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Evgeny Kissin

1971 - Today

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Evgeny Igorevich Kissin (Russian: Евге́ний И́горевич Ки́син, romanized: Evgénij Ígorevič Kísin, Yiddish: יעווגעני קיסין, romanized: Yevgeni Kisin; born 10 October 1971) is a Russian-born concert pianist and composer. He became a British citizen in 2002 and an Israeli citizen in 2013. He first came to international fame as a child prodigy. He has a wide repertoire and is especially known for his interpretations of the works of the Romantic era, particularly those of Franz Schubert, Frédéric Chopin, Robert Schumann, Franz Liszt, Johannes Brahms, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Modest Mussorgsky, and Ludwig van Beethoven. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Evgeny Kissin is the 810th most popular musician (down from 625th in 2019), the 1,074th most popular biography from Russia (down from 926th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Russian Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Evgeny Kissin ranks 810 out of 3,175. Before him are Christian Ferras, James Kottak, Ron Carter, Alec John Such, Giovanni Maria Bononcini, and Charly García. After him are Bob Sinclar, Trickster, Joe Pass, Francisco Canaro, Lazar Berman, and Chucho Valdés.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Evgeny Kissin ranks 88. Before him are Carla Gugino, Oliver Riedel, Jennifer Lee, Pedro de la Rosa, Todd Howard, and Viscera. After him are Paul van Dyk, J. Y. Park, Ma Huateng, Luca Guadagnino, Chris Hardwick, and Peter Madsen.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Evgeny Kissin ranks 1,074 out of 3,761. Before him are Yelena Isinbayeva (1982), Vitaly Vorotnikov (1926), Dmitry Belyayev (1917), Maksim Purkayev (1894), Carl Jaenisch (1813), and Maria Ilyinichna Ulyanova (1878). After him are Sergei Shchukin (1854), Issa Pliyev (1903), Şihabetdin Märcani (1818), Lazar Berman (1930), Lev Perovski (1792), and Vladimir Tkachenko (1957).

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Among MUSICIANS In Russia

Among musicians born in Russia, Evgeny Kissin ranks 14. Before him are Edgar Froese (1944), Maxim Shostakovich (1938), Maria Yudina (1899), Rudolf Barshai (1924), Lev Oborin (1907), and Nikolai Zverev (1832). After him are Lazar Berman (1930), Nikolai Noskov (1956), Valery Afanassiev (1947), Alexei Lubimov (1944), Boris Grebenshchikov (1953), and Andrej Hoteev (1946).

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