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Vladimir Ashkenazy

1937 - Today

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Vladimir Davidovich Ashkenazy (Russian: Влади́мир Дави́дович Ашкена́зи, Vladimir Davidovich Ashkenazi; born 6 July 1937) is a Russian solo pianist, chamber music performer, and conductor. Born in the Soviet Union, he has held Icelandic citizenship since 1972 and has been a resident of Switzerland since 1978. Ashkenazy has collaborated with well-known orchestras and soloists. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vladimir Ashkenazy has received more than 673,427 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia. Vladimir Ashkenazy is the 178th most popular musician (down from 151st in 2019), the 302nd most popular biography from Russia (down from 279th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Russian Musician.

Vladimir Ashkenazy is a Russian pianist and conductor. He is most famous for his interpretations of Russian composers such as Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, and Prokofiev.

Memorability Metrics

  • 670k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Vladimir Ashkenazies by language

Over the past year Vladimir Ashkenazy has had the most page views in the with 76,884 views, followed by Japanese (47,092), and Russian (19,491). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Finnish (77.96%), Maltese (72.03%), and Indonesian (71.67%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Vladimir Ashkenazy ranks 178 out of 3,175. Before him are Itzhak Perlman, Anton Diabelli, Lucio Dalla, Gilberto Gil, Bill Wyman, and Ritchie Valens. After him are Bono, Rudolf Schenker, Duff McKagan, Bernard Haitink, Rory Gallagher, and Muddy Waters.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Vladimir Ashkenazy ranks 47. Before him are Juvénal Habyarimana, Claude Lelouch, Jacques Santer, Colleen McCullough, Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, and Angelo Badalamenti. After him are Roger Zelazny, Robert Huber, Andrei Konchalovsky, Thomas Pynchon, David Hockney, and Fernando de la Rúa.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vladimir Ashkenazy ranks 302 out of 3,761. Before him are Anastasia Romanovna (1530), Ilia II of Georgia (1933), Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of Russia (1871), Viktor Shklovsky (1893), Sergei Skripal (1951), and Nikolai Kondratiev (1892). After him are Viktor Korchnoi (1931), Leonid Hurwicz (1917), Kirill Meretskov (1897), Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia (1832), Alexandre Kojève (1902), and Prince Paul of Yugoslavia (1893).

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Among MUSICIANS In Russia

Among musicians born in Russia, Vladimir Ashkenazy ranks 2. Before him are Alexander Glazunov (1865). After him are Nikolai Rubinstein (1835), Grigory Sokolov (1950), Valery Gergiev (1953), 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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