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Hans Abrahamsen

1952 - Today

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Hans Abrahamsen (born 23 December 1952) is a Danish composer born in Kongens Lyngby near Copenhagen. His Let me tell you (2013), a song cycle for soprano and orchestra, was ranked by music critics at The Guardian as the finest work of the 21st-century. His opera The Snow Queen was commissioned and premiered by the Royal Danish Theatre in 2019. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hans Abrahamsen is the 1,367th most popular composer (up from 1,375th in 2019), the 666th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 678th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Danish Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Hans Abrahamsen ranks 1,367 out of 1,451. Before him are Kaoru Wada, Roy Harris, Eubie Blake, Christian Wolff, George Perle, and Samuel Adler. After him are Angus MacLise, John Stainer, Ray Noble, Fred Ebb, Vladimir Jurowski, and Stephen Warbeck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Hans Abrahamsen ranks 636. Before him are Akejan Kajegeldin, Rosa Díez, Elvira Saadi, Angelė Rupšienė, Hubert von Goisern, and Māra Zālīte. After him are Eusebio Acasuzo, Tatyana Goyshchik, John Hiatt, Marcella Detroit, Juice Newton, and Guillermo La Rosa.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Hans Abrahamsen ranks 666 out of 1,032. Before him are Bent Christensen Arensøe (1967), Iván García (null), Anja Andersen (1969), Bjørn Tidmand (1940), Lasse Schöne (1986), and Peter Gade (1976). After him are Caroline Wozniacki (1990), Reno Olsen (1947), Jes Høgh (1966), Gert Frank (1956), Yussuf Poulsen (1994), and Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen (1965).

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Among COMPOSERS In Denmark

Among composers born in Denmark, Hans Abrahamsen ranks 11. Before him are Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann (1805), Rued Langgaard (1893), Vagn Holmboe (1909), Peter Arnold Heise (1830), Emil Hartmann (1836), and Poul Ruders (1949). After him are Jesper Kyd (1972), and Frederik Magle (1977).

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