COMPOSER

Ola Gjeilo

1978 - Today

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Ola Gjeilo ( YAY-loh, Norwegian: [ˈûːlɑ ˈjæ̀ɪlʊ]; born May 5, 1978) is a Norwegian composer and pianist, living in the United States.He writes choral music, and has written for piano and wind symphony, publishing through Walton Music, Edition Peters, and Boosey and Hawkes. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ola Gjeilo has received more than 286,637 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Ola Gjeilo is the 1,423rd most popular composer (down from 1,334th in 2019), the 673rd most popular biography from Norway (down from 599th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Norwegian Composer.

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  • 290k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 36.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ola Gjeilos by language

Over the past year Ola Gjeilo has had the most page views in the with 35,613 views, followed by German (9,777), and French (5,849). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (83.17%), Ukrainian (39.01%), and Finnish (22.93%)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Ola Gjeilo ranks 1,423 out of 1,451. Before him are Randall Thompson, Elisabeth Lutyens, Malcolm Williamson, Brett Dean, Ēriks Ešenvalds, and Masashi Hamauzu. After him are Frederik Magle, Shoji Meguro, Rupert Gregson-Williams, Eric Whitacre, Judith Weir, and James MacMillan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Ola Gjeilo ranks 510. Before him are Kimberly Goss, Ruhollah Zam, Jermaine O'Neal, Javier Farinós, Pampita, and Nick Kroll. After him are Linsey Dawn McKenzie, Sohyang, Márcio Rodrigues, Davit Kezerashvili, Nicola Ventola, and Pantelis Kafes.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Ola Gjeilo ranks 673 out of 1,039. Before him are Magnus Moan (1983), Tor Endresen (1959), Jon Rønningen (1962), Marit Larsen (1983), Roar Ljøkelsøy (1976), and André Øvredal (1973). After him are Hans Petter Buraas (1975), Gro Hammerseng-Edin (1980), Knut Tore Apeland (1968), Alexander Os (1980), Mohammed Abdellaoue (1985), and Camilla Herrem (1986).

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Among COMPOSERS In Norway

Among composers born in Norway, Ola Gjeilo ranks 14. Before him are Halfdan Kjerulf (1815), Fartein Valen (1887), Geirr Tveitt (1908), Klaus Egge (1906), Arne Nordheim (1931), and Thomas Bergersen (1980). After him are Marcus Paus (1979).

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