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Valery Gergiev

1953 - Today

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Valery Abisalovich Gergiev (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 687,675 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Valery Gergiev is the 245th most popular musician (up from 329th in 2019), the 434th most popular biography from Russia (up from 489th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Russian Musician.

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  • 690k

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  • 59.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Valery Gergiev ranks 245 out of 2,662Before him are Steve Harris, Karl Jenkins, Mike Portnoy, Narciso Yepes, Yanni, and Abdel Halim Hafez. After him are Eddie Van Halen, Heinrich Neuhaus, Gianna Nannini, Franz Berwald, Henryk Szeryng, and Joe Zawinul.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Valery Gergiev ranks 54Before him are Jean-Marie Pfaff, Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia, Roberto Bolaño, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Lenín Moreno, and David Morse. After him are Ségolène Royal, Jean Tirole, John Zorn, Kristalina Georgieva, José María Aznar, and Tony Shalhoub.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Valery Gergiev ranks 434 out of 3,262Before him are Ramzan Kadyrov (1976), Sergei Krikalev (1958), Valeri Polyakov (1942), Yury Luzhkov (1936), Edith Södergran (1892), and Dmitry Pozharsky (1577). After him are Yuriy Sedykh (1955), Igor Ivanov (1945), Lyubov Popova (1889), Alexander Ostrovsky (1823), Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia (1825), and Marianne von Werefkin (1860).

Among MUSICIANS In Russia

Among musicians born in Russia, Valery Gergiev ranks 4Before him are Alexander Glazunov (1865), Vladimir Ashkenazy (1937), and Nikolai Rubinstein (1835). After him are Grigory Sokolov (1950), Maxim Shostakovich (1938), Alexander Gradsky (1949), Maria Yudina (1899), Lev Oborin (1907), Edgar Froese (1944), Vladimir Sofronitsky (1901), and Lazar Berman (1930).

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