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Henryk Mikołaj Górecki

Polish composer Henryk Mikołaj Górecki is celebrated for his spiritual minimalist style, famously achieving global comme...

Symphony Polish Contemporary Minimalist

8.7 Great

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Arvo Pärt

Arvo Pärt is an Estonian composer known for developing the “tintinnabuli” style. This minimalist approach utilizes simpl...

Contemporary Minimalist Sacred Estonian

8.6 Great

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Meredith Monk

Meredith Monk is a pioneering American composer and performer known for her groundbreaking work exploring the expressive...

Performance Minimalist Experimental Vocal

8.5 Great

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Steve Reich

Steve Reich was an American composer primarily recognized for his innovative use of minimalism and percussion. His compo...

American Minimalist Percussion Process

8.5 Great

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Caroline Shaw

Caroline Shaw is an American composer and singer who became the youngest recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 20...

American Contemporary Vocal Chamber

8.5 Great

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John Corigliano

John Corigliano is an acclaimed American composer of symphonic and film music who won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for his Sy...

Opera American Contemporary Film

8.1 Great

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William Bolcom

William Bolcom is an American composer and pianist who won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for his Twelve New Etudes for Piano a...

Opera American Contemporary Piano

8.1 Great

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George Crumb

George Crumb was an American avant-garde composer noted for his unusual timbres and extended techniques, winning the 196...

American Contemporary Chamber Mystical

8.0 Great

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Terry Riley

American composer (born 1935) whose 1964 work In C is a foundational landmark of the minimalist music movement.

American Minimalist Electronic Improvisation

7.9 Good

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Philip Glass

American composer (born 1937), one of minimalism's most prominent figures, known for operas such as Einstein on the Beac...

Opera American Minimalist Film

7.8 Good

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Missy Mazzoli

Missy Mazzoli is an American composer noted for her dramatic operas and was the first woman commissioned by the Metropol...

Opera American Contemporary Accessible

7.8 Good

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Michael Giacchino

American composer who won the Academy Award for Best Original Score for Pixar's Up (2009) and scored the Mission: Imposs...

Television American Contemporary Film

7.7 Good

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John Tavener

British composer (1944–2013) known for spiritually inspired works including The Protecting Veil (1987) and Song for Athe...

Contemporary Minimalist British Sacred

7.5 Good

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Danny Elfman

American composer known for his dark, quirky film scores, including Batman (1989) and Edward Scissorhands, often collabo...

American Contemporary TV Film

7.5 Good

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Jennifer Higdon

Jennifer Higdon is a prominent American composer of contemporary classical music who won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for her...

American Contemporary Accessible Orchestral

7.5 Good

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James MacMillan

Scottish composer (born 1959) whose works, including The Confession of Isobel Gowdie (1990), often reflect his Catholic...

Contemporary Orchestral Sacred Scottish

7.4 Good

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Andrew Norman

Andrew Norman is an American composer recognized for his complex, architecture-inspired orchestral works like his Pulitz...

Complex American Contemporary Innovative

7.4 Good

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Julia Wolfe

Julia Wolfe is an American composer and Bang on a Can co-founder whose Pulitzer Prize-winning oratorio Anthracite Fields...

American Contemporary Choral Downtown

7.0 Good

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Nico Muhly

Nico Muhly is an American contemporary classical composer known for his versatile output, including chamber operas and p...

Opera American Contemporary Orchestral

6.4 Fair

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Michael Gordon

Michael Gordon is an American composer and co-founder of the Bang on a Can collective, noted for his visceral, rhythmica...

American Contemporary Rock Influenced Downtown

5.6 Mediocre