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Valery Gergiev

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Valery Abisalovich Gergiev (Russian: Валерий Абисалович Гергиев, IPA: [vɐˈlʲerʲɪj ɐbʲɪˈsaləvʲɪdʑ ˈɡʲerɡʲɪjɪf]; Ossetian: Гергиты Абисалы фырт Валери, romanized: Gergity Abisaly fyrt Valeri; born 2 May 1953) is a Russian conductor and opera company director. He is currently general director and artistic director of the Mariinsky Theatre and of the Bolshoi Theatre and artistic director of the White Nights Festival in St. Petersburg. He was formerly chief conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and of the Munich Philharmonic. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Valery Gergiev is the 448th most popular musician (down from 348th in 2019), the 629th most popular biography from Russia (down from 562nd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Russian Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Valery Gergiev ranks 448 out of 3,175. Before him are Floyd Westerman, Matt Bellamy, John Powell, Theo Jörgensmann, Ole Bull, and Robert Trujillo. After him are Krystian Zimerman, Ellie Goulding, Billy Gibbons, Eliso Virsaladze, Wolfgang Sawallisch, and Carl Tausig.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Valery Gergiev ranks 105. Before him are Bobby Joe Long, James Remar, Sergei Ivanov, Kate Capshaw, Danny Elfman, and Manfred Kaltz. After him are Reinhard Marx, Nan Goldin, Madhav Kumar Nepal, Frances Conroy, William Petersen, and Đorđe Balašević.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Valery Gergiev ranks 629 out of 3,761. Before him are Tsarevna Catherine Ivanovna of Russia (1691), Jean Béraud (1849), Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia (1864), Vasily Degtyaryov (1880), Tode Mongke (1282), and Lilya Brik (1891). After him are Vasily Alekseyev (1942), Vladislav Volkov (1935), Nikolai Kuznetsov (1904), Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mikhailovna of Russia (1826), Pavel Axelrod (1850), and Lyubov Orlova (1902).

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Among MUSICIANS In Russia

Among musicians born in Russia, Valery Gergiev ranks 5. Before him are Alexander Glazunov (1865), Vladimir Ashkenazy (1937), Nikolai Rubinstein (1835), and Grigory Sokolov (1950). After him are Mikhail Pletnev (1957), Vladimir Sofronitsky (1901), Edgar Froese (1944), Maxim Shostakovich (1938), Maria Yudina (1899), Rudolf Barshai (1924), and Lev Oborin (1907).

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