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Igor Markevitch

1912 - 1983

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Igor Borisovich Markevitch (Russian: Игорь Борисович Маркевич, Igor Borisovich Markevich, Ukrainian: Ігор Борисович Маркевич, Ihor Borysovych Markevych; 27 July 1912 – 7 March 1983) was a Russian composer and conductor who studied and worked in Paris and became a naturalized Italian and French citizen in 1947 and 1982 respectively. He was commissioned in 1929 for a piano concerto by impresario Serge Diaghilev of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Markevitch settled in Italy during World War II. After the war, he moved to Switzerland. He had an international conducting career from there. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Igor Markevitch is the 505th most popular composer (down from 481st in 2019), the 266th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 258th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Ukrainian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Igor Markevitch ranks 505 out of 1,451. Before him are James Newton Howard, Neville Marriner, Christian Sinding, Raimonds Pauls, Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe, and George Antheil. After him are Robert Fuchs, Joseph Kosma, Emilio de' Cavalieri, Fredrik Pacius, Kaija Saariaho, and Johann Ludwig Bach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Igor Markevitch ranks 109. Before him are Gordon Gollob, Michel Debré, Barbara W. Tuchman, Arne Næss, Samuel Fuller, and Isidro Lángara. After him are Yaroslav Stetsko, Axel Springer, Jean Françaix, Aymoré Moreira, Marcel Camus, and Muriel Humphrey Brown. Among people deceased in 1983, Igor Markevitch ranks 61. Before him are William Walton, Walter Stennes, Nicolaus von Below, Victor Turner, Norma Shearer, and Marianne Brandt. After him are Jean Rey, Carolyn Jones, Arno Babajanian, Miguel Alemán Valdés, Sharof Rashidov, and Manuel Ferreira.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Igor Markevitch ranks 266 out of 1,365. Before him are Muhammad Asad (1900), Solomiya Krushelnytska (1872), Vsevolod II of Kiev (1104), Sergey Gorshkov (1910), Erwin Chargaff (1905), and Valerii Zaluzhnyi (1973). After him are Meir Dagan (1945), Maurycy Gottlieb (1856), David Burliuk (1882), Yaroslav Stetsko (1912), Alexander Siloti (1863), and Moisei Uritsky (1873).

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Among COMPOSERS In Ukraine

Among composers born in Ukraine, Igor Markevitch ranks 11. Before him are Dmitry Bortniansky (1751), Valentyn Sylvestrov (1937), Dimitri Tiomkin (1894), Wojciech Kilar (1932), Mykola Lysenko (1842), and Boris Lyatoshinsky (1894). After him are Franz Doppler (1821), Sergei Bortkiewicz (1877), Myroslav Skoryk (1938), Maxim Berezovsky (1745), Isaak Dunayevsky (1900), and Ciprian Porumbescu (1853).

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