James Conlon
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James Conlon is an American conductor renowned for his leadership of major orchestras and opera companies in the United States and Europe, as well as his advocacy for composers suppressed during the Nazi era.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| James Conlon canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10120645 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Conlon Context triple: [Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, notableConductor, James Conlon]
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Michael Tilson Thomas
Michael Tilson Thomas is an acclaimed American conductor, pianist, and composer best known for his long tenure as music director of the San Francisco Symphony and his innovative advocacy for contemporary and American music.
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Franz Welser-Möst
Franz Welser-Möst is an Austrian conductor renowned for his long tenure leading the Cleveland Orchestra and for his interpretations of the central European symphonic and operatic repertoire.
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C.
John Mauceri
John Mauceri is an American conductor and musical scholar renowned for his work in opera and film music, including prominent leadership roles with major opera companies and orchestras.
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D.
James Levine
James Levine was an American conductor and pianist best known for his long and influential tenure as music director of the Metropolitan Opera and his leadership of several major orchestras.
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E.
Lorin Maazel
Lorin Maazel was a renowned 20th- and early 21st-century conductor and violinist, known for leading major orchestras such as the Cleveland Orchestra, the Vienna State Opera, and the New York Philharmonic.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Conlon Target entity description: James Conlon is an American conductor renowned for his leadership of major orchestras and opera companies in the United States and Europe, as well as his advocacy for composers suppressed during the Nazi era.
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A.
Michael Tilson Thomas
Michael Tilson Thomas is an acclaimed American conductor, pianist, and composer best known for his long tenure as music director of the San Francisco Symphony and his innovative advocacy for contemporary and American music.
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B.
Franz Welser-Möst
Franz Welser-Möst is an Austrian conductor renowned for his long tenure leading the Cleveland Orchestra and for his interpretations of the central European symphonic and operatic repertoire.
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C.
John Mauceri
John Mauceri is an American conductor and musical scholar renowned for his work in opera and film music, including prominent leadership roles with major opera companies and orchestras.
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D.
James Levine
James Levine was an American conductor and pianist best known for his long and influential tenure as music director of the Metropolitan Opera and his leadership of several major orchestras.
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E.
Lorin Maazel
Lorin Maazel was a renowned 20th- and early 21st-century conductor and violinist, known for leading major orchestras such as the Cleveland Orchestra, the Vienna State Opera, and the New York Philharmonic.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American musician
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conductor ⓘ human ⓘ |
| advocatesFor |
composers suppressed during the Nazi era
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performance of banned and forgotten works ⓘ |
| areaOfActivism |
awareness of Nazi-era cultural suppression
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historical justice for persecuted composers ⓘ |
| citizenship | American ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Conlon ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
classical music
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opera ⓘ orchestral music ⓘ |
| genre |
classical
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opera ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| hasMusicalRole |
music director of opera companies
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music director of symphony orchestras ⓘ principal conductor ⓘ |
| hasNotableRole |
leader of major American opera companies
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leader of major American orchestras ⓘ leader of major European opera companies ⓘ leader of major European orchestras ⓘ |
| influencedBy | European conducting tradition ⓘ |
| knownFor |
championing works by composers persecuted by the Third Reich
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interpretations of late-Romantic repertoire ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | restitution of music suppressed by the Nazis ⓘ |
| name | James Conlon ⓘ |
| notableActivity |
conducting opera performances
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conducting symphonic repertoire ⓘ |
| notableFor |
advocacy for composers suppressed during the Nazi era
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leadership of major opera companies in Europe ⓘ leadership of major opera companies in the United States ⓘ leadership of major orchestras in Europe ⓘ leadership of major orchestras in the United States ⓘ promotion of suppressed and neglected repertoire ⓘ |
| occupation |
artistic director
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conductor ⓘ music director ⓘ |
| residence | United States of America ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Europe
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United States of America ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: James Conlon Description of subject: James Conlon is an American conductor renowned for his leadership of major orchestras and opera companies in the United States and Europe, as well as his advocacy for composers suppressed during the Nazi era.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.