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Maria João Pires

1944 - Today

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Maria João Alexandre Barbosa Pires (Portuguese: [mɐˈɾi.ɐ ʒwɐ̃w ˈpiɾɨʃ]; born 23 July 1944) is a Portuguese classical pianist, widely regarded as one of the leading interpreters of the repertoire of the 18th and 19th centuries. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maria João Pires has received more than 316,469 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Maria João Pires is the 202nd most popular musician (up from 288th in 2019), the 84th most popular biography from Portugal (up from 106th in 2019) and the most popular Portuguese Musician.

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  • 320k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.08

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Maria João Pires ranks 202 out of 2,662Before her are Nikolai Rubinstein, Gidon Kremer, Jaco Pastorius, Violeta Parra, Rory Gallagher, and Giovanni Battista Viotti. After her are Georges Prêtre, Joe Satriani, Nelson Freire, Pete Seeger, Jean-Marie Leclair, and Dinu Lipatti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Maria João Pires ranks 67Before her are Rudy Giuliani, Jonathan Demme, Bora Milutinović, Norodom Ranariddh, Udo Kier, and Peter Weir. After her are David J. Wineland, Bernard Cornwell, Nelson Freire, Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Jean-Pierre Sauvage, and Günter Netzer.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Maria João Pires ranks 84 out of 555Before her are João Manuel, Prince of Portugal (1537), António de Spínola (1910), Joan of Portugal (1439), Francisco de Almeida (1450), Diogo Dias (1450), and Beatrice of Portugal (1373). After her are Maria Isabel of Braganza (1797), Fernão Mendes Pinto (1509), António Lobo Antunes (1942), Luís Figo (1972), Theresa, Countess of Portugal (1080), and António, Prior of Crato (1531).

Among MUSICIANS In Portugal

Among musicians born in Portugal, Maria João Pires ranks 1After her are Nuno Bettencourt (1966) and Cristina Branco (1972).