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György Kurtág

György Kurtág is a prominent contemporary composer born in 1926. He creates highly structured, short musical pieces ofte...

Hungarian Contemporary Chamber Miniaturist

8.42 Great

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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

8.19 Great

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George Benjamin

George Benjamin is a British composer and conductor born in 1960. He studied composition with Olivier Messiaen and Alexa...

Music Opera Contemporary Orchestral

7.82 Good

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Alexandre Desplat

Alexandre Desplat is a French film composer born in Paris in 1961. He has composed music for over 100 films and received...

Music French Contemporary Film

7.82 Good

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Caroline Shaw

Caroline Shaw is an American composer, singer, and violinist awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2013 for her a capp...

American Contemporary Vocal Chamber

7.82 Good

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Valentin Silvestrov

Valentin Silvestrov, born in 1937, is a Ukrainian composer recognized for his post-minimalist, lyrical, and atmospheric...

Music Contemporary Orchestral Chamber

7.72 Good

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Michael Giacchino

Michael Giacchino is an American composer of film, television, and video game music. He is known for his frequent collab...

Music Television American Contemporary

7.72 Good

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Gérard Grisey

Gérard Grisey (1946–1998) was a French composer and a founding figure of the spectral music movement. Spectral music use...

Music French Contemporary Orchestral

7.72 Good

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Einojuhani Rautavaara

Einojuhani Rautavaara was a highly productive Finnish composer of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. His extensive...

Symphony Romantic Contemporary Mystical

7.68 Good

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Magnus Lindberg

Magnus Lindberg (born 1958) is a Finnish composer recognized for his vivid orchestration and intricate, dense musical te...

Music Contemporary Modernist Orchestral

7.62 Good

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Wolfgang Rihm

Wolfgang Rihm (1952–2024) was a German composer renowned for his extraordinary productivity and highly expressive, often...

Music German Contemporary Expressionist

7.62 Good

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Giya Kancheli

Giya Kancheli (1935–2019) was a Georgian composer recognized for his atmospheric and spiritually intense orchestral and...

Music Contemporary Orchestral Chamber

7.62 Good

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Missy Mazzoli

Missy Mazzoli is an American composer recognized for her contributions to contemporary classical music, particularly in...

Opera American Contemporary Accessible

7.18 Good

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Jennifer Higdon

Jennifer Higdon is an American composer of contemporary classical music whose catalog includes orchestral, chamber, chor...

Music American Contemporary Accessible

6.85 Fair

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George Walker

George Walker was an American composer and pianist whose music includes orchestral, chamber, vocal, and solo piano works...

Music American Contemporary Orchestral

6.81 Fair

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Joan Tower

Joan Tower, born in 1938, is an American composer whose catalog includes orchestral, chamber, piano, and wind-band music...

Music American Contemporary Orchestral

6.67 Fair

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Salvatore Sciarrino

Salvatore Sciarrino is an Italian composer born in 1947 whose music is associated with very soft dynamics, sparse textur...

Italian Contemporary Quiet Chamber

6.62 Fair

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Charles Wuorinen

Charles Wuorinen was an American composer, conductor, and pianist who lived from 1938 to 2020. His music often uses seri...

Complex American Contemporary Serial

6.03 Fair

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Augusta Read Thomas

Augusta Read Thomas is an American composer whose catalogue includes orchestral, chamber, vocal, and instrumental music....

Music American Contemporary Lyrical

5.75 Mediocre

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David T. Little

David T. Little is an American contemporary composer whose work includes opera, chamber music, and music that draws on r...

Opera American Contemporary Chamber

4.92 Poor