COMPOSER

Maurizio Pollini

1942 - 2024

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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 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 502,739 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Maurizio Pollini is the 217th most popular composer (down from 175th in 2019), the 1,026th most popular biography from Italy (down from 834th in 2019) and the 47th most popular Italian Composer.

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

Memorability Metrics

  • 500k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Maurizio Pollini ranks 217 out of 1,451. Before him are Josef Suk, Franz von Suppé, Niccolò Piccinni, Howard Shore, Francesco Landini, and Erich Wolfgang Korngold. After him are Lili Boulanger, Andrea Gabrieli, Ion Ivanovici, Nicola Porpora, Ernest Chausson, and Jerry Goldsmith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Maurizio Pollini ranks 76. Before him are René Angélil, Carlos Reutemann, Gilberto Gil, Mehran Karimi Nasseri, Emmerson Mnangagwa, and Vicente Fox. After him are Muhammadu Buhari, Junichiro Koizumi, Peter Greenaway, Hissène Habré, Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, and John Cale. Among people deceased in 2024, Maurizio Pollini ranks 50. Before him are Andrew Schally, Dési Bouterse, Leon Cooper, James Earl Jones, Arnold Rüütel, and Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior. After him are Bengt I. Samuelsson, Roberto Cavalli, Philip Zimbardo, Marcello Gandini, David Soul, and Ira von Fürstenberg.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Maurizio Pollini ranks 1,026 out of 5,161. Before him are Niccolò Piccinni (1728), Edda Mussolini (1910), Francesco Landini (1325), Valentina Visconti, Duchess of Orléans (1371), Marcomer (400), and Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt (1668). After him are Amélie of Leuchtenberg (1812), Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (1723), Cosimo Tura (1430), Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy (1634), Milonia Caesonia (7), and Bartolommeo Bandinelli (1488).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Maurizio Pollini ranks 47. Before him are Leonardo Vinci (1690), Andrea Luchesi (1741), Umberto Giordano (1867), Alessandro Marcello (1673), Niccolò Piccinni (1728), and Francesco Landini (1325). After him are Andrea Gabrieli (1533), Nicola Porpora (1686), Gaspare Spontini (1774), Giacomo Carissimi (1605), Luigi Nono (1924), and Antonio Caldara (1670).

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