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Pēteris Vasks

1946 - Today

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Pēteris Vasks (born 16 April 1946) is a Latvian composer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pēteris Vasks has received more than 142,796 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Pēteris Vasks is the 436th most popular composer (up from 539th in 2019), the 27th most popular biography from Latvia (up from 44th in 2019) and the most popular Latvian Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Pēteris Vasks ranks 436 out of 1,216Before him are Claudio Merulo, Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe, Ichirou Mizuki, William Walton, Ariel Ramírez, and Vasily Kalinnikov. After him are Franz Schreker, Francesco Maria Veracini, Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Grażyna Bacewicz, Igor Markevitch, and Alexander Agricola.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Pēteris Vasks ranks 134Before him are Elías Figueroa, Deepak Chopra, Rebiya Kadeer, Billy Preston, Martin Kove, and Linda Ronstadt. After him are Laurent Fabius, Candice Bergen, Ellison Onizuka, Mohamed Abdelaziz, Jochen Mass, and Artur Jorge.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Pēteris Vasks ranks 27 out of 284Before him are Guntis Ulmanis (1939), Andris Bērziņš (1944), Wolfgang Lüth (1913), Pauline Therese of Württemberg (1800), Duke Alexander of Württemberg (1804), and Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz (1751). After him are Frederick William, Duke of Courland (1692), Philippe Halsman (1906), Frederick Casimir Kettler (1650), Jānis Lūsis (1939), Jānis Čakste (1859), and Rainis (1865).

Among COMPOSERS In Latvia

Among composers born in Latvia, Pēteris Vasks ranks 1After him are Raimonds Pauls (1936), Jāzeps Vītols (1863), Balys Dvarionas (1904), Jānis Ivanovs (1906), Alfrēds Kalniņš (1879), and Ēriks Ešenvalds (1977).