1953 - Today
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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Among musicians, Valery Gergiev ranks 245 out of 2,662. Before 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.
1956 - Present
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 239
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 240
1967 - Present
HPI: 59.82
Rank: 241
1927 - 1997
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 242
1954 - Present
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 243
1929 - 1977
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 244
1953 - Present
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 245
1955 - 2020
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 246
1888 - 1964
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 247
1954 - Present
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 248
1796 - 1868
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 249
1918 - 1988
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 250
1932 - 2007
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 251
Among people born in 1953, Valery Gergiev ranks 54. Before 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.
1953 - Present
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 48
1953 - Present
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 49
1953 - 2003
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 50
1953 - Present
HPI: 59.99
Rank: 51
1953 - Present
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 52
1953 - Present
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 53
1953 - Present
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 54
1953 - Present
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 55
1953 - Present
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 56
1953 - Present
HPI: 59.31
Rank: 57
1953 - Present
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 58
1953 - Present
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 59
1953 - Present
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 60
Among people born in Russia, Valery Gergiev ranks 434 out of 3,262. Before 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).
1976 - Present
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 428
1958 - Present
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 429
1942 - 2022
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 430
1936 - 2019
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 431
1892 - 1923
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 432
1577 - 1642
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 433
1953 - Present
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 434
1955 - 2021
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 435
1945 - Present
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 436
1889 - 1924
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 437
1823 - 1886
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 438
1825 - 1844
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 439
1860 - 1938
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 440
Among musicians born in Russia, Valery Gergiev ranks 4. Before 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).
1865 - 1936
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 1
1937 - Present
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 2
1835 - 1881
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 3
1953 - Present
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 4
1950 - Present
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 5
1938 - Present
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 6
1949 - 2021
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 7
1899 - 1970
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 8
1907 - 1974
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 9
1944 - 2015
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 10
1901 - 1961
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 11
1930 - 2005
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 12