COMPOSER

Sofia Gubaidulina

1931 - Today

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Sofia Asgatovna Gubaidulina (‹See Tfd›Russian: Софи́я Асгáтовна Губaйду́лина , Tatar: София Әсгать кызы Гобәйдуллина; born 24 October 1931) is a Soviet-Russian composer and an established international figure. Major orchestras around the world have commissioned and performed her works. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sofia Gubaidulina has received more than 396,352 page views. Her biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia. Sofia Gubaidulina is the 231st most popular composer (down from 222nd in 2019), the 323rd most popular biography from Russia (down from 308th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Russian Composer.

Sofia Gubaidulina is most famous for her compositions for orchestra, chamber ensemble, piano, and violin. She is one of the most successful female composers of the 20th century.

Memorability Metrics

  • 400k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Sofia Gubaidulina ranks 231 out of 1,451. Before her are Henri Vieuxtemps, Gaspare Spontini, John Field, Eduard Künneke, Giacomo Carissimi, and Dmitry Bortniansky. After her are Luigi Nono, William Byrd, Mykola Leontovych, Antonio Caldara, Stanisław Moniuszko, and Benedetto Marcello.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Sofia Gubaidulina ranks 60. Before her are Lucia Bosè, James Earl Jones, Klaus Hasselmann, Viktor Korchnoi, Ettore Scola, and Stanislav Grof. After her are Syukuro Manabe, Ivan Rebroff, Arata Isozaki, Richard F. Heck, Ike Turner, and Rita Moreno.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Sofia Gubaidulina ranks 323 out of 3,761. Before her are Vasily Arkhipov (1926), Mikhail Mishustin (1966), Andrey Markov (1856), Andrey Bogolyubsky (1111), Nikolay Pirogov (1810), and Andrei Konchalovsky (1937). After her are Natalya Naryshkina (1651), Sergey Ilyushin (1894), Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia (1860), Feodor Chaliapin (1873), Michael Chekhov (1891), and Yury of Moscow (1281).

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Among COMPOSERS In Russia

Among composers born in Russia, Sofia Gubaidulina ranks 12. Before her are Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844), Alexander Scriabin (1871), Alexander Borodin (1833), Mily Balakirev (1837), Mikhail Glinka (1804), and Dmitry Kabalevsky (1904). After her are Alfred Schnittke (1934), Otto Nicolai (1810), Irving Berlin (1888), Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov (1883), Anton Arensky (1861), and Sergei Taneyev (1856).

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