MUSICIAN

Wolfgang Sawallisch

1923 - 2013

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Wolfgang Sawallisch (26 August 1923 – 22 February 2013) was a German conductor and pianist. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wolfgang Sawallisch is the 453rd most popular musician (down from 404th in 2019), the 1,993rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,884th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular German Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Wolfgang Sawallisch ranks 453 out of 3,175Before him are Robert Trujillo, Valery Gergiev, Krystian Zimerman, Ellie Goulding, Billy Gibbons, and Eliso Virsaladze. After him are Carl Tausig, Scott McKenzie, David Crosby, Maurice André, Theodor Leschetizky, and Alan Menken.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Wolfgang Sawallisch ranks 108Before him are Antony Flew, Edward Mulhare, Otfried Preußler, Madeleine Lebeau, Yaşar Kemal, and Aaron Spelling. After him are Belisario Betancur, Álvaro Mutis, Ernst Nolte, Menahem Pressler, Alexandre Astruc, and Walerian Borowczyk. Among people deceased in 2013, Wolfgang Sawallisch ranks 106Before him are Dominique Venner, Pedro Rocha, Otfried Preußler, Joe Weider, Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau, and Stéphane Hessel. After him are Álvaro Mutis, Dennis Farina, Mitja Ribičič, Édouard Molinaro, Rosalía Mera, and Ray Price.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wolfgang Sawallisch ranks 1,994 out of 7,253Before him are Garibald I of Bavaria (550), Lilly Reich (1885), Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia (1719), Moritz von Jacobi (1801), Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (1891), and Otto Brunfels (1488). After him are Gustav Nachtigal (1834), Ernst Moritz Arndt (1769), Jean Cabanis (1816), Friedrich Naumann (1860), Oswald Boelcke (1891), and Princess Vilhelmine Marie of Denmark (1808).

Among MUSICIANS In Germany

Among musicians born in Germany, Wolfgang Sawallisch ranks 22Before him are Tré Cool (1972), Wilhelm Backhaus (1884), Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller (1806), Matthias Jabs (1955), Ralf Hütter (1946), and Theo Jörgensmann (1948). After him are Menahem Pressler (1923), Paul Landers (1964), Anne-Sophie Mutter (1963), Kai Hansen (1963), Christian Lorenz (1966), and Uli Jon Roth (1954).