CONDUCTOR

Zdeněk Mácal

1936 - 2023

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Zdeněk Mácal (Czech: [ˈzdɛɲɛk ˈmaːtsal]; 8 January 1936 – 25 October 2023) was a Czech conductor who worked internationally. The promising conductor who had won international competitions left his home country of Czechoslovakia in 1968 when the Warsaw Pact ended the Prague Spring, to return only after communism ended there. He was chief conductor of the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne from 1970, the NDR Orchestra of Hanover, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in 1986, then the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra until 1995, the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra from 1993, and finally the Czech Philharmonic from 2003 to 2007. He conducted all major orchestras of the world and was prolific in recording. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Zdeněk Mácal is the 108th most popular conductor (down from 83rd in 2019), the 643rd most popular biography from Czechia (down from 507th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Czech Conductor.

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Among CONDUCTORS

Among conductors, Zdeněk Mácal ranks 108 out of 128. Before him are Jascha Horenstein, Dennis Russell Davies, Tomás Bretón, Eri Klas, Valery Khalilov, and Fabio Luisi. After him are Andris Nelsons, Nikolai Golovanov, Jaap van Zweden, Daniel Harding, Okko Kamu, and Martin Turnovský.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Zdeněk Mácal ranks 400. Before him are László Szabó, Larry Cohen, Dieter Krause, Mary Travers, Michael Somare, and Jan Sokol. After him are Ronnie Bucknum, Edmond Keosayan, Mike Spence, Eduard Gufeld, Masaru Furukawa, and Federico Sacchi. Among people deceased in 2023, Zdeněk Mácal ranks 382. Before him are Aracy Balabanian, Peter Brötzmann, Bernard Morel, Heinrich Messner, Richard Lynn, and Pedro Solbes. After him are Nikica Valentić, Michael Lerner, Irma Serrano, Richard Murphy, Cindy Williams, and Marie Kovářová.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Zdeněk Mácal ranks 643 out of 1,200. Before him are Čestmír Vycpálek (1921), Jan Lála (1938), Karel Petrů (1891), Tomáš Berdych (1985), František Ladislav Rieger (1818), and Jan Sokol (1936). After him are Zdeněk Nejedlý (1878), Karel Koželuh (1895), Bohumil Němeček (1938), Oskar Fischer (1923), Marie Kovářová (1927), and Gisela Januszewska (1867).

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Among CONDUCTORS In Czechia

Among conductors born in Czechia, Zdeněk Mácal ranks 5. Before him are Rafael Kubelík (1914), Václav Neumann (1920), Karel Ančerl (1908), and Jiří Bělohlávek (1946). After him are Martin Turnovský (1928).

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