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Emil Gilels

1916 - 1985

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Emil Grigoryevich Gilels (19 October 1916 – 14 October 1985, born Samuil) was a Soviet pianist. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest pianists of all time. His sister Elizabeth, three years his junior, was a violinist. His daughter Elena became a pianist. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Emil Gilels is the 199th most popular musician (down from 190th in 2019), the 120th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 125th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Ukrainian Musician.

Emil Gilels is most famous for being a Russian pianist. He was born in the Ukraine in 1932 and died in 1985. He is considered one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Emil Gilels ranks 199 out of 3,175. Before him are James Hetfield, Bernard Haitink, Itzhak Perlman, Fatboy Slim, Dr. Alban, and Nicko McBrain. After him are Wilhelm Kempff, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Stan Getz, György Cziffra, Mike Shinoda, and Charles-Valentin Alkan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Emil Gilels ranks 39. Before him are Vitaly Ginzburg, Ruth Handler, Natalia Ginzburg, Abdul Rahman Arif, Robert F. Furchgott, and Bernard Lewis. After him are Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal, Masaki Kobayashi, Virginia Satir, Marcel Cerdan, Peter Weiss, and Peter Finch. Among people deceased in 1985, Emil Gilels ranks 31. Before him are Kim Yong-sik, Anne Baxter, Ferhat Abbas, John Franklin Enders, Elsa Morante, and George Pólya. After him are Tjalling Koopmans, Margaret Mahler, Tancredo Neves, James Hadley Chase, Robert Graves, and Ernst Öpik.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Emil Gilels ranks 120 out of 1,365. Before him are Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki (1640), Lee Strasberg (1901), Josaphat Kuntsevych (1580), Sergei Bondarchuk (1920), Stepan Makarov (1848), and Yevgeny Primakov (1929). After him are Władysław Tarnowski (1836), Anatoly Lunacharsky (1875), Alexander Dovzhenko (1894), Alexander Samsonov (1859), Georgy Gapon (1870), and Nachman of Breslov (1772).

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Among MUSICIANS In Ukraine

Among musicians born in Ukraine, Emil Gilels ranks 4. Before him are Vladimir Horowitz (1903), Sviatoslav Richter (1915), and David Oistrakh (1908). After him are Isaac Stern (1920), Heinrich Neuhaus (1888), Leonid Kogan (1924), Nikolai Kapustin (1937), Alexander Siloti (1863), Igor Oistrakh (1931), Gregor Piatigorsky (1903), and Arkady Luxemburg (1939).

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