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Zino Francescatti

1902 - 1991

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René-Charles "Zino" Francescatti (9 August 1902 – 17 September 1991) was a French virtuoso violinist, renowned for his lyrical playing style. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Zino Francescatti is the 697th most popular musician (up from 846th in 2019), the 2,931st most popular biography from France (up from 3,415th in 2019) and the 31st most popular French Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Zino Francescatti ranks 697 out of 3,175Before him are Eric Woolfson, Rudolf Barshai, Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, Chaka Khan, Angélique Kidjo, and Jelly Roll Morton. After him are Suzanne Vega, Rufus Wainwright, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Jeff Buckley, Xaver Scharwenka, and Eddie Gómez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Zino Francescatti ranks 136Before him are Emanuel Feuermann, Ilmari Salminen, Alphonse Matejka, Fritz Machlup, Vasil Mzhavanadze, and Józef Maria Bocheński. After him are Luis Cernuda, Oscar Cullmann, Henry Hansen, Gustav Fröhlich, Tallulah Bankhead, and Giovanni Colombo. Among people deceased in 1991, Zino Francescatti ranks 101Before him are Gino Colaussi, Richard Thorpe, Carmine Coppola, Artur Lundkvist, Giacomo Manzù, and Otl Aicher. After him are Franco Maria Malfatti, Mario Scelba, Jack Crawford, Heidi Brühl, Rufino Tamayo, and Étienne Decroux.

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In France

Among people born in France, Zino Francescatti ranks 2,931 out of 6,770Before him are Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac (1778), Pierre Grimal (1912), Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant (1845), Jean Vincent (1930), Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine (890), and Jean du Bellay (1492). After him are Jean du Vergier de Hauranne (1581), Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud (1798), Princess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1846), Fulk II, Count of Anjou (920), Ismaël Bullialdus (1605), and Henri Ernest Baillon (1827).

Among MUSICIANS In France

Among musicians born in France, Zino Francescatti ranks 31Before him are Ginette Neveu (1919), Michel Sogny (1947), Jean-Delphin Alard (1815), Jacques Loussier (1934), Michel Petrucciani (1962), and Paul Tortelier (1914). After him are Pierre Rode (1774), Walter Gieseking (1895), Claude Bolling (1930), Robert Casadesus (1899), Richard Galliano (1950), and Christian Ferras (1933).