MUSICIAN

Steven Isserlis

1958 - Today

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Steven Isserlis (born 19 December 1958) is a British cellist. An acclaimed soloist, chamber musician, educator, writer and broadcaster, he is widely regarded as one of the leading musicians of his generation. He is also noted for his diverse repertoire and distinctive sound which is deployed with his use of gut strings.Isserlis is the recipient of numerous awards including the Royal Philharmonic Society Music Award in 1993, the Robert Schumann Prize of the City of Zwickau in 2000, and both the Wigmore Hall Medal and Glashütte Original Music Festival Award in 2017. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Steven Isserlis has received more than 204,900 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Steven Isserlis is the 2,201st most popular musician (down from 1,969th in 2019), the 5,537th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,904th in 2019) and the 369th most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Steven Isserlis by language

Over the past year Steven Isserlis has had the most page views in the with 29,576 views, followed by German (4,508), and Spanish (2,888). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Korean (321.90%), Southern Azerbaijani (136.99%), and Armenian (59.06%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Steven Isserlis ranks 2,201 out of 3,175Before him are Jeff Berlin, Buzz Osborne, Jimmy Rogers, Frank Gambale, Artimus Pyle, and James Moody. After him are Trentemøller, Steve Albini, DJ Snake, Reverend Gary Davis, Jesper Strömblad, and Jimmy DeGrasso.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Steven Isserlis ranks 541Before him are Bengt-Åke Gustafsson, Hrant Bagratyan, Víctor Diogo, Elena Horvat, Frank Gambale, and Jim Leighton. After him are Andris Šķēle, Matt McCoy, Michel Bibard, Steve Sem-Sandberg, Pedro Uralde, and Maria das Neves.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Steven Isserlis ranks 5,537 out of 8,785Before him are Alan Mowbray (1896), Alexander Wood (1907), Anthony Taylor (1978), Jim Leighton (1958), Henry Thomas Colebrooke (1765), and Thomas Norton (1532). After him are Abraham Beame (1906), Tara Fitzgerald (1967), Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey (1851), Tony Waiters (1937), Christopher Fry (1907), and Reg Presley (1941).

Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Steven Isserlis ranks 369Before him are Chris Wolstenholme (1978), Gerry Marsden (1942), Des'ree (1968), Ian Mosley (1953), Andrew Davis (1944), and Andy Powell (1950). After him are Dominic Howard (1977), Tom Chaplin (1979), Peter Giles (1944), Marian McPartland (1918), John Glascock (1951), and Peter Noone (1947).