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Imants Kalniņš

1941 - Today

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Imants Kalniņš (born 26 May 1941) is a Latvian composer, musician and politician. Having studied classical and choral music, he has written seven symphonies, several operas (including the first rock opera in the USSR, Ei, jūs tur!), oratorios, cantatas, choir songs, a lot of movie and theater music. However, he is generally best known for his rock songs and is to be considered the first composer of intellectual rock music in Latvia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Imants Kalniņš has received more than 51,852 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Imants Kalniņš is the 1,583rd most popular musician (down from 1,262nd in 2019), the 160th most popular biography from Latvia (down from 126th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Latvian Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 52k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Imants Kalniņš by language

Over the past year Imants Kalniņš has had the most page views in the with 20,340 views, followed by English (5,075), and Russian (4,417). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (82.80%), Catalan (57.14%), and Finnish (52.75%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Imants Kalniņš ranks 1,583 out of 3,175. Before him are Brigitte Engerer, Tom DeLonge, John Martyn, Herb Ellis, Calixa Lavallée, and Guru Josh. After him are Dion DiMucci, Fito Páez, Nujabes, Neal Hefti, Bronisław Kaper, and Richard Bonynge.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Imants Kalniņš ranks 476. Before him are Anton Pronk, Viktor Anichkin, Vicente Guillot, Fernando Serena, Wolfgang Blochwitz, and Mogens Frey. After him are Kazuo Imanishi, Abdiqasim Salad, Kaija Mustonen, Ivica Brzić, Ritt Bjerregaard, and Giancarlo Bercellino.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Imants Kalniņš ranks 160 out of 323. Before him are Anna Brigadere (1861), Māris Verpakovskis (1979), Afanasijs Kuzmins (1947), Fridrikh Ermler (1898), Andris Piebalgs (1957), and Emīls Dārziņš (1875). After him are Bruno Habārovs (1939), Kārlis Skalbe (1879), Dainis Kūla (1959), Astrid Ivask (1926), Alfrēds Kalniņš (1879), and Andris Nelsons (1978).

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Among MUSICIANS In Latvia

Among musicians born in Latvia, Imants Kalniņš ranks 7. Before him are Mariss Jansons (1943), Gidon Kremer (1947), Mischa Maisky (1948), Arvīds Jansons (1914), Vitas (1979), and Lūcija Garūta (1902). After him are Jānis Cimze (1814), and DJ Lethal (1972).

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