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Karl Jenkins

1944 - Today

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Sir Karl William Pamp Jenkins, , HonFLSW (born 17 February 1944) is a Welsh multi-instrumentalist and composer. His best known works include the song "Adiemus" (1995, from the Adiemus album series), Palladio (1995), The Armed Man (2000), his Requiem (2005) and his Stabat Mater (2008). Jenkins was educated in music at Cardiff University and the Royal Academy of Music, and he is a fellow and an associate of the latter. He joined the jazz-rock band Soft Machine in 1972 and became the group's lead songwriter in 1974. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karl Jenkins is the 269th most popular musician (down from 259th in 2019), the 1,091st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 929th in 2019) and the 63rd most popular British Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Karl Jenkins ranks 269 out of 3,175. Before him are Slash, Keith Moon, Pete Townshend, Lalo Schifrin, Dinu Lipatti, and Jacqueline du Pré. After him are Randy Jackson, Luigi Tenco, Consuelo Velázquez, Eddie Clarke, Abdel Halim Hafez, and Leopold Auer.

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Among people born in 1944, Karl Jenkins ranks 112. Before him are Hugo Gatti, Andris Bērziņš, Kim Yong-il, John Atta Mills, Roger Scruton, and Masanobu Izumi. After him are Gianni Morandi, Nana Akufo-Addo, Tahar Ben Jelloun, Coluche, Keith Emerson, and Max Romeo.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Karl Jenkins ranks 1,091 out of 8,785. Before him are Alasdair MacIntyre (1929), Edward Burne-Jones (1833), Joseph Banks (1743), Jacqueline du Pré (1945), Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (1506), and Sarah, Duchess of York (1959). After him are Rosamunde Pilcher (1924), Frank Lloyd (1886), Tom Hardy (1977), Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (1764), William Adelin (1103), and Thomas Wyatt the Younger (1521).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Karl Jenkins ranks 63. Before him are Alan Parsons (1948), John Cale (1942), Slash (1965), Keith Moon (1946), Pete Townshend (1945), and Jacqueline du Pré (1945). After him are Eddie Clarke (1950), Roy Harper (1941), Bill Wyman (1936), Phil Taylor (1954), Bob Klose (1945), and John Mayall (1933).

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