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Saariaho Kaija

Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho (1952-2023) was notable for her distinctive use of spectral music and electronics, notab...

Opera Contemporary Electronic Spectral

8.8 Great

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Kaija Saariaho

Finnish composer (1952–2023) known for spectralist-influenced works including the opera L'Amour de loin, premiered at Sa...

Opera Contemporary Electronics Spectral

8.2 Great

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Howard Shore

Howard Shore is a prominent composer recognized primarily for his extensive orchestral scores, notably including the cri...

Opera Contemporary Canadian Film

8.2 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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Thomas Adès

British composer (born 1971) known for operas such as The Tempest (2004) and his virtuosic orchestral and chamber writin...

Opera Contemporary Orchestral Piano

7.9 Good

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George Benjamin

British composer (born 1960) whose opera Written on Skin (2012) has been widely performed and acclaimed internationally.

Opera Contemporary Orchestral Chamber

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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Unsuk Chin

South Korean composer (born 1961) whose acclaimed works include the opera Alice in Wonderland (2007) and Akrostichon-Wor...

Korean Opera Contemporary Modernist

7.7 Good

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Tan Dun

Chinese-born composer (born 1957) known for scores including Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) and the opera The Fir...

Opera Contemporary Film Chinese

7.7 Good

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Per Nørgård

Per Nørgård was a leading Danish composer who developed the infinity series compositional technique, first applied in hi...

Opera Danish Contemporary Orchestral

7.6 Good

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Jörg Widmann

Born in 1973, German composer and clarinetist Jörg Widmann is recognized for his contemporary works, notably his Jagged...

German Opera Contemporary Chamber

7.4 Good

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Bright Sheng

Chinese-American composer (born 1955) who blends Chinese and Western traditions in works like the opera Dream of the Red...

Opera Contemporary Orchestral Cross Cultural

7.3 Good

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Georg Friedrich Haas

Austrian composer Georg Friedrich Haas is renowned for his microtonal music, particularly his large-scale orchestral wor...

Austrian Opera Contemporary Spectral

7.3 Good

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Mark-Anthony Turnage

Born in 1960, British composer Mark-Anthony Turnage is recognized for his jazz-infused contemporary operas, most notably...

Opera Contemporary Orchestral British

7.2 Good

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Chen Yi

Born in 1953, Chinese-American composer Chen Yi is recognized for her orchestral works that skillfully fuse traditional...

Contemporary Orchestral Chamber Cross Cultural

7.2 Good

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Rodion Shchedrin

Rodion Shchedrin is a prominent Russian composer known for blending traditional Russian folk elements with modernist tec...

Opera Russian Ballet Contemporary

7.2 Good

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Judith Weir

Born in 1954, British composer Judith Weir made history as the first woman appointed Master of the King's Music, recogni...

Opera Contemporary Orchestral British

7.1 Good

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Aulis Sallinen

Aulis Sallinen is a leading Finnish contemporary composer celebrated for his operas and symphonies, notably the acclaime...

Symphony Opera Contemporary Chamber

6.8 Fair

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Paola Prestini

Mexican-American composer Paola Prestini is a founder of the multimedia arts venue National Sawdust, recognized for her...

Opera American Contemporary Multimedia

4.9 Poor