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Willi Boskovsky

1909 - 1991

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Willibald Karl Boskovsky (16 June 1909 – 21 April 1991) was an Austrian violinist and conductor, best known as the long-standing conductor of the Vienna New Year's Concert from 1955 to 1979. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Willi Boskovsky is the 396th most popular musician (up from 413th in 2019), the 382nd most popular biography from Austria (up from 427th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Austrian Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Willi Boskovsky ranks 396 out of 3,175. Before him are Serj Tankian, Djivan Gasparyan, John Phillips, Stig Anderson, Dionisio Aguado y García, and Ton Koopman. After him are Count Basie, Tony Levin, Peter Criss, Liberace, Léo Ferré, and Steve Hackett.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Willi Boskovsky ranks 74. Before him are Princess Ileana of Romania, W. Montgomery Watt, Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani, Nathan Rosen, Gunnar Björnstrand, and Infanta Beatriz of Spain. After him are Clement Greenberg, Robert Brasillach, Art Tatum, Malcolm Lowry, André Pieyre de Mandiargues, and Lennart Bernadotte. Among people deceased in 1991, Willi Boskovsky ranks 68. Before him are Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid, Aladár Gerevich, Robert Maxwell, María Zambrano, Boris Pugo, and Vilém Flusser. After him are Tom of Finland, Ralph Bellamy, Sergey Akhromeyev, André Pieyre de Mandiargues, Gene Roddenberry, and John Kerr.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Willi Boskovsky ranks 382 out of 1,424. Before him are Alois Hudal (1885), Otto Gross (1877), Helene Weigel (1900), Franz Jägerstätter (1907), Johannes Schober (1874), and Vicki Baum (1888). After him are Otto Barić (1933), Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria (1918), Carola of Vasa (1833), Archduke Joseph Ferdinand of Austria (1872), Alois Riegl (1858), and Leopold IV, Duke of Austria (1371).

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Among MUSICIANS In Austria

Among musicians born in Austria, Willi Boskovsky ranks 13. Before him are Anton Diabelli (1781), Maria Theresia von Paradis (1759), Joe Zawinul (1932), Friedrich Gulda (1930), Paul Wittgenstein (1887), and Paul Badura-Skoda (1927). After him are Annie Fischer (1914), Anton Karas (1906), Henri Herz (1803), Jörg Demus (1928), Ingrid Haebler (1926), and Trickster (null).

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