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Alexander Weimann

German conductor

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 18, 2026
Entity authorityQ4720350 ↗
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Alexander Weimann (born 1965, in Munich) is a German conductor and harpsichordist.

Weimann studied in Munich and then was a teacher at the Münchner Musikhochschule 1990–1995. He is a regular conductor of Les Voix Baroques and the Arion Ensemble.

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The public source identifies “Alexander Weimann” as german conductor. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Alexander, Weimann and German.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1965, 1990, 1995—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1965-01-01. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Alexander, Weimann and German providing the first useful test.
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The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 18, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4720350. VIAF identifies the subject as 165140529. The Library of Congress control number is no2006023192. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1965, 1990 and 1995.

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This entry incorporates text from “Alexander Weimann” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.