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Valery Gergiev

1953 - Today

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Valery Abisalovich Gergiev (‹See Tfd›Russian: Валерий Абисалович Гергиев, IPA: [vɐˈlʲerʲɪj ɐbʲɪˈsaləvʲɪdʑ ˈɡʲerɡʲɪjɪf]; Ossetian: Гергиты Абисалы фырт Валери, romanized: Gergity Abisaly fyrt Valeri; born 2 May 1953) is a Russian conductor and opera company director. He is currently general director and artistic director of the Mariinsky Theatre and of the Bolshoi Theatre and artistic director of the White Nights Festival in St. Petersburg. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Valery Gergiev has received more than 714,635 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Valery Gergiev is the 348th most popular musician (down from 245th in 2019), the 562nd most popular biography from Russia (down from 433rd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Russian Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 710k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Valery Gergiev ranks 348 out of 3,175. Before him are Florian Schneider, Robbie Robertson, Bruno Mars, George Young, Gustavo Santaolalla, and Dave Murray. After him are Moby, Ram Narayan, Bo Diddley, Peggy Lee, Isaac Hayes, and David Crosby.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Valery Gergiev ranks 82. Before him are Tony Shalhoub, Dominique de Villepin, Đorđe Balašević, Loalwa Braz, Alpha Blondy, and Frances Conroy. After him are Najib Razak, Dave Evans, Ciarán Hinds, Tim Allen, David Chipperfield, and William Petersen.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Valery Gergiev ranks 562 out of 3,761. Before him are Valery Bykovsky (1934), Mikhail Tomsky (1880), Johann Christoph Gottsched (1700), Xenia of Saint Petersburg (1719), Lauri Kristian Relander (1883), and Konstantin Simonov (1915). After him are Otto Braun (1872), Roza Shanina (1924), Nicolas de Staël (1914), Maria Alexandrovna Ulyanova (1835), Uliana of Tver (1325), and Matvei Zakharov (1898).

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Among MUSICIANS In Russia

Among musicians born in Russia, Valery Gergiev ranks 5. Before him are Alexander Glazunov (1865), Vladimir Ashkenazy (1937), Nikolai Rubinstein (1835), and Grigory Sokolov (1950). After him are Maria Yudina (1899), Lazar Berman (1930), Edgar Froese (1944), Evgeny Kissin (1971), Maxim Shostakovich (1938), Vladimir Sofronitsky (1901), and Mikhail Pletnev (1957).

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