swap_horiz Marco Stroppa Alternatives

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Ennio Morricone

Ennio Morricone was a highly influential Italian composer renowned for his distinctive orchestral scores. He primarily w...

Italian Contemporary Film Orchestral

8.9 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

8.9 Great

3

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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Ryuichi Sakamoto

Ryuichi Sakamoto is a highly influential Japanese composer known for his diverse work across film scores, ambient music,...

Contemporary Electronic Japanese Film

8.3 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...

Opera Contemporary Orchestral Chamber

7.8 Good

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Hans Zimmer

Hans Zimmer is a German film score composer and the head of the film music production company Remote Control Productions...

German Contemporary Electronic Film

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...

French Contemporary Film Orchestral

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...

Contemporary Orchestral Chamber Ukrainian

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...

French Contemporary Orchestral Chamber

7.7 Good

14

Wolfgang Rihm

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

German Contemporary Expressionist Orchestral

7.6 Good

15

Giya Kancheli

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

Contemporary Orchestral Chamber Spiritual

7.6 Good

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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

7.2 Good

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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

6.6 Fair

18

Luca Francesconi

Italian composer Luca Francesconi is prominent in contemporary classical music, recognized for his complex orchestral wo...

Opera Italian Contemporary Orchestral

5.9 Mediocre

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Beat Furrer

Swiss-Austrian composer Beat Furrer is highly regarded for his spatial approach to sound and his opera *FAMA* (2005), se...

Austrian Opera Complex Contemporary

5.8 Mediocre

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Enno Poppe

German composer Enno Poppe is notable for his intricate electronic and instrumental music, directing the Berlin ensemble...

German Complex Contemporary Chamber

4.9 Poor