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Pierre Boulez

1925 - 2016

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Pierre Louis Joseph Boulez (French: [pjɛʁ lwi ʒozεf bulɛz]; 26 March 1925 – 5 January 2016) was a French composer, conductor and writer, and the founder of several musical institutions. He was one of the dominant figures of post-war contemporary classical music. Born in Montbrison, in the Loire department of France, the son of an engineer, Boulez studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with Olivier Messiaen, and privately with Andrée Vaurabourg and René Leibowitz. He began his professional career in the late 1940s as music director of the Renaud-Barrault theatre company in Paris. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre Boulez is the 95th most popular composer (up from 153rd in 2019), the 364th most popular biography from France (up from 716th in 2019) and the 16th most popular French Composer.

Pierre Boulez is a French composer and conductor who was one of the most influential composers of the 20th century. He is most famous for his work as a conductor, but he also composed many works for orchestra, chorus, and solo instruments.

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Among composers, Pierre Boulez ranks 95 out of 1,451. Before him are Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Olivier Messiaen, Carl Czerny, Nino Rota, John Cage, and Tomás Luis de Victoria. After him are Jacopo Peri, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Leonard Bernstein, Pietro Mascagni, Mikis Theodorakis, and Arvo Pärt.

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Among people born in 1925, Pierre Boulez ranks 20. Before him are Zygmunt Bauman, Albert Bandura, Jorge Rafael Videla, Tony Curtis, Giorgio Napolitano, and Sammy Davis Jr.. After him are Mikis Theodorakis, Bill Haley, Lee Van Cleef, Audie Murphy, Simon van der Meer, and Jack Lemmon. Among people deceased in 2016, Pierre Boulez ranks 19. Before him are Zaha Hadid, Imre Kertész, Islam Karimov, Dario Fo, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, and Cesare Maldini. After him are George Michael, Nancy Reagan, Andrzej Wajda, Carlos Alberto Torres, João Havelange, and Harper Lee.

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Among people born in France, Pierre Boulez ranks 364 out of 6,770. Before him are Louis Renault (1843), Baldwin I of Jerusalem (1058), Paul Ricœur (1913), Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin (1699), Luc Montagnier (1932), and Denis Papin (1647). After him are Antonin Artaud (1896), Diane de Poitiers (1499), Héloïse (1101), François Mauriac (1885), Henri Charrière (1906), and Napoléon Louis Bonaparte (1804).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Pierre Boulez ranks 16. Before him are Gabriel Fauré (1845), François Couperin (1668), Jules Massenet (1842), Josquin des Prez (1450), Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1645), and Olivier Messiaen (1908). After him are Francis Poulenc (1899), Arthur Honegger (1892), Léo Delibes (1836), Adolphe Adam (1803), Edgard Varèse (1883), and Maurice Jarre (1924).

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