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Maurizio Pollini

1942 - Today

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Maurizio Pollini (5 January 1942 – 23 March 2024) was an Italian pianist and conductor. He was known for performances of Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, and the Second Viennese School, among others. He also championed works by contemporary composers, including Pierre Boulez, Karlheinz Stockhausen, George Benjamin, Roberto Carnevale, Gianluca Cascioli and Bruno Maderna. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maurizio Pollini has received more than 387,985 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Maurizio Pollini is the 175th most popular composer (up from 197th in 2019), the 836th most popular biography from Italy (up from 913th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Italian Composer.

Maurizio Pollini is most famous for his interpretations of the works of Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert.

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  • 7.76

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Maurizio Pollini ranks 175 out of 1,216Before him are Witold Lutosławski, Adrian Willaert, Steve Reich, Eduard Strauss, Johann Ambrosius Bach, and Amilcare Ponchielli. After him are Jan Dismas Zelenka, Hugo Wolf, Baldassare Galuppi, Johann Stamitz, Giuseppe Torelli, and Pauline Viardot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Maurizio Pollini ranks 56Before him are Giacomo Agostini, Carlos Reutemann, Tobin Bell, Tony Buzan, Stanley B. Prusiner, and Manuel Castells. After him are Jacob Zuma, Martin Seligman, Arto Paasilinna, Bob Hoskins, Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, and Lee Kun-hee.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Maurizio Pollini ranks 836 out of 4,668Before him are Bernardino of Siena (1380), Gian Galeazzo Visconti (1351), Rosalia Lombardo (1918), Sebastiano del Piombo (1485), Amilcare Ponchielli (1834), and Pietro Bembo (1470). After him are Francesco II Sforza (1495), Euhemerus (-330), Francesco Guardi (1712), Francesco Totti (1976), Rosso Fiorentino (1494), and Gentile da Fabriano (1370).

Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Maurizio Pollini ranks 36Before him are Vincenzo Galilei (1520), Giovanni Paisiello (1740), Vittorio Monti (1868), Francesco Cavalli (1602), Ferruccio Busoni (1866), and Amilcare Ponchielli (1834). After him are Baldassare Galuppi (1706), Giuseppe Torelli (1658), Luciano Berio (1925), Francesco Landini (1325), Umberto Giordano (1867), and Francesca Caccini (1587).