1956 - Today
Krystian Zimerman (born 5 December 1956) is a Polish concert pianist, conductor and pedagogue who has been described as one of the greatest pianists of his generation. In 1975, he won the IX International Chopin Piano Competition. Following the success at the Chopin Piano Competition, he began his collaboration with the Berlin Philharmonic and has since performed with leading orchestras around the world as well as many prominent conductors such as Leonard Bernstein, Pierre Boulez, Herbert von Karajan, Claudio Abbado and Simon Rattle. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Krystian Zimerman has received more than 589,187 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Krystian Zimerman is the 375th most popular musician (up from 474th in 2019), the 340th most popular biography from Poland (up from 435th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Polish Musician.
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Among musicians, Krystian Zimerman ranks 375 out of 2,662. Before him are Grace Slick, Willi Boskovsky, Adrian Smith, Chris Martin, Johnny Winter, and Alan Menken. After him are Bobby McFerrin, David Popper, Steve Morse, Roger Whittaker, Barış Manço, and Géza Anda.
1939 - Present
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 369
1909 - 1991
HPI: 57.11
Rank: 370
1957 - Present
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 371
1977 - Present
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 372
1944 - 2014
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 373
1949 - Present
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 374
1956 - Present
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 375
1950 - Present
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 376
1843 - 1913
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 377
1954 - Present
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 378
1936 - 2023
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 379
1943 - 1999
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 380
1921 - 1976
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 381
Among people born in 1956, Krystian Zimerman ranks 58. Before him are Michele Alboreto, Min Aung Hlaing, Michael Biehn, Dave Murray, Aileen Wuornos, and Khaled Mashal. After him are Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, Joan Allen, Almazbek Atambayev, Abdalla Hamdok, Thomas N'Kono, and Ali Asadov.
1956 - 2001
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 52
1956 - Present
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 53
1956 - Present
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 54
1956 - Present
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 55
1956 - 2002
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 56
1956 - Present
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 57
1956 - Present
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 58
1956 - Present
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 59
1956 - Present
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 60
1956 - Present
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 61
1956 - Present
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 62
1956 - Present
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 63
1956 - Present
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 64
Among people born in Poland, Krystian Zimerman ranks 340 out of 1,454. Before him are Leopold Infeld (1898), Emin Pasha (1840), Kurt Schumacher (1895), Walther Nehring (1892), Alfred Flatow (1869), and Ludwig Gumplowicz (1838). After him are Anna Leszczyńska (1699), Grażyna Bacewicz (1909), Peter I, Grand Duke of Oldenburg (1755), Bolesław IV the Curly (1120), Barbara Brylska (1941), and Arthur Greiser (1897).
1898 - 1968
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 334
1840 - 1892
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 335
1895 - 1952
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 336
1892 - 1983
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 337
1869 - 1942
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 338
1838 - 1909
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 339
1956 - Present
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 340
1699 - 1717
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 341
1909 - 1969
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 342
1755 - 1829
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 343
1120 - 1173
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 344
1941 - Present
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 345
1897 - 1946
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 346
Among musicians born in Poland, Krystian Zimerman ranks 6. Before him are Władysław Szpilman (1911), Arthur Rubinstein (1887), Henryk Wieniawski (1835), Henryk Szeryng (1918), and Wanda Landowska (1879). After him are Theodor Leschetizky (1830), Christoph Eschenbach (1940), Josef Hofmann (1876), Artur Schnabel (1882), Bronisław Huberman (1882), and Julian Fontana (1810).
1911 - 2000
HPI: 72.60
Rank: 1
1887 - 1982
HPI: 72.18
Rank: 2
1835 - 1880
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 3
1918 - 1988
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 4
1879 - 1959
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 5
1956 - Present
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 6
1830 - 1915
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 7
1940 - Present
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 8
1876 - 1957
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 9
1882 - 1951
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 10
1882 - 1947
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 11
1810 - 1869
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 12