MUSICIAN

Giya Kancheli

1935 - 2019

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Gia Kancheli (Georgian: გია ყანჩელი; 10 August 1935 – 2 October 2019) was a Georgian composer. He was born in Tbilisi, Georgia, and resided in Belgium in later life. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Kancheli lived first in Berlin, and from 1995 in Antwerp, where he became composer-in-residence for the Royal Flemish Philharmonic. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Giya Kancheli has received more than 208,771 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia. Giya Kancheli is the 158th most popular musician (up from 179th in 2019), the 24th most popular biography from Georgia and the most popular Georgian Musician.

Giya Kancheli is a Georgian composer who has been composing for over 40 years. His music is often described as “intense,” “haunting,” and “ethereal.” His music is characterized by its use of dissonance and extended techniques on the violin.

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  • 68.38

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  • 62

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Giya Kancheli ranks 158 out of 3,175. Before him are Ravi Shankar, Andrés Segovia, James Last, James Hetfield, Don Shirley, and Jerry Lee Lewis. After him are Keith Jarrett, Alfred Cortot, Leslie Cheung, Karl Thomas Mozart, Charles-Valentin Alkan, and Joseph Joachim.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Giya Kancheli ranks 42. Before him are Miroslav Blažević, Adnan Khashoggi, Ryke Geerd Hamer, Danilo Kiš, Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, and Jerry Lee Lewis. After him are Jim Peebles, Artur Rasizade, Mirella Freni, Ei-ichi Negishi, Jack Kemp, and Harvey J. Alter. Among people deceased in 2019, Giya Kancheli ranks 42. Before him are Manfred Eigen, David J. Thouless, Claudine Auger, Murray Gell-Mann, Tony Buzan, and Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg. After him are Lennart Johansson, Franco Columbu, Raymond Poulidor, Kary Mullis, Li Peng, and Prem Tinsulanonda.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Giya Kancheli ranks 24 out of 406. Before him are Sergo Ordzhonikidze (1886), Mikheil Saakashvili (1967), Sergei Witte (1849), Rusudan of Georgia (1194), Otar Iosseliani (1934), and Pharnavaz I of Iberia (-326). After him are Kato Svanidze (1885), Herbert Backe (1896), Keke Geladze (1858), Bagrat III of Georgia (960), Victor Ambartsumian (1908), and Vakhtang I of Iberia (440).

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Among MUSICIANS In Georgia

Among musicians born in Georgia, Giya Kancheli ranks 1. After him are Eliso Virsaladze (1942), Elisabeth Leonskaja (1945), Nani Bregvadze (1938), Khatia Buniatishvili (1987), Lisa Batiashvili (1979), Giorgi Latso (1978), and Mariko Ebralidze (1984).

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