Otmar Suitner
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Otmar Suitner was an Austrian conductor renowned for his long tenure in East Germany, particularly for his acclaimed work with the Staatskapelle Berlin and the Berlin State Opera.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Otmar Suitner canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7923330 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Otmar Suitner Context triple: [Staatskapelle Berlin, notableConductor, Otmar Suitner]
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A.
Josef Lense
Josef Lense was an Austrian physicist best known for co-discovering the Lense–Thirring effect, a prediction of general relativity concerning the dragging of inertial frames by rotating masses.
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B.
Kurt Plötner
Kurt Plötner was a Nazi physician and SS officer notorious for conducting inhumane medical experiments on concentration camp prisoners during World War II.
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C.
Josef Dieter Maier
Josef Dieter "Sepp" Maier is a legendary German former football goalkeeper, best known for his long career at Bayern Munich and his key role in West Germany’s 1974 World Cup victory.
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D.
Wilhelm Hartmann
Wilhelm Hartmann is a relatively obscure individual known primarily through references to the surname Hartmann, with no widely documented public achievements or biographical details.
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E.
Manfred Schmidt
Manfred Schmidt is a relatively obscure individual whose primary distinguishing feature in this context is simply sharing the common German surname "Schmidt."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Otmar Suitner Target entity description: Otmar Suitner was an Austrian conductor renowned for his long tenure in East Germany, particularly for his acclaimed work with the Staatskapelle Berlin and the Berlin State Opera.
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A.
Josef Lense
Josef Lense was an Austrian physicist best known for co-discovering the Lense–Thirring effect, a prediction of general relativity concerning the dragging of inertial frames by rotating masses.
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B.
Kurt Plötner
Kurt Plötner was a Nazi physician and SS officer notorious for conducting inhumane medical experiments on concentration camp prisoners during World War II.
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C.
Josef Dieter Maier
Josef Dieter "Sepp" Maier is a legendary German former football goalkeeper, best known for his long career at Bayern Munich and his key role in West Germany’s 1974 World Cup victory.
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D.
Wilhelm Hartmann
Wilhelm Hartmann is a relatively obscure individual known primarily through references to the surname Hartmann, with no widely documented public achievements or biographical details.
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E.
Manfred Schmidt
Manfred Schmidt is a relatively obscure individual whose primary distinguishing feature in this context is simply sharing the common German surname "Schmidt."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
orchestral conductor ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art
ⓘ
National Prize of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
linked to:
National Prize of East Germany
|
| countryOfBirth | Austria ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Austria ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Germany ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1922-05-16 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2010-01-08 ⓘ |
| employer |
Berlin State Opera
ⓘ
Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin ⓘ Staatskapelle Berlin ⓘ |
| familyName | Suitner ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
opera conducting
ⓘ
orchestral conducting ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | classical music ⓘ |
| givenName |
Otmar
ⓘ
linked to:
Othmar
|
| instrument | piano ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | German ⓘ |
| name | Otmar Suitner ⓘ |
| nationality | Austrian ⓘ |
| notableFor |
leading conductor in East Germany during the Cold War
ⓘ
long tenure with Berlin State Opera ⓘ long tenure with Staatskapelle Berlin ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Christian Thielemann ⓘ |
| notableWork |
recordings of Beethoven symphonies
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recordings of Prokofiev symphonies ⓘ recordings of Schumann symphonies ⓘ recordings of works by Paul Hindemith ⓘ |
| occupation |
conductor
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music educator ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Innsbruck ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Berlin ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
chief conductor of Staatskapelle Berlin
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music director of Berlin State Opera ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Berlin Classics
ⓘ
Denon ⓘ Eterna ⓘ |
| residence |
Berlin
ⓘ
Innsbruck ⓘ |
| taughtAt | Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Berlin
ⓘ
East Berlin ⓘ East Germany ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Otmar Suitner Description of subject: Otmar Suitner was an Austrian conductor renowned for his long tenure in East Germany, particularly for his acclaimed work with the Staatskapelle Berlin and the Berlin State Opera.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.