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Gidon Kremer

1947 - Today

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Gidon Kremer (Latvian: Gidons Krēmers; born 27 February 1947) is a Latvian classical violinist, artistic director, and founder of Kremerata Baltica. Gidon Kremer was born in Riga. His father was Jewish and had survived the Holocaust. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gidon Kremer has received more than 314,761 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Gidon Kremer is the 205th most popular musician (down from 197th in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Latvia (down from 13th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Latvian Musician.

Gidon Kremer is a violinist, conductor, and composer. He has performed on many of the world's most prestigious stages, including Carnegie Hall and the Salzburg Festival. He has also recorded over 100 albums.

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  • 310k

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  • 61.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Gidon Kremer ranks 205 out of 3,175. Before him are Ike Turner, Willie Nelson, Kitarō, Amy Winehouse, Nikolai Rubinstein, and Stan Getz. After him are Clara Haskil, Ken Hensley, Violeta Parra, Joe Jackson, Herbie Hancock, and Stuart Sutcliffe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Gidon Kremer ranks 69. Before him are Roy Hodgson, Meat Loaf, Kevin Kline, Carles Rexach, Óscar Tabárez, and Mohammad Najibullah. After him are Yukio Hatoyama, Peter Sloterdijk, Walter Röhrl, Robert Englund, Joe Mantegna, and Carla Del Ponte.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Gidon Kremer ranks 14 out of 323. Before him are Nicolai Hartmann (1882), Kārlis Ulmanis (1877), Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga (1937), Ernst Gideon von Laudon (1717), Jacob Kettler (1610), and Aron Nimzowitsch (1886). After him are Peter von Biron (1724), Ernst Johann von Biron (1690), Vera Mukhina (1889), Mischa Maisky (1948), Andris Bērziņš (1944), and Abraham Isaac Kook (1865).

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Among MUSICIANS In Latvia

Among musicians born in Latvia, Gidon Kremer ranks 2. Before him are Mariss Jansons (1943). After him are Mischa Maisky (1948), Arvīds Jansons (1914), Vitas (1979), Lūcija Garūta (1902), Imants Kalniņš (1941), Jānis Cimze (1814), and DJ Lethal (1972).

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