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Thomas Quasthoff

1959 - Today

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Thomas Quasthoff (German: ['toːmas 'kvasthɔff], born 9 November 1959) is a German bass-baritone. Quasthoff has a range of musical interest from Bach cantatas, to lieder, and solo jazz improvisations. Born with severe birth defects caused by thalidomide, Quasthoff is 1.34 m (4 ft 4+3⁄4 in), and has phocomelia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Quasthoff is the 1,473rd most popular musician (down from 1,255th in 2019), the 4,764th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,393rd in 2019) and the 78th most popular German Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Thomas Quasthoff ranks 1,473 out of 3,175. Before him are Frankie Knuckles, Jukka Nevalainen, Vinny Appice, Peter Hook, Mary Travers, and Efrem Zimbalist. After him are Quorthon, Peter Baltes, Horace Andy, Tim Sköld, Sabine Meyer, and Andy Taylor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Thomas Quasthoff ranks 285. Before him are Anthony LaPaglia, Gerd Wessig, Rickson Gracie, Peter Mullan, Petra Felke, and Ana Torroja. After him are Mirandinha, John J. Sullivan, Kim Newman, Sabine Meyer, Choi Kang-hee, and Yasuhito Suzuki.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Thomas Quasthoff ranks 4,767 out of 7,253. Before him are Kurt Maetzig (1911), Theodor Ludwig Wilhelm von Bischoff (1807), Anita Rée (1885), Hermann Hirt (1865), Elias Holl (1573), and Adolf Friedrich von Schack (1815). After him are Michael May (1934), Thomas Munkelt (1952), Georg Friedrich von Martens (1756), Peter Baltes (1958), Hermann Volk (1903), and Friedrich von Scholtz (1851).

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Among MUSICIANS In Germany

Among musicians born in Germany, Thomas Quasthoff ranks 78. Before him are Ralph Siegel (1945), Jörg Michael (1963), Markus Grosskopf (1965), Peter Brötzmann (1941), Georg Kulenkampff (1898), and David Garrett (1980). After him are Peter Baltes (1958), Sabine Meyer (1959), Horst Stein (1928), Francis Buchholz (1954), Roland Grapow (1959), and Reinhold Mack (1901).

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