CONDUCTOR

Eri Klas

1939 - 2016

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Eri Klas (7 June 1939 – 26 February 2016) was an Estonian conductor. Klas was born into a Jewish family in Tallinn. His mother was pianist Anna Klas. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eri Klas has received more than 41,054 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Eri Klas is the 109th most popular conductor (down from 88th in 2019), the 156th most popular biography from Estonia (down from 124th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Estonian Conductor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 41k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Eri Klas by language

Over the past year Eri Klas has had the most page views in the with 10,276 views, followed by Finnish (3,931), and English (3,811). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Finnish (64.75%), German (19.05%), and Polish (15.11%)

Among CONDUCTORS

Among conductors, Eri Klas ranks 109 out of 128Before him are Dennis Russell Davies, Hans Zender, Georg Schnéevoigt, Raymond Leppard, Kirill Petrenko, and Martin Turnovský. After him are Nikolai Golovanov, Okko Kamu, John Pritchard, Andris Nelsons, Osmo Vänskä, and Albert Coates.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Eri Klas ranks 416Before him are Harry Reid, Luther Allison, Fred Schepisi, Shu Kamo, Madalena Iglésias, and Anthony D. Smith. After him are Walt Bellamy, Nicholas Grimshaw, Eduard Kukan, Sandro Lopopolo, Sonny Fortune, and Danas Pozniakas. Among people deceased in 2016, Eri Klas ranks 368Before him are Kurt Svensson, Herschell Gordon Lewis, Henning Enoksen, Marni Nixon, Vera Henriksen, and Anthony D. Smith. After him are Joe Sutter, Marcel Artelesa, James Stacy, Fazu Aliyeva, Richard Davalos, and Tina Anselmi.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Eri Klas ranks 156 out of 351Before him are Gustav Ernesaks (1908), Uku Masing (1909), Jaan Talts (1944), Harald Tammer (1899), Eino Tamberg (1930), and Alexander Vostokov (1781). After him are Ants Laikmaa (1866), Anna Haava (1864), Osvald Käpp (1905), Jüri Jaakson (1870), Richard Maack (1825), and Marju Lauristin (1940).

Among CONDUCTORS In Estonia

Among conductors born in Estonia, Eri Klas ranks 2Before him are Paavo Järvi (1962).