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Olga Neuwirth

1968 - Today

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Olga Neuwirth (Austrian German: [ˈɔlɡa ˈnɔʏvɪrt]; born 4 August 1968) is an Austrian contemporary classical composer, visual artist and author. She is famed especially for her operas and music theater works, many of which have treated sociopolitical themes. She has emphasized an open-ended, interdisciplinary approach in her work, collaborating frequently with Elfriede Jelinek, exploiting live electronics, and incorporating video. In her opera Lost Highway, she adapted David Lynch's surrealist film with the same name. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Olga Neuwirth is the 1,379th most popular composer (up from 1,385th in 2019), the 1,100th most popular biography from Austria (up from 1,105th in 2019) and the 64th most popular Austrian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Olga Neuwirth ranks 1,379 out of 1,451. Before her are Stephen Warbeck, Lennox Berkeley, Thomas Adès, Raymond Scott, Alexander Goehr, and Oliver Knussen. After her are Arne Nordheim, George Whitefield Chadwick, David Newman, Alan Bush, Peter Sculthorpe, and George Butterworth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Olga Neuwirth ranks 450. Before her are Hisashi Kurosaki, C. J. Hunter, Shin-ichiro Miki, Donna D'Errico, S. J. Suryah, and Li Bun-hui. After her are Maurizio Ganz, Antonio Tarver, Sami Trabelsi, Eric Van Meir, Nikolaos Kaklamanakis, and Fernando León de Aranoa.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Olga Neuwirth ranks 1,100 out of 1,424. Before her are Peter Kern (1949), Stephan Eberharter (1969), Ursula Plassnik (1956), Gregor Schlierenzauer (1990), Simon Eder (1983), and Armin Kogler (1959). After her are Anita Wachter (1967), Angelika Amon (1967), Peter Pacult (1959), Konrad Laimer (1997), Wilfried (1950), and Thomas Morgenstern (1986).

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Among COMPOSERS In Austria

Among composers born in Austria, Olga Neuwirth ranks 64. Before her are Joseph Hellmesberger Sr. (1828), Siegmund von Hausegger (1872), Hans Gál (1890), Johann Nepomuk David (1895), Georg Friedrich Haas (1953), and Harald Kloser (1956).

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