MUSICIAN

Yakov Zak

1913 - 1976

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Yakov Izrailevich Zak ( (Russian: Яков Израилевич Зак), Jiakov Israilevič Sak; Odessa, 20 November [O.S. 7 November] 1913 – Moscow, 28 June 1976) was a Soviet and Russian pianist and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1966). Born in Odessa, Zak studied piano at the Odessa Conservatory with Maria Starkhova, took classes on special harmony with Mykola Vilinsky, and later studied with Heinrich Neuhaus in Moscow, graduating in 1935. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yakov Zak has received more than 48,898 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Yakov Zak is the 1,102nd most popular musician (down from 744th in 2019), the 631st most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 402nd in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Ukrainian Musician.

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Yakov Zak ranks 1,102 out of 3,175. Before him are Buffy Sainte-Marie, Joseph Böhm, Art Farmer, Pat Martino, Franz Konwitschny, and Tom Hamilton. After him are Henry Cowell, Julius Klengel, Markos Vamvakaris, Hank Marvin, Hank Mobley, and Harry James.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Yakov Zak ranks 208. Before him are Iosif Grigulevich, Gangubai Hangal, Lilian Jackson Braun, Sándor Weöres, René Llense, and Ad Reinhardt. After him are Eugene Lazowski, Richard Helms, Christiane Desroches Noblecourt, Harald Edelstam, Yaşar Doğu, and Jacqueline de Romilly. Among people deceased in 1976, Yakov Zak ranks 155. Before him are Pierre Jean Jouve, Julius Döpfner, Percy Faith, Otto Tief, Ivo Van Damme, and Mariano Ospina Pérez. After him are Murtala Mohammed, Alexander Lernet-Holenia, Anna Hübler, Hamit Kaplan, Manuel Olivares, and Wilhelmina von Bremen.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Yakov Zak ranks 631 out of 1,365. Before him are Janusz Majewski (1931), Yuri Gidzenko (1962), Franciszek Kleeberg (1888), Georg Marco (1863), Yevgeny Petrov (1902), and Oleksandr Zavarov (1961). After him are Roman Vlad (1919), Yevgeniya Rudneva (1921), Alexander Bezborodko (1747), Denis Pushilin (1981), Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky (1914), and Mark Krein (1907).

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Among MUSICIANS In Ukraine

Among musicians born in Ukraine, Yakov Zak ranks 22. Before him are Mieczysław Horszowski (1892), Emanuel Feuermann (1902), Volodymyr Ivasyuk (1949), Valentina Lisitsa (1973), Estas Tonne (1975), and Karl Doppler (1825). After him are Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński (1807), Shura Cherkassky (1909), Moriz Rosenthal (1862), Emanuel Ax (1949), Alexander Brailowsky (1896), and Benno Moiseiwitsch (1890).

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