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Nikolaus Harnoncourt(1929-2016)

  • Music Department
  • Actor
  • Soundtrack
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Nikolaus Harnoncourt was born on 6 December 1929 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Napoleon (2023), Nixon (1995) and The Triplets of Belleville (2003). He was married to Alice Harnoncourt. He died on 5 March 2016 in St. Georgen in Attergau, Vöcklabruck, Upper Austria, Austria.
BornDecember 6, 1929
DiedMarch 5, 2016(86)
BornDecember 6, 1929
DiedMarch 5, 2016(86)
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  • Awards
    • 1 win & 9 nominations total

Known for

Joaquin Phoenix in Napoleon (2023)
Napoleon
6.3
  • Soundtrack
  • 2023
Nixon (1995)
Nixon
7.0
  • Soundtrack
  • 1995
The Triplets of Belleville (2003)
The Triplets of Belleville
7.7
  • Soundtrack
  • 2003
The Lovers on the Bridge (1991)
The Lovers on the Bridge
7.6
  • Soundtrack
  • 1991

Credits

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Music Department

  • Mozart: Cosi fan tutte (2021)
    Mozart: Cosi fan tutte
    Video
    • conductor
    • 2021
  • Mozart: Don Giovanni (2021)
    Mozart: Don Giovanni
    Video
    • conductor
    • 2021
  • Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro (2021)
    Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro
    Video
    • conductor
    • 2021
  • Die Zauberflöte (2012)
    Die Zauberflöte
    6.3
    TV Movie
    • conductor
    • 2012
  • Il mondo della luna (2009)
    Il mondo della luna
    TV Movie
    • conductor
    • 2009
  • Die Zauberflöte (2007)
    Die Zauberflöte
    7.9
    TV Movie
    • musical director
    • 2007
  • Mozart 22 (2006)
    Mozart 22
    5.7
    TV Series
    • conductor
    • 2006
  • Fidelio (2004)
    Fidelio
    8.2
    TV Movie
    • conductor
    • 2004
  • King Arthur (2004)
    King Arthur
    TV Movie
    • conductor
    • 2004
  • Vesselina Kasarova in La clemenza di Tito (2003)
    La clemenza di Tito
    8.7
    TV Movie
    • conductor
    • 2003
  • Great Performances (1971)
    Great Performances
    7.9
    TV Series
    • conductor: orchestra
    • conductor
    • 2001–2003
  • Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker (1959)
    Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker
    8.4
    TV Series
    • conductor
    • 2001–2003
  • Cecilia Bartoli Sings Mozart (2002)
    Cecilia Bartoli Sings Mozart
    8.5
    TV Special
    • conductor
    • 2002
  • Vesselina Kasarova in Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria (2002)
    Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria
    8.2
    TV Movie
    • conductor
    • 2002
  • Cecilia Bartoli Sings Haydn (2001)
    Cecilia Bartoli Sings Haydn
    8.4
    TV Special
    • conductor
    • 2001

Actor

  • Nikolaus Harnoncourt: Beethoven from the Styriarte Festival
    Video
    • Conductor
    • 2010
  • The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach (1968)
    The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach
    6.8
    • Prince of Anhalt-Cöthen
    • 1968

Soundtrack

  • Dämon: El funeral de Bergman (2025)
    Dämon: El funeral de Bergman
    TV Special
    • Soundtrack ("St, Mattew Passion - Erbame Dich Mein Gott" (BWV 244 Part 2)")
    • 2025
  • Kevin Kline, Cate Blanchett, Sacha Baron Cohen, and Robert Hitchmough in Disclaimer (2024)
    Disclaimer
    7.5
    TV Series
    • performer: "Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067: V. Polonaise & Double"
    • 2024
  • Joaquin Phoenix in Napoleon (2023)
    Napoleon
    6.3
    • performer: "Symphony No. 93 in D Major, HOB. I:93: III. Menuetto - Trio"
    • 2023
  • Ludwig van Beethoven, Coro Universitario de Mendoza, Orquesta Filarmónica de Mendoza, Gustavo Fontana, and Cecilia Pillado in Homenaje a Beethoven - De Berlín a Mendoza (2020)
    Homenaje a Beethoven - De Berlín a Mendoza
    TV Mini Series
    • performer: "Gloria from the Misa Solemnis (Excerpts)"
    • 2020
  • Cannibal (2013)
    Cannibal
    5.9
    • performer: "Misa en Si Minor BWV232: Il Kyrie eleison"
    • 2013
  • El joven español (2008)
    El joven español
    Short
    • Soundtrack ("La Pasión según san Mateo")
    • 2008
  • The Triplets of Belleville (2003)
    The Triplets of Belleville
    7.7
    • performer: "Mass in C minor, K427: Kyrie" (ca. 1782)
    • 2003
  • Le Bassin de J.W. (1997)
    Le Bassin de J.W.
    5.9
    • performer: "Gloria", "Ein Sommernachtstraum"
    • 1997
  • Lumière and Company (1995)
    Lumière and Company
    6.8
    • Soundtrack ("Le baron Tzigane")
    • 1995
  • Nixon (1995)
    Nixon
    7.0
    • performer: "Menuetto", "Largo"
    • 1995
  • The Lovers on the Bridge (1991)
    The Lovers on the Bridge
    7.6
    • performer: "An Der Schonen Blauen Donau"
    • 1991
  • A Matter of Degrees (1990)
    A Matter of Degrees
    5.2
    • Soundtrack ("Requiem in D Minor")
    • 1990
  • Idomeneo (1989)
    Idomeneo
    • Soundtrack ("Idomeneo")
    • 1989
  • Ariel Besse and Patrick Dewaere in Stepfather (1981)
    Stepfather
    6.9
    • performer: "Cantate No 29"
    • 1981

Personal details

  • Official site
    • Styriarte Festival
  • Height
    • 6′ 4″ (1.93 m)
  • Born
    • December 6, 1929
    • Berlin, Germany
  • Died
    • March 5, 2016
    • St. Georgen in Attergau, Vöcklabruck, Upper Austria, Austria(undisclosed)
  • Spouse
    • Alice HarnoncourtJune 27, 1953 - March 5, 2016 (his death, 4 children)
  • Children
    • Elisabeth Von Magnus
  • Relatives
      Philipp Harnoncourt(Sibling)
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Article
    • 1 Magazine Cover Photo

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Awarded the Polar Music Prize, the Royal Swedish Academy of Music Award (1994), the Kyoto Prize (2004) and the Leipzig Bach Medal (2007).

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