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Pierre Boulez

1925 - 2016

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Pierre Boulez (Montbrison, Loire, 26 de março de 1925 — Baden Baden, 5 de janeiro de 2016) foi um maestro, pedagogo musical, ensaísta e compositor francês de música erudita. Foi uma personalidade influente no cenário musical e intelectual francês contemporâneo. Leia mais na Wikipédia

His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2024). Pierre Boulez is the 95th most popular compositor (up from 153rd in 2024), the 364th most popular biography from France (up from 716th in 2019) and the 16th most popular French Compositor.

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 Compositors

Among compositors, 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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Contemporaries

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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In France

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 Compositors In France

Among compositors 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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