# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/istvan-kertesz
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:23:53.255Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/istvan-kertesz"
name: "István Kertész"
slug: "istvan-kertesz"
description: "István Kertész was a Hungarian orchestral and operatic conductor who led many of the world's 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."
tagline: "Hungarian orchestral and operatic conductor (1929–1973)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Istvan_Kertesz.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1929-08-28"
deathDate: "1973-04-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.42
  momentum:             10.5
  historical:           17.10788666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3660707/"
    handle:    "nm3660707"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/6QcRHYSvrGdLCS5L7SV4WL"
    handle:    "6QcRHYSvrGdLCS5L7SV4WL"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_Kert%C3%A9sz"
    title: "István Kertész"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%B2"
    title: "ايستڤان كيرتيسز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_Kert%C3%A9sz"
    title: "István Kertész"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_Kert%C3%A9sz_(conductor)"
    title: "István Kertész (conductor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_Kert%C3%A9sz"
    title: "István Kertész"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_Kert%C3%A9sz"
    title: "István Kertész"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_Kert%C3%A9sz"
    title: "István Kertész"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_Kert%C3%A9sz"
    title: "István Kertész"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%98%D7%95%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%98%D7%A1"
    title: "אישטוון קרטס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kert%C3%A9sz_Istv%C3%A1n_(karmester)"
    title: "Kertész István (karmester)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BB%D5%B7%D5%BF%D5%BE%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D4%BF%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%BF%D5%A5%D5%BD"
    title: "Իշտվան Կերտես"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_Kert%C3%A9sz"
    title: "István Kertész"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%83%88%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%86%E3%82%B9"
    title: "イシュトヴァン・ケルテス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%BC%80%EB%A5%B4%ED%85%8C%EC%8A%A4_%EC%9D%B4%EC%8A%88%ED%8A%B8%EB%B0%98"
    title: "케르테스 이슈트반"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_Kert%C3%A9sz"
    title: "István Kertész"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%81%2C_%D0%98%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Кертес, Иштван"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_Kert%C3%A9sz"
    title: "István Kertész"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%86%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%81"
    title: "Іштван Кертес"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%85%8B%E5%B0%94%E7%89%B9%E6%96%AF%C2%B7%E4%BC%8A%E6%96%AF%E7%89%B9%E5%87%A1"
    title: "克尔特斯·伊斯特凡"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6a42216a-f3cd-4710-9e6e-c00d6cd2fbb1"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q503253"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump