1952 - Today
Wolfgang Rihm (born 13 March 1952) is a German composer and academic teacher. He is musical director of the Institute of New Music and Media at the University of Music Karlsruhe and has been composer in residence at the Lucerne Festival and the Salzburg Festival. He was honoured as Officier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2001. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wolfgang Rihm has received more than 157,107 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Wolfgang Rihm is the 997th most popular composer (down from 942nd in 2019), the 3,590th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,410th in 2019) and the 149th most popular German Composer.
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Among composers, Wolfgang Rihm ranks 997 out of 1,216. Before him are Ahmet Adnan Saygun, Emil von Sauer, Paul Taffanel, John Rutter, Henri Pousseur, and Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse. After him are Emil Hartmann, Julius Reubke, Percy Grainger, Robert Gerhard, Mikael Tariverdiev, and Harald Sæverud.
1907 - 1991
HPI: 49.47
Rank: 991
1862 - 1942
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 992
1844 - 1908
HPI: 49.42
Rank: 993
1945 - Present
HPI: 49.42
Rank: 994
1929 - 2009
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 995
1774 - 1842
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 996
1952 - Present
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 997
1836 - 1898
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 998
1834 - 1858
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 999
1882 - 1961
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 1,000
1896 - 1970
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 1,001
1931 - 1996
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 1,002
1897 - 1992
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 1,003
Among people born in 1952, Wolfgang Rihm ranks 241. Before him are Mustafa Abdul Jalil, Luka Peruzović, Bruno Giacomelli, Mona Hatoum, Roseanne Barr, and Daniel Balavoine. After him are Adi Shamir, Gregory David Roberts, Shelley McNamara, Dominique Mamberti, Bora Đorđević, and Miyuki Nakajima.
1952 - Present
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 235
1952 - Present
HPI: 49.47
Rank: 236
1952 - Present
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 237
1952 - Present
HPI: 49.42
Rank: 238
1952 - Present
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 239
1952 - 1986
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 240
1952 - Present
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 241
1952 - Present
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 242
1952 - Present
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 243
1952 - Present
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 244
1952 - Present
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 245
1952 - Present
HPI: 49.30
Rank: 246
1952 - Present
HPI: 49.30
Rank: 247
Among people born in Germany, Wolfgang Rihm ranks 3,590 out of 6,142. Before him are Eduard August von Regel (1815), Horst Szymaniak (1934), Amelia of Nassau-Weilburg (1776), Princess Augusta of Saxe-Meiningen (1843), Johann Adolf II, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels (1685), and Dorothea of Anhalt-Zerbst (1607). After him are Fritz Buchloh (1909), Kurt Aland (1915), Albert Betz (1885), Jürgen Ehlers (1929), Carl Ludwig Koch (1778), and Erich Ollenhauer (1901).
1815 - 1892
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 3,584
1934 - 2009
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 3,585
1776 - 1841
HPI: 49.37
Rank: 3,586
1843 - 1919
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 3,587
1685 - 1746
HPI: 49.35
Rank: 3,588
1607 - 1634
HPI: 49.35
Rank: 3,589
1952 - Present
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 3,590
1909 - 1998
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 3,591
1915 - 1994
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 3,592
1885 - 1968
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 3,593
1929 - 2008
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 3,594
1778 - 1857
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 3,595
1901 - 1963
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 3,596
Among composers born in Germany, Wolfgang Rihm ranks 149. Before him are Walter Braunfels (1882), Friedrich Silcher (1789), Johann Adolf Scheibe (1708), Friedrich Gernsheim (1839), Emil von Sauer (1862), and Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse (1774). After him are Julius Reubke (1834), Hugo Distler (1908), Johann Theile (1646), Adolf Bernhard Marx (1795), Gustav Lange (1830), and Julius Rietz (1812).
1882 - 1954
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 143
1789 - 1860
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 144
1708 - 1776
HPI: 49.55
Rank: 145
1839 - 1916
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 146
1862 - 1942
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 147
1774 - 1842
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 148
1952 - Present
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 149
1834 - 1858
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 150
1908 - 1942
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 151
1646 - 1724
HPI: 49.14
Rank: 152
1795 - 1866
HPI: 48.87
Rank: 153
1830 - 1889
HPI: 48.65
Rank: 154
1812 - 1877
HPI: 48.48
Rank: 155