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Nikolai Kapustin

1937 - 2020

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Nikolai Girshevich Kapustin (Russian: Никола́й Ги́ршевич Капу́стин Russian pronunciation: [kɐˈpustʲɪn]; 22 November 1937 – 2 July 2020) was a Russian composer and pianist of Russian-Jewish descent. He played with early Soviet jazz bands such as the Oleg Lundstrem Orchestra. In his compositions, mostly for piano, he often fused jazz and classical forms. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nikolai Kapustin is the 404th most popular musician (up from 433rd in 2019), the 235th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 275th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Ukrainian Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Nikolai Kapustin ranks 404 out of 3,175. Before him are Tony Levin, Peter Criss, Liberace, Léo Ferré, Steve Hackett, and Yngwie Malmsteen. After him are Wayne Shorter, Cheryl, Art Tatum, David Ellefson, Tiësto, and Cliff Williams.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Nikolai Kapustin ranks 107. Before him are Boris Pugo, Cornelius A. Smith, Mitsuo Kamata, Daniel McFadden, Monika Ertl, and Steven Berkoff. After him are Edward Fox, Jeannot Szwarc, Neeme Järvi, John Horton Conway, Ange-Félix Patassé, and Shirley Bassey. Among people deceased in 2020, Nikolai Kapustin ranks 124. Before him are Claude Brasseur, Ulay, Otto Barić, James Randi, Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, and Honor Blackman. After him are Jerry Rawlings, Samantha Fox, Chadwick Boseman, John Horton Conway, Pascal Lissouba, and Robert Trump.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Nikolai Kapustin ranks 235 out of 1,365. Before him are Olga Khokhlova (1891), Yaropolk I of Kiev (955), Michael of Chernigov (1185), Vladimir Korolenko (1853), Mikhail Eisenstein (1867), and Denys Shmyhal (1975). After him are Michael Rostovtzeff (1870), Paul Muni (1895), Alexander Marinesko (1913), Lyudmila Rudenko (1904), Sigismund Korybut (1395), and Lina Kostenko (1930).

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Among MUSICIANS In Ukraine

Among musicians born in Ukraine, Nikolai Kapustin ranks 8. Before him are Sviatoslav Richter (1915), David Oistrakh (1908), Emil Gilels (1916), Isaac Stern (1920), Heinrich Neuhaus (1888), and Leonid Kogan (1924). After him are Alexander Siloti (1863), Igor Oistrakh (1931), Gregor Piatigorsky (1903), Arkady Luxemburg (1939), Felix Blumenfeld (1863), and Emanuel Feuermann (1902).

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