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Teresa Carreño

1853 - 1917

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María Teresa Gertrudis de Jesús Carreño García (December 22, 1853 – June 12, 1917) was a Venezuelan pianist, composer, soprano, and conductor. Over the course of her 54-year concert career, she became an internationally renowned virtuoso pianist and was often referred to as the "Valkyrie of the Piano". Carreño was an early adopter of the works of one of her students, American composer and pianist Edward MacDowell (1860–1908) and premiered several of his compositions across the globe. She also frequently performed the works of Norwegian composer and pianist Edvard Grieg (1843–1907). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Teresa Carreño is the 680th most popular singer (down from 626th in 2019), the 23rd most popular biography from Venezuela (down from 22nd in 2019) and the most popular Venezuelan Singer.

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Among singers, Teresa Carreño ranks 680 out of 4,381. Before her are RM, Alice Babs, Georg Ots, Arash, Magda Olivero, and Julian Lennon. After her are Richard Cheese, Francis Rossi, Miley Cyrus, Elena Obraztsova, Millie Small, and Niall Horan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1853, Teresa Carreño ranks 53. Before her are Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka, Paul Julius Möbius, Elihu Thomson, Antonio Maura, Gabriel Hanotaux, and Laurits Tuxen. After her are Higaonna Kanryō, Frank Dicksee, Damat Ferid Pasha, Ernst Otto Beckmann, Ciprian Porumbescu, and Adolf Furtwängler. Among people deceased in 1917, Teresa Carreño ranks 60. Before her are Eric Campbell, Duke Philipp of Württemberg, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, Émile Boirac, Marian Smoluchowski, and Joseph B. Foraker. After her are Friedrich Robert Helmert, George Dewey, Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, Frank Muller, Ber Borochov, and Andrew Taylor Still.

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In Venezuela

Among people born in Venezuela, Teresa Carreño ranks 23 out of 183. Before her are Marcos Pérez Jiménez (1914), Rómulo Gallegos (1884), Andrés Bello (1781), Arturo Sosa (1948), José Antonio Abreu (1939), and Ramón José Velásquez (1916). After her are José Gregorio Hernández (1864), Rafael Urdaneta (1788), Johnny Cecotto (1956), Cipriano Castro (1858), Rafael de Nogales Méndez (1879), and Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo (1944).

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Among SINGERS In Venezuela

Among singers born in Venezuela, Teresa Carreño ranks 1. After her are Simón Díaz (1928), and Arca (1989).

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