1912 - 1983
Igor Borisovich Markevitch (Russian: Игорь Борисович Маркевич, Igor Borisovich Markevich, Ukrainian: Ігор Борисович Маркевич, Ihor Borysovych Markevych; 27 July 1912 – 7 March 1983) was a Russian composer and conductor who studied and worked in Paris and became a naturalized Italian and French citizen in 1947 and 1982 respectively. He was commissioned in 1929 for a piano concerto by impresario Serge Diaghilev of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Markevitch settled in Italy during World War II. After the war, he moved to Switzerland. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Igor Markevitch has received more than 143,947 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 20 in 2019). Igor Markevitch is the 441st most popular composer (up from 603rd in 2019), the 221st most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 298th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Ukrainian Composer.
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Among composers, Igor Markevitch ranks 441 out of 1,216. Before him are Vasily Kalinnikov, Pēteris Vasks, Franz Schreker, Francesco Maria Veracini, Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, and Grażyna Bacewicz. After him are Alexander Agricola, Paul Abraham, Étienne Méhul, Louis Durey, Karl Goldmark, and Paolo Tosti.
1866 - 1900
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 435
1946 - Present
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 436
1878 - 1934
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 437
1690 - 1768
HPI: 56.99
Rank: 438
1859 - 1935
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 439
1909 - 1969
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 440
1912 - 1983
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 441
1446 - 1506
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 442
1892 - 1960
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 443
1763 - 1817
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 444
1888 - 1979
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 445
1830 - 1915
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 446
1846 - 1916
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 447
Among people born in 1912, Igor Markevitch ranks 92. Before him are Jacques Ellul, Shoichi Nishimura, Perry Como, Philibert Tsiranana, Jean Améry, and Jiří Trnka. After him are György Sárosi, Fritz Klingenberg, Kim Sung-gan, Melita Norwood, Petar Stambolić, and Samuel Fuller. Among people deceased in 1983, Igor Markevitch ranks 53. Before him are Germaine Tailleferre, Victor Turner, Shizo Kanakuri, Walther Nehring, William Walton, and Norma Shearer. After him are Ralph Richardson, Florence Owens Thompson, Anthony Blunt, Karen Carpenter, László Budai, and Benigno Aquino Jr..
1912 - 1994
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 86
1912 - 1998
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 87
1912 - 2001
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 88
1912 - 1978
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 89
1912 - 1978
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 90
1912 - 1969
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 91
1912 - 1983
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 92
1912 - 1993
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 93
1912 - 1945
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 94
1912 - 1984
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 95
1912 - 2005
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 96
1912 - 2007
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 97
1912 - 1997
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 98
1892 - 1983
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 47
1920 - 1983
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 48
1891 - 1983
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 49
1892 - 1983
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 50
1902 - 1983
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 51
1902 - 1983
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 52
1912 - 1983
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 53
1902 - 1983
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 54
1903 - 1983
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 55
1907 - 1983
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 56
1950 - 1983
HPI: 56.03
Rank: 57
1928 - 1983
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 58
1932 - 1983
HPI: 55.77
Rank: 59
Among people born in Ukraine, Igor Markevitch ranks 221 out of 1,083. Before him are Samuel Noah Kramer (1897), Cyril Genik (1857), Michael Rostovtzeff (1870), Alexander Vertinsky (1889), Viktor Bunyakovsky (1804), and Eugen Ehrlich (1862). After him are Efim Bogoljubov (1889), Pavel Sudoplatov (1907), Valentyn Sylvestrov (1937), Alexandru Averescu (1859), Stanisław Sosabowski (1892), and Nikolai Kapustin (1937).
1897 - 1990
HPI: 57.05
Rank: 215
1857 - 1925
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 216
1870 - 1952
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 217
1889 - 1957
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 218
1804 - 1889
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 219
1862 - 1922
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 220
1912 - 1983
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 221
1889 - 1952
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 222
1907 - 1996
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 223
1937 - Present
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 224
1859 - 1938
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 225
1892 - 1967
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 226
1937 - 2020
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 227
Among composers born in Ukraine, Igor Markevitch ranks 9. Before him are Reinhold Glière (1874), Dmitry Bortniansky (1751), Stefania Turkewich (1898), Dimitri Tiomkin (1894), Wojciech Kilar (1932), and Mykola Lysenko (1842). After him are Valentyn Sylvestrov (1937), Franz Doppler (1821), Ciprian Porumbescu (1853), Maxim Berezovsky (1745), Boris Lyatoshinsky (1894), and Sergei Bortkiewicz (1877).
1874 - 1956
HPI: 62.80
Rank: 3
1751 - 1825
HPI: 60.79
Rank: 4
1898 - 1977
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 5
1894 - 1979
HPI: 58.63
Rank: 6
1932 - 2013
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 7
1842 - 1912
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 8
1912 - 1983
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 9
1937 - Present
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 10
1821 - 1883
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 11
1853 - 1883
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 12
1745 - 1777
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 13
1894 - 1968
HPI: 53.85
Rank: 14
1877 - 1952
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 15