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Alfred Garrievich Schnittke

Alfred Garrievich Schnittke was a significant Russian composer of the late 20th century. He is known for his innovative...

Symphony Russian Contemporary Chamber

8.9 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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György Kurtág

György Kurtág (b. 1926) is a Hungarian composer celebrated for his intensely concentrated miniatures and chamber works i...

Hungarian Contemporary Chamber Miniaturist

8.4 Great

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Einojuhani Rautavaara

Einojuhani Rautavaara was a prolific Finnish composer of the 20th century, best known for his 1972 orchestral work Cantu...

Symphony Romantic Contemporary Mystical

8.4 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 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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Alexandre Desplat

French composer who won Academy Awards for The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) and The Shape of Water (2017), among the most...

French Contemporary Film Orchestral

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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Valentin Silvestrov

Ukrainian composer (born 1937) known for his post-minimalist, lyrical metamusic and the song cycle Silent Songs (1974–19...

Contemporary Orchestral Chamber Ukrainian

7.7 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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Gérard Grisey

Gérard Grisey (1946–1998) was a French composer and founding figure of spectral music, which derives musical structure f...

French Contemporary Orchestral Chamber

7.7 Good

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Kalevi Aho

Kalevi Aho is a highly regarded Finnish composer known for his massive orchestral output, having composed over fifteen s...

Symphony Contemporary Chamber Finnish

7.6 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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George Walker

American composer George Walker was the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1996, notably for...

American Contemporary Orchestral Piano

7.4 Good

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Joan Tower

Born in 1938, American composer Joan Tower is widely recognized for her orchestral works, particularly her notable conce...

American Contemporary Orchestral Chamber

7.3 Good

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Salvatore Sciarrino

Italian composer Salvatore Sciarrino, born in 1947, is recognized for his unique musical aesthetic that emphasizes extre...

Italian Contemporary Quiet Chamber

7.2 Good

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Charles Wuorinen

Charles Wuorinen was a prolific American composer and Pulitzer Prize winner known for his complex, serialist composition...

Complex American Contemporary Serial

6.6 Fair

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Augusta Read Thomas

Augusta Read Thomas is an American composer known for her lyrical, vibrant orchestral works and her tenure as the Chicag...

American Contemporary Lyrical Orchestral

6.3 Fair

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David T. Little

American composer David T. Little is known for his genre-crossing contemporary works, particularly the heavy metal-influ...

Opera American Contemporary Chamber

5.4 Mediocre