MUSICIAN

Shura Cherkassky

1909 - 1995

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Shura Cherkassky (Russian: Александр (Шура) Исаакович Черкасский; 7 October 1909 – 27 December 1995) was a Russian-American concert pianist known for his performances of the romantic repertoire. His playing was characterized by a virtuoso technique and singing piano tone. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shura Cherkassky has received more than 117,015 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 18 in 2019). Shura Cherkassky is the 1,150th most popular musician (down from 1,044th in 2019), the 658th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 540th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Ukrainian Musician.

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  • 120k

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  • 49.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Shura Cherkassky ranks 1,150 out of 3,175. Before him are Viguen, Klaus Doldinger, Tamás Vásáry, Lūcija Garūta, Floyd Westerman, and Joey Kramer. After him are Country Joe McDonald, Big Bill Broonzy, Andrew Loog Oldham, Desmond Child, Ray Barretto, and Afrojack.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Shura Cherkassky ranks 233. Before him are Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander, Song Renqiong, Claude Chevalley, Tatiana Proskouriakoff, Roberto Battaglia, and Theodor Tolsdorff. After him are Arvo Askola, Gheorghe Albu, Ciro Alegría, Karl Gruber, George Saling, and Haruko Sugimura. Among people deceased in 1995, Shura Cherkassky ranks 188. Before him are Karel Píč, Carlo Ceresoli, Harry Guardino, René Wellek, Jack Clayton, and Francesco Camusso. After him are J. William Fulbright, Karl Gruber, Ted Drake, Gérard de Vaucouleurs, Katherine DeMille, and Hermínio de Brito.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Shura Cherkassky ranks 658 out of 1,365. Before him are Ross Martin (1920), Valentin Mankin (1938), Panas Myrny (1849), Lev Kerbel (1917), Valerian Pidmohylny (1901), and David Cherkassky (1931). After him are Mykhailo Boychuk (1882), Jerzy Różycki (1909), Georgy Sedov (1877), Andrei Kanchelskis (1969), Olga Lepeshinskaya (1916), and Leopold Staff (1878).

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Among MUSICIANS In Ukraine

Among musicians born in Ukraine, Shura Cherkassky ranks 24. Before him are Volodymyr Ivasyuk (1949), Valentina Lisitsa (1973), Estas Tonne (1975), Karl Doppler (1825), Yakov Zak (1913), and Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński (1807). After him are Moriz Rosenthal (1862), Emanuel Ax (1949), Alexander Brailowsky (1896), Benno Moiseiwitsch (1890), Iryna Bilyk (1970), and Oleksandr Ponomariov (1973).

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