swap_horiz Zhou Long Alternatives

1

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

2

Benjamin Britten

Benjamin Britten was a prominent 20th-century composer known primarily for his operas and choral works. His compositions...

Opera Modern Chamber English

8.7 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

4

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

5

Kaija Saariaho

Kaija Saariaho was a Finnish composer (1952–2023) celebrated for her innovative approach to opera and music. Her composi...

Opera Contemporary Electronics Spectral

8.2 Great

6

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

7

Charles Stanford

Charles Villiers Stanford was an Irish-born composer, conductor, and teacher who became an influential figure in British...

Romantic Opera Chamber Choral

8.2 Great

8

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

9

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

10

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

11

Tan Dun

Tan Dun is a Chinese-born contemporary composer and conductor whose works often bridge Western and Eastern musical tradi...

Opera Contemporary Film Chinese

7.7 Good

12

Jörg Widmann

Jörg Widmann is a German composer, clarinetist, and conductor born in 1973. His catalog includes orchestral, chamber, vo...

German Opera Contemporary Chamber

7.4 Good

13

Bright Sheng

Bright Sheng (born 1955) is a Chinese-American composer, conductor, and pianist who moved to the United States in 1982....

Opera Contemporary Orchestral Cross Cultural

7.3 Good

14

Chen Yi

Chen Yi is a Chinese-American composer born in 1953 whose music combines elements of Chinese musical traditions with tec...

Contemporary Orchestral Chamber Cross Cultural

7.2 Good

15

Aulis Sallinen

Aulis Sallinen is a leading Finnish contemporary composer celebrated for his operas and symphonies, notably the acclaime...

Symphony Opera Contemporary Chamber

6.8 Fair

16

Pawel Mykietyn

Polish composer Pawel Mykietyn is a prominent contemporary classical figure, recognized for his distinct use of microton...

Opera Polish Contemporary Film

6.4 Fair

17

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

18

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

19

Du Yun

Du Yun is a Chinese-born American composer and multidisciplinary artist who won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for her groundbr...

Opera Contemporary Multimedia Chinese American

5.7 Mediocre

20

David T. Little

American composer David T. Little is known for his genre-crossing contemporary works, particularly the heavy metal-influ...

Opera American Contemporary Chamber

5.4 Mediocre