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Klaus Huber

1924 - 2017

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Klaus Huber (30 November 1924 – 2 October 2017) was a Swiss composer and academic based in Basel and Freiburg. Among his students were Brian Ferneyhough, Michael Jarrell, Younghi Pagh-Paan, Toshio Hosokawa, Wolfgang Rihm, and Kaija Saariaho. He received the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize in 2009, among other awards. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Klaus Huber is the 903rd most popular composer (down from 895th in 2019), the 356th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 351st in 2019) and the 15th most popular Swiss Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Klaus Huber ranks 903 out of 1,451. Before him are André Gedalge, Édouard Colonne, Werner Egk, Helmut Walcha, Petrus de Cruce, and Paul Dessau. After him are Vissarion Shebalin, Gérard Grisey, Heinrich Albert, Déodat de Séverac, Leo Fall, and Claudin de Sermisy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Klaus Huber ranks 235. Before him are Eduardo Paolozzi, Juan Carlos González, Max Roach, Jean-François Revel, Budge Patty, and John Hansen. After him are Luděk Pachman, Erik Balling, György Lázár, Maurice Karnaugh, Jean Laplanche, and Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock. Among people deceased in 2017, Klaus Huber ranks 239. Before him are Kim Jong-hyun, Stanisław Skrowaczewski, Jiří Bělohlávek, Mervyn Rose, Michael Ballhaus, and Márta Rudas. After him are Gregg Allman, Al Lawrence, Svend Asmussen, Marita Lindahl, Feliciano Rivilla, and Max Gallo.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Klaus Huber ranks 356 out of 1,015. Before him are Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure (1829), Alfred Newton (1829), Salomon Gessner (1730), Jakob Dubs (1822), René Burri (1933), and Orgetorix (null). After him are Henri Colpi (1921), Jacques-Louis Soret (1827), Albert Heim (1849), Philippe Jaccottet (1925), Theodore Bibliander (1500), and Hans Erni (1909).

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Among COMPOSERS In Switzerland

Among composers born in Switzerland, Klaus Huber ranks 15. Before him are Ludwig Senfl (1486), Heinz Holliger (1939), Heinrich Sutermeister (1910), Gottfried von Einem (1918), Louis Niedermeyer (1802), and Othmar Schoeck (1886). After him are Hans Huber (1852).

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