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Kurt Widmer

Swiss singer and music educator
Person human Q18022691

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[14]
Date of birth
December 28, 1940
Date of death
May 31, 2023
Place of birth
Wil
Place of death
Basel
Country of citizenship
Switzerland[10]
Occupation
opera singer, music educator, singer, musician, bass singer
Field of work
music, music education[11][12]
Languages spoken, written or signed
German[19]
Family name
Widmer[16]
Given name
Kurt[17]
Instrument
voice[18]
Student
Anna Lucia Richter[13]
Voice type
baritone[15]
🏷️ Also known as
en Kurt Widmer ja クルト・ヴィドマー
🔖 Identifiers · 44
ISNI
0000000055145953
VIAF cluster ID
55337549
Library of Congress authority ID
n81045505
GND ID
13346590X
AllMusic artist ID
mn0002194317
AlloCiné person ID
968174
Australian Music Centre artist ID
widmer-kurt
BMLO ID
w1245
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
13934835k
CONOR.SI ID
260907363
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf10315800
CiNii Research ID
1980586434777397274
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DDB person (GND) ID
13346590X
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
13346590X
Discogs artist ID
792429
Freebase ID
/m/049h1b0
GTAA ID
1663168
Gaana artist ID
kurt-widmer
Hoopla artist ID
488809567
IHeart artist ID
700232
IdRef ID
087453169
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
13346590X
Line Music artist ID
mi000000000022202f, mi00000000009f7785
MMB ID
52556
Moov artist ID
00121185
MusicBrainz artist ID
ea59293a-4995-42f1-bb7b-98418b44a636
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000243899
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA12227943
NL CR AUT ID
jx20060202021
NUKAT ID
n2015145097
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007431475505171
National Library of Latvia ID
000112611
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810637351605606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX1159685
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
073433292
Portrait Archive ID
540742
Qobuz artist ID
kurt-widmer
SBN author ID
UBOV722795
SHARE Catalogue author ID
510147
Spotify artist ID
056PX884TxqGKxwfsHr66S
Supraphonline artist ID
68594
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/395086
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJkMFr38bTwBgJm9y9jHmd
Yale LUX ID
person/46b723d4-dd16-404c-b757-0eb60a3721c3

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Oliver Widmer, Anna Lucia Richter
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Summary

Kurt Widmer was born on December 28, 1940[1], in Wil[2]. He died on May 31, 2023[3], in Basel[4]. He worked as an opera singer[5], music educator[6], singer[7], musician[8], and bass singer[9].

FAQs

Where was Kurt Widmer born?

Kurt Widmer was born in Wil[2].

Where did Kurt Widmer die?

Kurt Widmer passed away in Basel[4].

What did Kurt Widmer do for work?

Kurt Widmer worked as an opera singer[5], music educator[6], singer[7], musician[8], and bass singer[9].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [1] ↑ . Discogs. wikidata.org.
  14. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [13] ↑ . annaluciarichter.com. annaluciarichter.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · Sabelöga · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Portrait Archive ID → 540742
    Sitelink count → 2
    Wikipedia languages → ['de', 'en']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Portrait Archive ID: 540742, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/287926781|Kurt Widmer (#287926781)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/4415|Portrait Archive]] #"
  2. 16w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-07-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Vatican Library VcBA ID → 495/395086
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Vatican Library VcBA ID: 495/395086, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/260994|batch #260994]]"
  3. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → opera singer, music educator, singer +2
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31727|batch #31727]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (20)"
  4. 26w ago · 本日晴天 · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    AlloCiné person ID → 968174
    Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID → 073433292
    Library of Congress authority ID → n81045505
    Field of work → music, music education
    + 55 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||2 */ added some identifiers retrieved from CiNii Research (CiNii Research ID) or KAKEN (E-Rad researcher number) ([[:toollabs:editgroups/"
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