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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, singer, and violinist awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2013 for her a capp...

American Contemporary Vocal Chamber

8.5 Great

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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

8.4 Great

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Sofia Gubaidulina

Sofia Gubaidulina is a prominent Russian composer known for her distinctive and challenging orchestral works. Her music...

Music Russian Contemporary Avant Garde

8.2 Great

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George Crumb

George Crumb was an American contemporary composer recognized for his avant-garde style, atmospheric textures, and explo...

American Contemporary Chamber Mystical

8.0 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

7.8 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

7.8 Good

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Osvaldo Golijov

Osvaldo Golijov is an Argentine-born composer whose concert music draws on European classical practice, Jewish musical t...

Contemporary Vocal Chamber Cross Cultural

7.8 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

7.8 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

7.7 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

7.7 Good

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Hans Werner Henze

Hans Werner Henze (1926–2012) was a prolific German composer known for his vast output across orchestral, chamber, and t...

German Opera Modern Chamber

7.6 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

7.6 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

7.6 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

7.6 Good

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Kalevi Aho

Kalevi Aho is a Finnish composer whose catalog includes symphonies, concertos, operas, chamber music, and works for solo...

Symphony Contemporary Chamber Finnish

7.6 Good

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Morton Feldman

Morton Feldman was an American composer associated with the New York School alongside John Cage, Earle Brown, and Christ...

American Avant Garde Chamber Soft

7.5 Good

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Helmut Lachenmann

Helmut Lachenmann is a German composer associated with musique concrète instrumentale, his term for music that foregroun...

German Contemporary Avant Garde Chamber

7.5 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

7.5 Good

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Heinz Holliger

Heinz Holliger is a Swiss oboist, composer, and conductor born in Langenthal in 1939. He studied composition with Sándor...

Swiss Contemporary Avant Garde Chamber

6.8 Fair