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Jānis Ivanovs

1906 - 1983

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Jānis Ivanovs (9 October 1906 – 27 March 1983) was a Latvian composer whose later career took place in the Soviet Union. In 1931, he graduated from the Latvian State Conservatory in Riga. In 1944, he joined the conservatory's faculty, becoming a full professor in 1955. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jānis Ivanovs has received more than 33,136 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Jānis Ivanovs is the 1,070th most popular composer (down from 1,019th in 2019), the 121st most popular biography from Latvia (down from 116th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Latvian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Jānis Ivanovs ranks 1,070 out of 1,216Before him are Roger Sessions, Charles Avison, Tristan Murail, Koji Kondo, William Christie, and Nikolaos Mantzaros. After him are Toivo Kuula, Julius Benedict, Édouard Colonne, Kalevi Aho, Louise Bertin, and František Škroup.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Jānis Ivanovs ranks 240Before him are Abdylas Maldybaev, Rudolf Krčil, Zoltan Sarosy, Prithviraj Kapoor, Karl Sesta, and Axel Cadier. After him are Vilmos Kohut, Hermione Baddeley, Harri Larva, Jaroslav Burgr, Lon Chaney Jr., and Alexander Moyzes. Among people deceased in 1983, Jānis Ivanovs ranks 151Before him are Oddbjørn Hagen, Jorge Ibargüengoitia, Otto Heckmann, Gunnar Thoroddsen, James Jamerson, and Neil Ritchie. After him are Gyula Lázár, Adrian Boult, José Iraragorri, Nina Dumbadze, Mordecai Kaplan, and Nikolai Aleksandrovich Kozyrev.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Jānis Ivanovs ranks 121 out of 284Before him are Elīna Garanča (1976), Heinz Erhardt (1909), Mikhail Nikolayevich Zadornov (1948), Jānis Krūmiņš (1930), Lūcija Garūta (1902), and Jānis Daliņš (1904). After him are Eliyahu Rips (1948), Grzegorz Fitelberg (1879), Alfrēds Kalniņš (1879), Regīna Ezera (1930), Imants Kalniņš (1941), and Andris Bērziņš (1951).

Among COMPOSERS In Latvia

Among composers born in Latvia, Jānis Ivanovs ranks 5Before him are Pēteris Vasks (1946), Raimonds Pauls (1936), Jāzeps Vītols (1863), and Balys Dvarionas (1904). After him are Alfrēds Kalniņš (1879) and Ēriks Ešenvalds (1977).