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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 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...

Russian Contemporary Avant Garde Experimental

8.2 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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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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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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Hans Werner Henze

German composer (1926–2012) known for his politically engaged operas and prolific output across orchestral and chamber g...

German Opera Modern Chamber

7.6 Good

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Magnus Lindberg

Finnish composer (born 1958) known for dense, complex orchestral works such as Kraft (1985) and his tenure with the New...

Contemporary Modernist Orchestral Chamber

7.6 Good

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Wolfgang Rihm

German composer (1952–2024), extraordinarily prolific, known for works like the opera Jakob Lenz and his expressive post...

German Contemporary Expressionist Orchestral

7.6 Good

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Giya Kancheli

Giya Kancheli (1935–2019) was a Georgian composer noted for his hauntingly atmospheric post-Soviet orchestral works and...

Contemporary Orchestral Chamber Spiritual

7.6 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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Morton Feldman

American composer (1926–1987) associated with the New York School, known for quiet, extended-duration works like For Phi...

American Avant Garde Chamber Soft

7.5 Good

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Helmut Lachenmann

German composer (born 1935) associated with musique concrète instrumentale, exploring unconventional sounds and extended...

German Contemporary Avant Garde Chamber

7.5 Good

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Frank Martin

Frank Martin (1890–1974) was a Swiss composer who synthesized twelve-tone technique with tonal harmony, producing operas...

Modern Swiss Chamber Oratorio

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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Heinz Holliger

Swiss oboist and composer Heinz Holliger is celebrated for expanding the modern oboe repertoire, including his notable w...

Swiss Contemporary Avant Garde Chamber

6.8 Fair