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Eric Whitacre

1970 - Today

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Eric Edward Whitacre (born January 2, 1970) is an American composer, conductor, and speaker best known for his choral music. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Eric Whitacre is the 1,444th most popular composer (down from 1,427th in 2024), the 16,196th most popular biography from United States (down from 15,253rd in 2019) and the 147th most popular American Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Eric Whitacre ranks 1,444 out of 1,451. Before him are Ēriks Ešenvalds, Marcus Paus, Christopher Tin, Rupert Gregson-Williams, Osvaldo Golijov, and Rebecca Saunders. After him are Anu Malik, Bombay Jayashri, Mark-Anthony Turnage, Benjamin Wallfisch, Anirudh Ravichander, and Steven Price.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Eric Whitacre ranks 846. Before him are Silvia Poll, Constance Zimmer, Chris Kattan, David Saint-Jacques, Jennifer Westfeldt, and Alister McRae. After him are Giovanni Pellielo, Helen Baxendale, Lauri Aus, Fadwa Souleimane, Jens Fiedler, and Ken Ishii.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eric Whitacre ranks 16,203 out of 20,380. Before him are Dominic Fumusa (1969), Angela Williams (1980), Beverley Mitchell (1981), Michelle Maylene (1987), Darren Criss (1987), and Logan Sargeant (2000). After him are Laura Lippman (1959), Ryan Crouser (1992), Kenny Monday (1961), Necro (1976), Don Chaney (1946), and Kevin Asano (1963).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Eric Whitacre ranks 147. Before him are Meredith Willson (1902), Jeremy Soule (1975), Justin Hurwitz (1985), Marc Shaiman (1959), Rhys Chatham (1952), and Christopher Tin (1976). After him are Trevor Dunn (1968), Nicholas Britell (1980), Dustin O'Halloran (1971), Oneohtrix Point Never (1982), Caroline Shaw (1982), and Rob Simonsen (1978).

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