swap_horiz Poul Ruders 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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Georges Bizet

French Romantic composer Georges Bizet (1838–1875) is best known for his final opera, Carmen, which became one of the mo...

Romantic Opera French Orchestral

8.6 Great

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Howard Shore

Howard Shore is a prominent composer recognized primarily for his extensive orchestral scores, notably including the cri...

Opera Contemporary Canadian Film

8.2 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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Thomas Adès

British composer (born 1971) known for operas such as The Tempest (2004) and his virtuosic orchestral and chamber writin...

Opera Contemporary Orchestral Piano

7.9 Good

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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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Unsuk Chin

South Korean composer (born 1961) whose acclaimed works include the opera Alice in Wonderland (2007) and Akrostichon-Wor...

Korean Opera Contemporary Modernist

7.7 Good

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Alexis Emmanuel Chabrier

Emmanuel Chabrier was a 19th-century French composer whose vibrant orchestration and harmonic innovations influenced lat...

Romantic Opera French Orchestral

7.7 Good

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Per Nørgård

Per Nørgård was a leading Danish composer who developed the infinity series compositional technique, first applied in hi...

Opera Danish Contemporary Orchestral

7.6 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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Bright Sheng

Chinese-American composer (born 1955) who blends Chinese and Western traditions in works like the opera Dream of the Red...

Opera Contemporary Orchestral Cross Cultural

7.3 Good

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Mark-Anthony Turnage

Born in 1960, British composer Mark-Anthony Turnage is recognized for his jazz-infused contemporary operas, most notably...

Opera Contemporary Orchestral British

7.2 Good

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Rodion Shchedrin

Rodion Shchedrin is a prominent Russian composer known for blending traditional Russian folk elements with modernist tec...

Opera Russian Ballet Contemporary

7.2 Good

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Judith Weir

Born in 1954, British composer Judith Weir made history as the first woman appointed Master of the King's Music, recogni...

Opera Contemporary Orchestral British

7.1 Good

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Emmanuel Chabrier

French composer Emmanuel Chabrier (1841–1894) is noted for his orchestral rhapsody España and his significant stylistic...

Romantic Opera French Orchestral

6.9 Fair

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Nico Muhly

Nico Muhly is an American contemporary classical composer known for his versatile output, including chamber operas and p...

Opera American Contemporary Orchestral

6.4 Fair

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Kevin Puts

American composer Kevin Puts won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Music for his acclaimed debut opera *Silent Night*, notable...

Opera American Contemporary Orchestral

6.2 Fair

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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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Paola Prestini

Mexican-American composer Paola Prestini is a founder of the multimedia arts venue National Sawdust, recognized for her...

Opera American Contemporary Multimedia

4.9 Poor