MUSICIAN

Felix Blumenfeld

1863 - 1931

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Felix Mikhailovich Blumenfeld (Russian: Фе́ликс Миха́йлович Блуменфе́льд; 19 April 1863 [O.S. 7 April] – 21 January 1931) was a Russian and Soviet composer and conductor of the Imperial Opera St-Petersburg, pianist, and teacher. He was born in Elisavetgrad, which was in 2016 renamed to Kropyvnytskyi (in present-day Ukraine), Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire, the son of Mikhail Frantsevich Blumenfeld, of Austrian Jewish origin, and Maria Szymanowska. Blumenfeld studied with Gustav Neuhaus, married to his older sister. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Felix Blumenfeld has received more than 91,824 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Felix Blumenfeld is the 586th most popular musician (up from 635th in 2019), the 345th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 346th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Ukrainian Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Felix Blumenfeld ranks 586 out of 3,175Before him are GG Allin, Shinichi Suzuki, Jeff Porcaro, Tico Torres, Mark Hollis, and Euronymous. After him are David Helfgott, Robert Palmer, Axel Rudi Pell, Rubén González, Uli Jon Roth, and Tim Rice.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1863, Felix Blumenfeld ranks 64Before him are Princess Isabella of Bavaria, S. Ansky, Fyodor Sologub, Charles Martin Hall, Gabriel Pierné, and Margaret Murray. After him are Joseph Caillaux, Archduke Leopold Salvator of Austria, Pierina Legnani, Paul Walden, Paul Héroult, and Charles Pathé. Among people deceased in 1931, Felix Blumenfeld ranks 54Before him are Gustaf Kossinna, Rachel Bluwstein, Shibusawa Eiichi, Lujo Brentano, Salvatore Maranzano, and Samad bey Mehmandarov. After him are Archduke Leopold Salvator of Austria, Melvil Dewey, William Bates, Princess Isabella of Croÿ, David Bruce, and Xu Zhimo.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Felix Blumenfeld ranks 345 out of 1,365Before him are Carolyne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein (1819), Dmytro Dontsov (1883), Dmitry Dmitrievich Maksutov (1896), Myroslav Skoryk (1938), Euphemia of Kiev (1100), and Ihor Kolomoyskyi (1963). After him are Michał Boym (1614), Mikołaj Rej (1505), Larisa Shepitko (1938), Victor Kravchenko (1905), Petro Shelest (1908), and Sergei Bortkiewicz (1877).

Among MUSICIANS In Ukraine

Among musicians born in Ukraine, Felix Blumenfeld ranks 12Before him are Heinrich Neuhaus (1888), Leonid Kogan (1924), Alexander Siloti (1863), Nikolai Kapustin (1937), Gregor Piatigorsky (1903), and Igor Oistrakh (1931). After him are Karol Mikuli (1821), Arkady Luxemburg (1939), Mischa Elman (1891), Mieczysław Horszowski (1892), Emanuel Feuermann (1902), and Volodymyr Ivasyuk (1949).