MUSICIAN

György Cziffra

1921 - 1994

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Christian Georges Cziffra (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈɟørɟ ˈt͡sifrɒ]; born Cziffra Krisztián György; 5 November 1921 – 15 January 1994) was a Hungarian-French virtuoso pianist and composer. He is considered to be one of the greatest virtuoso pianists of the twentieth century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of György Cziffra has received more than 191,915 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. György Cziffra is the 217th most popular musician (down from 159th in 2019), the 113th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 85th in 2019) and the most popular Hungarian Musician.

György Cziffra was a Hungarian pianist and composer. He is most famous for his interpretations of the music of Franz Liszt.

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  • 190k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, György Cziffra ranks 217 out of 3,175. Before him are Stuart Sutcliffe, Lenny Kravitz, Snoop Dogg, Mike Portnoy, Dave Brubeck, and Izzy Stradlin. After him are Chris de Burgh, Franz Berwald, Lady Gaga, Pete Seeger, Jean-Marie Leclair, and Mike Shinoda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, György Cziffra ranks 63. Before him are Alexandra of Yugoslavia, Louis Jourdan, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Franco Corelli, Viktor Kulikov, and Zizinho. After him are Mario Lanza, Miklós Jancsó, Farida of Egypt, Paul Watzlawick, Gérard Debreu, and Karel Appel. Among people deceased in 1994, György Cziffra ranks 54. Before him are Jessica Tandy, Roland Ratzenberger, Jack Kirby, Matt Busby, Roberto Eduardo Viola, and Julian Schwinger. After him are Vladimir Ivashko, Chung Il-kwon, Peter Cushing, Ken Noritake, Jean-Louis Barrault, and Sylva Koscina.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, György Cziffra ranks 113 out of 1,077. Before him are Pál Schmitt (1942), Saint Margaret of Scotland (1045), Döme Sztójay (1883), George Pólya (1887), Ján Kollár (1793), and Gyula Grosics (1926). After him are Orestes (420), Bayan I (600), Saint Emeric of Hungary (1000), Marcel Grossmann (1878), George I Rákóczi (1593), and Ladislaus II of Hungary (1131).

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Among MUSICIANS In Hungary

Among musicians born in Hungary, György Cziffra ranks 1. After him are Arthur Nikisch (1855), Leopold Auer (1845), András Schiff (1953), Rezső Seress (1889), Tommy Ramone (1949), Géza Anda (1921), Eugene Ormandy (1899), Jenő Hubay (1858), Carl Flesch (1873), Stephen Heller (1813), and Lili Kraus (1903).

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