# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-hillier
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:46:31.372Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-hillier"
name: "Paul Hillier"
slug: "paul-hillier"
description: "Paul Douglas Hillier OBE is an English conductor, music director and baritone. He specializes in both early and contemporary classical music, especially that by composers Steve Reich and Arvo Pärt. He was a co-founder of the Hilliard Ensemble as well Theatre of Voices, and directed the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir for many years. He has been Chief Conductor of Ars Nova (Copenhagen) (2003-2023), and Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of Chamber Choir Ireland since 2008."
tagline: "British singer and director (born 1949)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paul_Hillier.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1949-02-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             9.512195121951219
  historical:           11.213716
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/5pECl3lGqlL7VfZXxrkAlF"
    handle:    "5pECl3lGqlL7VfZXxrkAlF"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.paulhillier.net/"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Hillier"
    title: "Paul Hillier"
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    title: "بول هيلير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Hillier"
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  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Hillier"
    title: "Paul Hillier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Hillier"
    title: "Paul Hillier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Hillier"
    title: "Paul Hillier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Hillier"
    title: "Paul Hillier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Hillier"
    title: "Paul Hillier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Hillier"
    title: "Paul Hillier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Hillier"
    title: "Paul Hillier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Hillier"
    title: "Paul Hillier"
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  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Hillier"
    title: "Paul Hillier"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump