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Also known as Ferenc Károly Fricsay

(1914–1963) Hungarian musician

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Ferenc Fricsay (9 August 1914 – 20 February 1963) was a Hungarian conductor best known for his interpretations of Mozart's operas and Beethoven's symphonies, he made the first stereo recording of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 with the Berlin Philharmonic in 1958. Fricsay was born in Budapest in 1914 and studied music under Béla Bartók, Zoltán Kodály, Ernst von Dohnányi, and Leo Weiner. Fricsay had a meteoric rise to fame, making his first appearance as a conductor at age 15. <a href="https://www.l

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Instance of
human
Given name
Károly
Gender
male
Citizenship
Austria
Place of birth
Budapest
Place of death
Basel
Occupation
music director
Languages spoken
German
Student of
Zoltán Kodály
Field of work
music
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Ferenc Fricsay, 1959 - collezione Tino Barindelli.tif
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date of birth
1914-08-09
date of death
1963-02-20
Commons category
Ferenc Fricsay
manner of death
natural causes
cause of death
stomach cancer
name in native language
Fricsay Ferenc
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