MUSICIAN

Nikolai Kapustin

1937 - 2020

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Nikolai Girshevich Kapustin (Russian: Никола́й Ги́ршевич Капу́стин Russian pronunciation: [kɐˈpustʲɪn]; 22 November 1937 – 2 July 2020) was a Soviet composer and pianist of Russian-Jewish descent. He played with early Soviet jazz bands such as the Oleg Lundstrem Orchestra. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nikolai Kapustin has received more than 332,109 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Nikolai Kapustin is the 433rd most popular musician (down from 385th in 2019), the 275th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 224th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Ukrainian Musician.

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  • 330k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Nikolai Kapustin ranks 433 out of 3,175. Before him are Kenny Loggins, Philly Joe Jones, Wallace Hartley, Dan McCafferty, Manitas de Plata, and Theodor Leschetizky. After him are Al Di Meola, Marguerite Long, Rudolf Serkin, Josef Hofmann, Andy Summers, and Robert Wyatt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Nikolai Kapustin ranks 120. Before him are Alfredo M. Bonanno, Aleksandr Medved, Billy Meier, Bettina Heinen-Ayech, Joseph Kobzon, and Hibari Misora. After him are Daniel McFadden, Olusegun Obasanjo, Ratan Tata, Sami Frey, Andrés Gimeno, and Félix Miélli Venerando. Among people deceased in 2020, Nikolai Kapustin ranks 129. Before him are Alejandro Sabella, Harry Gregg, Mario Bunge, Bettina Heinen-Ayech, Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, and Paik Sun-yup. After him are Amadeo Carrizo, Philippe Nahon, Vera Lynn, Albert Memmi, Ivry Gitlis, and Gene Deitch.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Nikolai Kapustin ranks 275 out of 1,365. Before him are Grigori Sokolnikov (1888), Paisius Velichkovsky (1722), Haim Arlosoroff (1899), Joseph Kobzon (1937), Solomiya Krushelnytska (1872), and Alexander Georg von Bunge (1803). After him are Zbigniew Herbert (1924), Denys Shmyhal (1975), Sergei Winogradsky (1856), Stephen Timoshenko (1878), Emanuel Ringelblum (1900), and Rinat Akhmetov (1966).

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Among MUSICIANS In Ukraine

Among musicians born in Ukraine, Nikolai Kapustin ranks 9. Before him are David Oistrakh (1908), Emil Gilels (1916), Isaac Stern (1920), Heinrich Neuhaus (1888), Leonid Kogan (1924), and Alexander Siloti (1863). After him are Gregor Piatigorsky (1903), Igor Oistrakh (1931), Felix Blumenfeld (1863), Karol Mikuli (1821), Arkady Luxemburg (1939), and Mischa Elman (1891).

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