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Istvan Kertész
Who
Istvan Kertész · Arts & Literature
What
Orchestra conductor
When
1929, Budapest, Hungary — 1973, off Kfar Saba / Herzliya coast, Israel
Where
Hungary · Germany · United Kingdom
Biography
Istvan Kertész is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Orchestra conductor
How & why
István Kertész was a Hungarian-born conductor celebrated for his recordings of Dvořák and Mozart and his tenures with the Cologne Opera and the London Symphony Orchestra. His career was cut short when he drowned while swimming in the Mediterranean off the Israeli coast. He was Jewish and survived the Holocaust as a child in Budapest.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music
Contributions & Sources
Orchestra conductor
1929
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music
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