When is Hector Berlioz's birthday?

Hector Berlioz's birthday is December 11. He was born on December 11, 1803 in La Côte-Saint-André, France.

How old was Hector Berlioz when he died?

Hector Berlioz died on March 8, 1869, aged 65.

Who shares a birthday with Hector Berlioz?

Famous people who share Hector Berlioz's December 11 birthday include Naguib Mahfouz, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Robert Koch, Max Born and John Kerry.

Music · Literature · 1803–1869

Hector Berlioz — Age, Birthday & Biography

Born: 11 December 1803 · Died: 8 March 1869 · Age: 65

French Romantic composer of the Symphonie fantastique and The Damnation of Faust, a pioneer of the modern orchestra

Did you know?He was originally sent to Paris to study medicine but abandoned his classes after being horrified by a dissecting room.

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Date of birth11 December 1803
Date of death8 March 1869
Age at death65
NationalityFrench
BirthplaceLa Côte-Saint-André, France
Occupationconductor, writer, autobiographer

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Hector Berlioz was Romanticism in sound. He was sent to Paris to study medicine but fled the dissecting room for music. His Symphonie fantastique tells the drug-fuelled story of an artist's obsessive love. He used huge orchestras and new instrumental colours. He was often more admired in Germany and Russia than in France. He also wrote sharp music criticism. His treatise on orchestration is still studied.

Key Milestones

1830: Symphonie fantastique – premiere
1830: Prix de Rome – wins
1837: Requiem – Grande Messe des morts
1844: Treatise on orchestration

Louis-Hector Berlioz (11 December 1803 – 8 March 1869) was a French Romantic composer, conductor and critic.

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Hector Berlioz: The Romantic Revolutionary

French composer, 1803–1869

Hector Berlioz was born in La Côte-Saint-André on 11 December 1803.

He studied at the Paris Conservatoire.

His Symphonie fantastique premiered in 1830.

His opera Les Troyens is his most ambitious work.

Career highlights

1830Symphonie fantastique: premiere
1830Prix de Rome: wins
1837Requiem: Grande Messe des morts
1844Treatise: on orchestration
1858Les Troyens: opera completed

Did you know?The Symphonie fantastique was inspired by his obsession with Irish actress Harriet Smithson, whom he later married.

Age at death: 65
Years since death: 157

Family

Father: Louis Berlioz
Spouse: Harriet Smithson
Child: Louis Berlioz

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When is Hector Berlioz's birthday?: Hector Berlioz's birthday is December 11. He was born on December 11, 1803 in La Côte-Saint-André, France.
How old was Hector Berlioz when he died?: Hector Berlioz died on March 8, 1869, aged 65.
Who shares a birthday with Hector Berlioz?: Famous people who share Hector Berlioz's December 11 birthday include Naguib Mahfouz, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Robert Koch, Max Born and John Kerry.

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