Helmut Zacharias

Person · Open Library

Works

1

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Film & TV

Berlin, Germany

Helmut Zacharias (27 January 1920 – 28 February 2002) was a German violinist and composer who created over 400 works and sold 14 million records. He also appeared in a number of films, usually playing musicians. Helmut Zacharias was born in Berlin. His father Karl was a violinist and conductor, and his mother was a singer. He started having lessons from his father at the age of 2 and a half and…

Known for

• Musik liegt in der Luft — Self1991
• Bombenstimmung - Unterhaltung unterm Hakenkreuz — self1987
• Melodien für Millionen — Self1985
• Kronen Könner Kavaliere — Self1984
• Menschen — Self1982
• So schön wie heut', so müßt' es bleiben — Self1981
• Tag des deutschen Schlagers — Self1981
• Heut' abend — Self1980
• Verstehen Sie Spaß? — Self1980
• Peter Alexander: Wir gratulieren — Self1979

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

Germany

Active from

1920-01-27

Active to

2002-02-28

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

35,268

Total plays

267,803

Helmut Zacharias (January 27, 1920-February 28, 2002) was a German violinist. He started having lessons at the age of 4. Being 6 he played at the cabaret Faun in Berlin and had his first radio broadcast five years later. In the 1950s he was considered to be one of the best jazz violinists of Europe. He played together with many other famous artists, including Yehudi Menuhin and had his own TV show from 1968 to 1973. He died in 2002 in Tessin, Switzerland. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Helmu

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Helmut

Gender

male

Citizenship

Germany

Place of birth

Berlin

Place of death

Brissago

Occupation

jazz musician

Languages spoken

Italian

Award

Goldene Stimmgabel

Genre

classical music

Official website

www.helmutzacharias.site.ms

Image

Helmut Zacharias 1965.jpg

Number of children

3

Residence

Ascona

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