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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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Károly
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Austria
- Place of birth
- Budapest
- Place of death
- Basel
- Child
- András Fricsay
- Occupation
- music director
- Educated at
- Franz Liszt Academy of Music
- Employer
- Bavarian State Opera
- Languages spoken
- German
- Student of
- Zoltán Kodály
- Field of work
- music
- Genre
- classical music
- Record label
- Deutsche Grammophon
- Image
- 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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