Nikolaus Harnoncourt

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Nikolaus Harnoncourt was an Austrian conductor and cellist renowned as a pioneer of historically informed performance, especially of Baroque and Classical repertoire.

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instanceOf cellist ⓘ
conductor ⓘ
human ⓘ
musicologist ⓘ
pioneer of historically informed performance ⓘ
awardReceived Austrian Decoration for Science and Art ⓘ
Ernst von Siemens Music Prize ⓘ
Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance ⓘ
Polar Music Prize ⓘ
birthDate 1929-12-06 ⓘ
birthPlace Berlin ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Austria ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
deathDate 2016-03-05 ⓘ
deathPlace Sankt Georgen im Attergau ⓘ
educatedAt Vienna Music Academy ⓘ
employer Graz University of Music and Performing Arts ⓘ
Vienna Symphony Orchestra ⓘ
linked to: Vienna Symphony
familyName Harnoncourt ⓘ
father Eberhard de la Fontaine Graf d’Harnoncourt-Unverzagt ⓘ
founded Arnold Schoenberg Choir (as co-founder and collaborator in early years) ⓘ
Concentus Musicus Wien ⓘ
fullName Johann Nikolaus Graf de la Fontaine und d’Harnoncourt-Unverzagt ⓘ
genre Baroque music ⓘ
Classical period music ⓘ
opera ⓘ
givenName Johann Nikolaus ⓘ
instrument cello ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName German ⓘ
memberOf Concentus Musicus Wien ⓘ
Vienna Symphony Orchestra ⓘ
linked to: Vienna Symphony
mother Ladislaja Gräfin von Meran ⓘ
linked to: Anna von Meran
movement historically informed performance ⓘ
nobleTitle Graf (Count) ⓘ
notableIdea performance based on historical sources and treatises ⓘ
use of period instruments in Baroque and Classical repertoire ⓘ
notablePublication Musik als Klangrede ⓘ
notableStudent Nikolaus Harnoncourt’s historically informed performance students at Mozarteum (various conductors and instrumentalists) ⓘ
notableWork Complete Bach sacred cantatas with Gustav Leonhardt and others ⓘ
Pioneering recordings of J. S. Bach’s cantatas ⓘ
Recordings of Beethoven symphonies with Chamber Orchestra of Europe ⓘ
Recordings of Monteverdi operas ⓘ
Recordings of Mozart’s late symphonies ⓘ
occupation cellist ⓘ
conductor ⓘ
musicologist ⓘ
positionHeld cellist in Vienna Symphony Orchestra ⓘ
professor of performance practice at Mozarteum University Salzburg ⓘ
residence St. Georgen im Attergau ⓘ
spouse Alice Harnoncourt ⓘ

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Archiv Produktion → associatedWith → Nikolaus Harnoncourt ⓘ
Warner Classics → hasArtist → Nikolaus Harnoncourt ⓘ
Beethoven symphony cycles → conductedBy → Nikolaus Harnoncourt ⓘ
Echo Klassik → notableRecipient → Nikolaus Harnoncourt ⓘ
subject linked to: Echo Klassik Award
Hans Swarowsky → student → Nikolaus Harnoncourt ⓘ
Nikolaus Harnoncourt → familyName → Harnoncourt ⓘ
linked to: Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Concentus Musicus Wien → foundedBy → Nikolaus Harnoncourt ⓘ
Concentus Musicus Wien → artisticDirector → Nikolaus Harnoncourt ⓘ
Concentus Musicus Wien → hasMember → Nikolaus Harnoncourt ⓘ
Alexander Liebreich → studiedUnder → Nikolaus Harnoncourt ⓘ
Frans Brüggen → associatedAct → Nikolaus Harnoncourt ⓘ
Arnold Schoenberg Choir → collaboratesWith → Nikolaus Harnoncourt ⓘ