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Vladimír Franz

1959 - Today

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Vladimír Franz (born 25 May 1959 in Prague, Czechoslovakia), is a Czech composer, painter, university scholar and occasional journalist, poet and playwright. Since mid-1980s he has composed stage music for more than 150 theatre performances—for many of them he was awarded national-level prizes—he has also composed a symphony, several operas, oratorios, a musical, ballet, as well as film music and music for documentaries and radio plays. His second main area of activities in the field of arts is represented by painting. Since 1991 he has been a lecturer at the Prague's Faculty of Theatre. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vladimír Franz is the 1,311th most popular composer (down from 1,292nd in 2019), the 753rd most popular biography from Czechia (down from 717th in 2019) and the 59th most popular Czech Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Vladimír Franz ranks 1,311 out of 1,451. Before him are Mychael Danna, Horatio Parker, Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi, Elza Ibrahimova, Walter Susskind, and Cemal Reşit Rey. After him are Mariano Mores, David Raksin, Harry Warren, Humphrey Searle, Thanos Mikroutsikos, and Christopher Young.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Vladimír Franz ranks 405. Before him are John Lauridsen, Susanna Clarke, Sylvia Hanika, Paula Yates, Brian Setzer, and Domiziana Giordano. After him are Michael Scott, Vagiz Khidiyatullin, Trond Sollied, Lene Hau, Jari Puikkonen, and Masataka Imai.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Vladimír Franz ranks 753 out of 1,200. Before him are Walter Susskind (1913), Jaromír Blažek (1972), Verner Lička (1954), Božena Srncová (1925), Vlastimil Petržela (1953), and Hugo Simon (1942). After him are Zdeňka Podkapová (1977), Jaroslav Šilhavý (1961), Josef Šroubek (1891), Pavel Ploc (1964), Antonín Kinský (1975), and Vítězslav Mácha (1948).

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Among COMPOSERS In Czechia

Among composers born in Czechia, Vladimír Franz ranks 59. Before him are Petr Eben (1929), František Škroup (1801), Rudolf Friml (1879), Wenzel Müller (1767), August Wilhelm Ambros (1816), and Walter Susskind (1913). After him are Karel Husa (1921).

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