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Dinu Lipatti

1917 - 1950

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Constantin "Dinu" Lipatti (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈdinu liˈpati] ; 1 April [O.S. 19 March] 1917 – 2 December 1950) was a Romanian classical pianist and composer whose career was cut short by his death from effects related to Hodgkin's disease at age 33. He was elected posthumously to the Romanian Academy. He composed few works, all of which demonstrated a strong influence from Bartok.A relentless perfectionist, Lipatti often prepared many years for major performances, such as four years for Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dinu Lipatti has received more than 296,727 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Dinu Lipatti is the 248th most popular musician (down from 208th in 2019), the 76th most popular biography from Romania (down from 69th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Romanian Musician.

Dinu Lipatti was a Romanian classical pianist, and he is most famous for his recordings of Chopin's études.

Memorability Metrics

  • 300k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Dinu Lipattis by language

Over the past year Dinu Lipatti has had the most page views in the with 32,499 views, followed by Romanian (17,687), and Japanese (12,895). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Latin (121.46%), Galician (89.36%), and Afrikaans (81.97%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Dinu Lipatti ranks 248 out of 3,175. Before him are Émile Waldteufel, Ludacris, Lalo Schifrin, John Zorn, Mick Taylor, and Don Cherry. After him are Georges Prêtre, Consuelo Velázquez, Maria Theresia von Paradis, Peter Tosh, Beck, and Wanda Landowska.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Dinu Lipatti ranks 64. Before him are John Fenn, Masahiko Kimura, Asmahan, Herbert Lom, David Easton, and Rodney Robert Porter. After him are Juan Rulfo, Yigael Yadin, David McClelland, Kunitaka Sueoka, Pál Maléter, and Kamal Jumblatt. Among people deceased in 1950, Dinu Lipatti ranks 33. Before him are Max Beckmann, Cesare Pavese, Kuniaki Koiso, Mao Anying, Petre Dumitrescu, and Emmanuel Mounier. After him are Nikolai Myaskovsky, Milada Horáková, Werner Haase, Francesco Cilea, Constantin Carathéodory, and Eliel Saarinen.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Dinu Lipatti ranks 76 out of 844. Before him are Petru Groza (1884), Jean Negulesco (1900), Dositej Obradović (1742), Ștefan Kovács (1920), László Rajk (1909), and Mihnea cel Rău (1462). After him are David Wechsler (1896), Ion Mihai Pacepa (1928), Mircea II of Wallachia (1422), Iolanda Balaș (1936), Peter Mogila (1596), and Nicolae Iorga (1871).

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Among MUSICIANS In Romania

Among musicians born in Romania, Dinu Lipatti ranks 3. Before him are Gheorghe Zamfir (1941), and Clara Haskil (1895). After him are Michael Cretu (1957), Radu Lupu (1945), Edward Maya (1986), and Ovidiu Cernăuțeanu (1974).

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