István Kertész (footballer)
István Kertész may refer to: *István Kertész (conductor) (1929–1973), Hungarian orchestral and operatic conductor *István Kertész (diplomat) István Kertész (later known as Stephen Denis Kertesz) (April 8, 1904–January 26, 1986) was a Hungarian diplomat who represented Hungary during the peace talks following World War II. Biography He was born on April 8, 1904 in Putnok, Hungary, t ...

István Kertész (conductor)
István Kertész (28 August 192916 April 1973) was an internationally acclaimed Hungarian orchestral and operatic conductor who, throughout his brief career led many of the world's great orchestras, including the Cleveland, Chicago, Philadelphia, New York, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, Detroit, San Francisco and Minnesota Orchestras in the United States, as well as the London Symphony, Vienna Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic, and L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. His orchestral repertoire numbered over 450 works from all periods, and was matched by a repertoire of some sixty operas ranging from Mozart, Verdi, Puccini and Wagner to the more contemporary Prokofiev, Bartók, Britten, Kodály, Poulenc and Janáček. Kertész was part of a musical tradition that produced fellow Hungarian conductors Fritz Reiner, Antal Doráti, János Ferencsik, Eugene Ormandy, George Szell, János Fürst, Ferenc Fricsay, and Georg Solti. Early life ...
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