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Benjamin Britten

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

Opera Modern Chamber English

8.68 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

8.42 Great

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Howard Shore

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

Music Opera Contemporary Canadian

8.22 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

8.19 Great

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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

8.18 Great

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Thomas Adès

Thomas Adès is a British composer, pianist, and conductor whose works integrate traditional classical forms with highly...

Music Opera Contemporary Orchestral

7.92 Good

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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

7.82 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

7.82 Good

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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

7.72 Good

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Bright Sheng

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

Music Opera Contemporary Orchestral

7.32 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

7.18 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

7.13 Good

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Jörg Widmann

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

German Opera Contemporary Chamber

6.81 Fair

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Chen Yi

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

Music Contemporary Orchestral Chamber

6.62 Fair

15

Aulis Sallinen

Aulis Sallinen (born 1935) is a Finnish composer whose catalogue includes seven operas, eight symphonies, concertos, cha...

Symphony Opera Contemporary Chamber

6.26 Fair

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Pawel Mykietyn

Paweł Mykietyn is a Polish composer of contemporary classical music. His output includes chamber music, orchestral works...

Opera Polish Contemporary Film

5.84 Mediocre

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Luca Francesconi

Luca Francesconi is an Italian composer of contemporary classical music, born in Milan in 1956. He studied with Azio Cor...

Music Opera Italian Contemporary

5.38 Mediocre

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Beat Furrer

Beat Furrer is a Swiss-Austrian composer known for contemporary music that explores complex textures, spatial placement,...

Austrian Opera Complex Contemporary

5.34 Mediocre

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Du Yun

Du Yun is a composer and multidisciplinary artist born in China and based in the United States. Her work includes opera,...

Opera Contemporary Multimedia Chinese American

5.20 Mediocre

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David T. Little

David T. Little is an American contemporary composer whose work includes opera, chamber music, and music that draws on r...

Opera American Contemporary Chamber

4.92 Poor