CONDUCTOR

Robert Kajanus

1856 - 1933

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Robert Kajanus (2 December 1856 – 6 July 1933) was a Finnish conductor, composer, and teacher. In 1882, he founded the Helsinki Orchestral Society, Finland's first professional orchestra. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Kajanus has received more than 65,538 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Robert Kajanus is the 60th most popular conductor (up from 81st in 2019), the 145th most popular biography from Finland (up from 171st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Finnish Conductor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 66k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CONDUCTORS

Among conductors, Robert Kajanus ranks 60 out of 128. Before him are Kurt Sanderling, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Yevgeny Svetlanov, Stanisław Skrowaczewski, Marek Janowski, and Eugene Aynsley Goossens. After him are Artur Rodziński, Jorma Panula, Gary Bertini, Franz Welser-Möst, Paavo Järvi, and Kent Nagano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1856, Robert Kajanus ranks 74. Before him are Eduardo Dato, Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, Semyon Alapin, Wojciech Kossak, Vasily Rozanov, and Anna Elizabeth Klumpke. After him are Giuseppe Martucci, Booker T. Washington, Yu Kil-chun, Felix Mottl, Franz Roubaud, and Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo. Among people deceased in 1933, Robert Kajanus ranks 67. Before him are Ernst Hartert, Prince Alfons of Bavaria, Ion G. Duca, Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás, Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro, and Zacharia Paliashvili. After him are Mykola Khvylovy, Robert T. A. Innes, John Henry Mackay, Lilla Cabot Perry, Mary Ann Bevan, and Chen Jiongming.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Robert Kajanus ranks 145 out of 751. Before him are Hugo Österman (1892), Juha Sipilä (1961), Antti Hyvärinen (1932), Magnus Enckell (1870), Kalevi Sorsa (1930), and Ville Valo (1976). After him are Martin Wegelius (1846), Lill Lindfors (1940), Johan Wilhelm Rangell (1894), Jorma Panula (1930), Ernst Leonard Lindelöf (1870), and Paavo Talvela (1897).

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Among CONDUCTORS In Finland

Among conductors born in Finland, Robert Kajanus ranks 3. Before him are Leif Segerstam (1944), and Esa-Pekka Salonen (1958). After him are Jorma Panula (1930), Paavo Berglund (1929), Jukka-Pekka Saraste (1956), Okko Kamu (1946), and Osmo Vänskä (1953).

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