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Maurizio Pollini

1942 - 2024

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Maurizio Pollini (5 January 1942 – 23 March 2024) was an Italian pianist and conductor. He was known for performances of Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, and the Second Viennese School, among others. He championed works by contemporary composers, including Pierre Boulez, Karlheinz Stockhausen, George Benjamin, Roberto Carnevale, Gianluca Cascioli and Bruno Maderna. Several compositions were written for him, including Luigi Nono's ... Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maurizio Pollini is the 250th most popular composer (down from 217th in 2019), the 1,109th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,026th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular Italian Composer.

Maurizio Pollini is most famous for his interpretations of the works of Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Maurizio Pollini ranks 250 out of 1,451. Before him are Alessandro Marcello, Jacques Arcadelt, Gaspare Spontini, Jerry Goldsmith, Carl Friedrich Abel, and Alexander von Zemlinsky. After him are Ambroise Thomas, Cécile Chaminade, Eugen d'Albert, Francis Lai, Carl Stamitz, and Vincent d'Indy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Maurizio Pollini ranks 88. Before him are Peter Greenaway, Felipe González, Michael Crichton, Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat, Vicente Fox, and László Sólyom. After him are René Angélil, Pál Schmitt, Caetano Veloso, Věra Čáslavská, John Clauser, and Gilberto Gil. Among people deceased in 2024, Maurizio Pollini ranks 63. Before him are Luigi Riva, Yahya Sinwar, Caterina Valente, Juan Vicente Pérez, Ebrahim Raisi, and Philip Zimbardo. After him are Andreas Brehme, Susan Wojcicki, Bernard Hill, Renato Martino, Carl Weathers, and Kurt Hamrin.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Maurizio Pollini ranks 1,109 out of 5,161. Before him are Giovanni Battista Riccioli (1598), Antipope Boniface VII (1000), Alessandro Allori (1535), Beatrice of Naples (1457), Enrico De Nicola (1877), and John Singer Sargent (1856). After him are Joannes (400), Giovanni Battista Martini (1706), Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (1431), Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici (1667), Pier Giorgio Frassati (1901), and Milonia Caesonia (7).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Maurizio Pollini ranks 53. Before him are Andrea Gabrieli (1533), Benedetto Marcello (1686), Giacomo Carissimi (1605), Pietro Locatelli (1695), Alessandro Marcello (1673), and Gaspare Spontini (1774). After him are Antonio Caldara (1670), Francesco Landini (1325), Giovanni Battista Sammartini (1700), Andrea Luchesi (1741), Saverio Mercadante (1795), and Gioseffo Zarlino (1517).

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