COMPOSER

Heinz Holliger

1939 - Today

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Heinz Robert Holliger (born 21 May 1939) is a Swiss composer, virtuoso oboist, and conductor. Celebrated for his versatility and technique, Holliger is among the most prominent oboists of his generation. His repertoire includes Baroque and Classical pieces, but he has regularly engaged in lesser known pieces of Romantic music, as well as his own compositions. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Heinz Holliger has received more than 146,748 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Heinz Holliger is the 655th most popular composer (down from 649th in 2019), the 252nd most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 238th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Swiss Composer.

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  • 150k

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  • 60.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Heinz Holliger ranks 655 out of 1,451. Before him are Francesco Provenzale, Boris Blacher, Ferdinand Hérold, Alexander Gretchaninov, Charles Lecocq, and Sergei Bortkiewicz. After him are Péter Eötvös, Sun Ra, Anton Schindler, Pietro Filippo Scarlatti, Oskar Merikanto, and Johann Friedrich Agricola.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Heinz Holliger ranks 178. Before him are Alfredo Palacio, Russell Means, Judy Chicago, Boris Kolker, Telesphore Toppo, and R. Budd Dwyer. After him are Czesław Niemen, Romualdo Arppi Filho, Pilar Bardem, Susannah York, Peppino di Capri, and Marlena Shaw.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Heinz Holliger ranks 252 out of 1,015. Before him are Vincent Perez (1964), Jeremias Gotthelf (1797), Rudolf Wolf (1816), Matilda of Habsburg (1253), Johann Peter Hebel (1760), and Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke (1861). After him are Marcel Koller (1960), Gustave Moynier (1826), Ferdinand Kübler (1919), R. Norris Williams (1891), Giovanni Giacometti (1868), and Yann Sommer (1988).

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Among COMPOSERS In Switzerland

Among composers born in Switzerland, Heinz Holliger ranks 9. Before him are Frank Martin (1890), Ernest Bloch (1880), Ernest Ansermet (1883), Grock (1880), Joachim Raff (1822), and Pancho Vladigerov (1899). After him are Heinrich Sutermeister (1910), Ludwig Senfl (1486), Louis Niedermeyer (1802), Klaus Huber (1924), Othmar Schoeck (1886), and Gottfried von Einem (1918).

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