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Shura Cherkassky

1909 - 1995

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Shura Cherkassky (Russian: Александр (Шура) Исаакович Черкасский; 7 October 1909 – 27 December 1995) was a Russian-American concert pianist known for his performances of the romantic repertoire. His playing was characterized by a virtuoso technique and singing piano tone. For much of his later life, Cherkassky resided in London. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shura Cherkassky is the 1,243rd most popular musician (down from 1,152nd in 2019), the 656th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 658th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Ukrainian Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Shura Cherkassky ranks 1,243 out of 3,175. Before him are Scott Columbus, Nani Bregvadze, Tony Joe White, Gary Thain, Szymon Goldberg, and Donald Byrd. After him are Michael Sembello, Joey Kramer, Greg K., Louis Jordan, Arif Mardin, and Norah Jones.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Shura Cherkassky ranks 252. Before him are Tom Ewell, Henock Abrahamsson, Milovan Jakšić, Margita Figuli, Szymon Goldberg, and Sven Jonasson. After him are Bernabé Ferreyra, Eudora Welty, Ciro Alegría, Gheorghe Albu, Claude Chevalley, and Song Renqiong. Among people deceased in 1995, Shura Cherkassky ranks 199. Before him are Francesco Camusso, Emmanuel Roblès, Alexander Knox, Margaret Woodbridge, Margita Figuli, and Eiji Okada. After him are Georges Candilis, Bryan Johnson, Laurindo Almeida, Elizabeth Roboz Einstein, Hermínio de Brito, and Genrikh Kasparyan.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Shura Cherkassky ranks 656 out of 1,365. Before him are Nadezhda Tkachenko (1948), Ivan Martos (1754), Sergey Kozlov (1963), Emma Andijewska (1931), Ostap Vyshnya (1889), and Aleksander Ford (1908). After him are Yevhen Arzhanov (1948), Anatoly Kuznetsov (1929), Anatoliy Konkov (1949), Petro Grigorenko (1907), Mieczysław Horszowski (1892), and Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (1979).

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Among MUSICIANS In Ukraine

Among musicians born in Ukraine, Shura Cherkassky ranks 22. Before him are Mischa Elman (1891), Yakov Zak (1913), Karl Doppler (1825), Volodymyr Ivasyuk (1949), Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński (1807), and Valentina Lisitsa (1973). After him are Mieczysław Horszowski (1892), Emanuel Ax (1949), Moriz Rosenthal (1862), Alexander Brailowsky (1896), Estas Tonne (1975), and Iryna Bilyk (1970).

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