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Luciano Berio

1925 - 2003

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Luciano Berio (24 October 1925 – 27 May 2003) was an Italian composer noted for his experimental work (in particular his 1968 composition Sinfonia and his series of virtuosic solo pieces titled Sequenza), and for his pioneering work in electronic music. His early work was influenced by Igor Stravinsky and experiments with serial and electronic techniques, while his later works explore indeterminacy and the use of spoken texts as the basic material for composition. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Luciano Berio is the 174th most popular composer (up from 178th in 2019), the 845th most popular biography from Italy (up from 866th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Italian Composer.

Luciano Berio is most famous for his experimental compositions.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Luciano Berio ranks 174 out of 1,451. Before him are Hugo Wolf, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Gian Carlo Menotti, Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, and Michel Legrand. After him are Henri Vieuxtemps, Max Reger, Giuseppe Torelli, Francesco Cavalli, Siegfried Wagner, and Gustav Holst.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Luciano Berio ranks 47. Before him are Bert Hellinger, Ernst Happel, Rod Steiger, Jacques Delors, Gabriele Amorth, and Roy J. Glauber. After him are Dick Van Dyke, Anastasio Somoza Debayle, William F. Buckley Jr., George Kennedy, Robert Altman, and Leo Esaki. Among people deceased in 2003, Luciano Berio ranks 28. Before him are Leopoldo Galtieri, Gianni Agnelli, Frank Sheeran, Walt Whitman Rostow, Robert Palmer, and Robert Kardashian. After him are Soong Mei-ling, Maurice Blanchot, Otto Günsche, Mario Beccaria, Lee Yoo-hyung, and Gertrude Ederle.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Luciano Berio ranks 845 out of 5,161. Before him are Bartolommeo Bandinelli (1488), Andrea Pozzo (1642), François Grimaldi (1201), Federico da Montefeltro (1422), Rocco Siffredi (1964), and Marcus Atilius Regulus (-299). After him are Lorenzo Lotto (1480), Giovanna of Italy (1907), Vannozza dei Cattanei (1442), Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta (1900), Ettore Majorana (1906), and Lucius Cornelius Cinna (-135).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Luciano Berio ranks 33. Before him are Giovanni Gabrieli (1557), Giovanni Paisiello (1740), Nicola Porpora (1686), Gregorio Allegri (1582), Ottorino Respighi (1879), and Gian Carlo Menotti (1911). After him are Giuseppe Torelli (1658), Francesco Cavalli (1602), Baldassare Galuppi (1706), Vincenzo Galilei (1520), Ferruccio Busoni (1866), and Amilcare Ponchielli (1834).

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