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Rodion Shchedrin

1932 - Today

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Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin (Russian: Родион Константинович Щедрин, IPA: [rədʲɪˈon kənstɐnʲˈtʲinəvʲɪtɕ ɕːɪˈdrʲin]; born 16 December 1932) is a Soviet and Russian composer and pianist, winner of USSR State Prize (1972), the Lenin Prize (1984), and the State Prize of the Russian Federation (1992), and is a former member of the Inter-regional Deputies Group (1989–1991). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rodion Shchedrin has received more than 265,568 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Rodion Shchedrin is the 378th most popular composer (down from 370th in 2019), the 521st most popular biography from Russia (down from 502nd in 2019) and the 19th most popular Russian Composer.

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  • 270k

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  • 58.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Rodion Shchedrin ranks 378 out of 1,451. Before him are Grażyna Bacewicz, Wolfgang Wagner, Joaquín Turina, Charles Koechlin, Hans Richter, and Carl Heinrich Graun. After him are Jacques Arcadelt, Toru Takemitsu, Cole Porter, Georges Delerue, Johann Joseph Fux, and Joseph Bodin de Boismortier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Rodion Shchedrin ranks 104. Before him are Delphine Seyrig, Oleg Protopopov, Wojciech Kilar, Ingemar Johansson, Joe Zawinul, and Antonio Tejero. After him are Paolo Villaggio, Wolf Vostell, Amrish Puri, Joseph Zen, Charly Gaul, and Stuart Hall.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Rodion Shchedrin ranks 521 out of 3,761. Before him are Mirsaid Sultan-Galiev (1892), Elem Klimov (1933), Nikolay Shvernik (1888), Nikolai Chernykh (1931), Vladimir Arsenyev (1872), and Helena of Moscow (1476). After him are Mathilde Kschessinska (1872), Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark (1888), Hadji Murad (1795), Igor Ivanov (1945), Vasily Alekseyev (1942), and Sergei Bulgakov (1871).

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Among COMPOSERS In Russia

Among composers born in Russia, Rodion Shchedrin ranks 19. Before him are Alfred Schnittke (1934), Otto Nicolai (1810), Irving Berlin (1888), Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov (1883), Anton Arensky (1861), and Sergei Taneyev (1856). After him are Anatoly Lyadov (1855), Nikolai Medtner (1879), Georgy Sviridov (1915), Hans Pfitzner (1869), Alexander Dargomyzhsky (1813), and Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859).

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