Among musicians born in Czechia, Rudolf Serkin ranks 8. Before him are Alfred Brendel (1931), Alice Herz-Sommer (1903), Jan Kubelík (1880), David Popper (1843), Wojciech Żywny (1756), and Jan Hammer (1948). After him are Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst (1812), Josef Suk (1929), Ivan Mládek (1942), Franz Konwitschny (1901), Eduard Nápravník (1839), and Ignaz Brüll (1846).

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