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Alberto Iglesias

1955 - Today

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Alberto Iglesias Fernández-Berridi (born 21 October 1955) is a Spanish composer. He was first noticed as a score composer for Spanish films, mostly from Pedro Almodóvar and Julio Medem. His career became more international with time and he eventually started to work also in Hollywood. Since then, he has been nominated four times for an Academy Award for his work in the films The Constant Gardener (2005), The Kite Runner (2007), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), and Parallel Mothers (2021). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alberto Iglesias is the 721st most popular composer (up from 857th in 2019), the 917th most popular biography from Spain (up from 1,074th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Spanish Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Alberto Iglesias ranks 721 out of 1,451Before him are Eduard Tubin, Adalbert Gyrowetz, Josef Bohuslav Foerster, Diego Ortiz, Václav Tomášek, and Nannette Streicher. After him are Anton Schindler, Giaches de Wert, Mieczysław Karłowicz, Bartolomeo Tromboncino, Otakar Ševčík, and Johann Gottlieb Goldberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Alberto Iglesias ranks 162Before him are Mika Kaurismäki, Vladimir Petrović, Andy Gray, Mariya Takeuchi, Sherif Ismail, and Kelsey Grammer. After him are Rolf Lassgård, Howard Jones, Alan Sokal, Vladimir Sorokin, Alberto Tarantini, and Edwin Moses.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Alberto Iglesias ranks 917 out of 3,355Before him are Kepa Arrizabalaga (1994), Francisco Ayala (1906), Diego Ortiz (1510), Margaret of Prades (1395), Jehuda Cresques (1350), and Berengar the Wise (790). After him are Lucas Vázquez (1991), Pilar Bardem (1939), Míchel Salgado (1975), Francisco Manuel Blanco (1778), Luis García Berlanga (1921), and Jaume Huguet (1412).

Among COMPOSERS In Spain

Among composers born in Spain, Alberto Iglesias ranks 22Before him are Felip Pedrell (1841), Francisco Guerrero (1528), Alonso Mudarra (1510), Xavier Cugat (1900), Juan Bautista Cabanilles (1644), and Diego Ortiz (1510). After him are Gaspar Cassadó (1897), Luis de Narváez (1500), Robert Gerhard (1896), Xavier Montsalvatge (1912), Federico Moreno Torroba (1891), and Luis de Pablo (1930).