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Szymon Goldberg

1909 - 1993

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Szymon Goldberg (1 June 1909 – 19 July 1993) was a Polish-born Jewish classical violinist and conductor, latterly an American. Born in Włocławek, Congress Poland, Goldberg played the violin as a child growing up in Warsaw. His first teacher was Henryk Czaplinski, a student of the great Czech violinist Otakar Ševčík; his second was Mieczysław Michałowicz, a student of Leopold Auer. In 1917, at age eight, Goldberg moved to Berlin to study the violin with the legendary pedagogue Carl Flesch. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Szymon Goldberg is the 1,241st most popular musician (down from 1,185th in 2019), the 905th most popular biography from Poland (down from 901st in 2019) and the 21st most popular Polish Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Szymon Goldberg ranks 1,241 out of 3,175. Before him are Levon Helm, Otis Rush, Scott Columbus, Nani Bregvadze, Tony Joe White, and Gary Thain. After him are Donald Byrd, Shura Cherkassky, Michael Sembello, Joey Kramer, Greg K., and Louis Jordan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Szymon Goldberg ranks 250. Before him are Frank Wykoff, André Bonin, Tom Ewell, Henock Abrahamsson, Milovan Jakšić, and Margita Figuli. After him are Sven Jonasson, Shura Cherkassky, Bernabé Ferreyra, Eudora Welty, Ciro Alegría, and Gheorghe Albu. Among people deceased in 1993, Szymon Goldberg ranks 174. Before him are Sven Thofelt, Mohammad Natsir, Gustav Ernesaks, Friedrich Dickel, Fernando Lopez, and André Pilette. After him are Heinz Kubsch, Moses Gunn, Mieczysław Horszowski, Hédi Amara Nouira, Béla Sárosi, and Albert Collins.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Szymon Goldberg ranks 905 out of 1,694. Before him are Jędrzej Moraczewski (1870), Jacek Gmoch (1939), Walter Thiel (1910), Szymon Czechowicz (1689), Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria (1879), and Arno Holz (1863). After him are Bogdan Borusewicz (1949), Piotr Szulkin (1950), Eva Kotchever (1891), Wanda Jakubowska (1907), Jacob Talmon (1916), and Andrzej Bartkowiak (1950).

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Among MUSICIANS In Poland

Among musicians born in Poland, Szymon Goldberg ranks 21. Before him are Julian Fontana (1810), Mordechai Gebirtig (1877), Johann Gottfried Piefke (1815), Theodor Kullak (1818), Holger Czukay (1938), and Tomasz Stańko (1942). After him are Ewa Demarczyk (1941), Paweł Mąciwoda (1967), Bronisław Kaper (1902), Harry Winter (1914), Wanda Wiłkomirska (1929), and Adam Darski (1977).

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