Another top 11 poll! ;D In no particular order:
1. Aho
2. Broadstock
3. Salonen
4. Sallinen
5. Rautavaara
6. Adams
7. Vine
8. Kinsella
9. Rorem (when he dies-he is currently 90-he will be replaced with Kenneth Fuchs on my list)
10. Vasks
11. Lindberg
(would have included Dutilleux but he passed away earlier this year)
8)
Alphabetically:
John Adams
Lera Auerbach
Slawomir Czarnecki*
Avner Dorman
Gabriela Lena Frank
Philip Glass
Elena Kats-Chernin
Aaron Jay Kernis
Anders Koppel
Morten Lauridsen
Krzysztof Penderecki
*provisional inclusion based on hearing only one work under ten minutes long (it's that good (http://www.amazon.com/Back-Melody-Malecki/dp/B004P96WUY/))
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Kyle, I like many of the composers on your list (especially Aho, Sallinen, and Rautavaara, who might have displaced Kernis and/or Lauridsen from my list), but I don't know who Broadstock and Kinsella are, and I'm afraid I've never found something to like about Lindberg or Kenneth Fuchs. Wait... on second thought there was one Fuchs piece I enjoyed? Hrrm. Must research.
(I'm assuming we're talking living composers.)
Louis Andriessen
Georges Aperghis
Harrison Birtwistle
Unsuk Chin
Beat Furrer
Sofia Gubaidulina
György Kurtág
Helmut Lachenmann
Tristan Murail
Olga Neuwirth
Wolfgang Rihm
Here's a more-than-decent list of names, to help jog the memory:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_21st-century_classical_composers
--Bruce
Ligeti, Carter, Penderecki, Kurtag, Glass... need to listen to more.
Quote from: Brewski on October 15, 2013, 12:07:29 PM
(I'm assuming we're talking living composers.)
Louis Andriessen
Huzzah for
Louis!
Quote from: karlhenning on October 15, 2013, 12:10:03 PM
Huzzah for Louis!
He's a great one, for sure - just heard
Workers Union again last spring, by a ferociously talented group of young musicians.
--Bruce
And Hoketus, it just works, mate 8)
Quote from: karlhenning on October 15, 2013, 12:38:58 PM
And Hoketus, it just works, mate 8)
Yep, love that one, too.
--Bruce
Philip Glass
Paul Schoenfield
Zbigniew Preisner
Harrison Birtwistle
Steve Reich
Michael Nyman
David Lang
Michael Gordon
Charles Wuorinen*
Elena Kats-Chernin*
Krzysztof Penderecki*
*Composers who I have just come to know this past year, still have many of their works to discover but have really enjoyed what I've heard so far from them.
Quote from: Brian on October 15, 2013, 11:48:19 AM
Kyle, I like many of the composers on your list (especially Aho, Sallinen, and Rautavaara, who might have displaced Kernis and/or Lauridsen from my list), but I don't know who Broadstock and Kinsella are, and I'm afraid I've never found something to like about Lindberg or Kenneth Fuchs. Wait... on second thought there was one Fuchs piece I enjoyed? Hrrm. Must research.
I don't blame you for not being familiar with Broadstock or Kinsella, as they are shamefully neglected on disc and by the general public. Broadstock's five symphonies, available on the set linked to below, were amazing discoveries for me-deeply emotional and dramatic music with moments of heavenly beauty and volcanic power.
[asin]B00004YUB3[/asin]
Kinsella's music is more Nordic-sounding than Irish, betraying the influence of Sibelius above all. I would recommend the disc below, as it contains some atmospheric, compelling music:
[asin]B0000069JO[/asin]
As for Lindberg, I don't like his earlier avant-garde-ish works much at all; I much prefer his later, tonal works, which exhibit a mastery of orchestral color and textures. Fuchs' music may be too conservative for some tastes-his style wouldn't have raised any eyebrows in the 1940s-but I find it, with its appealing mixture of Coplandesque wide-open spaces, VW-like lyrical pastoralism and impressionism, to be very uplifting and enjoyable. Another contemporary American composer who writes in a similar vein as Fuchs is Arnold Rosner, who I could've easily included as well.
Quote from: Brewski on October 15, 2013, 12:07:29 PM
(I'm assuming we're talking living composers.)
Yes, we are!
Three composers who some are listing I'm not familiar with at all, I'll admit: Birtwistle, Kats-Chernin and Wuorinen. Any recording recommendations and/or descriptions of their style? I'd appreciate it. :)
Quote from: Brian on October 15, 2013, 11:48:19 AM
Aaron Jay Kernis
I could've included Kernis as well. His
Musica celestis (in both the string quartet and string orchestra versions) is heavenly, and I have also been deeply impressed with his urgently dramatic and moving Symphony no. 2 (inspired by the Persian Gulf War) and his haunting Cello Concerto
Colored Field.
Far too many came to mind off the top of my head so I'll limit it by style
New complexity - Evan Johnson
New simplicity - Michael Pisaro
Musique concrète instrumentale - Helmut Lachenmann
Musique concrète electronique - Beatriz Ferreyra (barely missed out due to not being "contemporary" any longer: Roland Kayn)
Postminimalism - John Luther Adams
Postspectralism - Tristan Murail
Postserialism - György Kurtág?
Postromanticism - actually, no one comes to mind off the top of my head, but perhaps Stucky, Salonen or Rzewski
Microtonality - Ben Johnston and/or Enno Poppe
Difficult to classify - Jo Kondo, Michael Finnissy, Chris Newman, Robert Ashley
Some composers who might have made it but missed out due to these criteria include Ferneyhough, Sciarrino, Richard Barrett and Jakob Ullmann. Some composers who I need to listen to more of before they'll get a place include Radigue, Hespos and Jürg Frey.
Doing the best I can (I need to explore more living and still breathing composer's music) ;D
In no particular order:
Penderecki
Henning
Gubaidulina
Estacio, John
Golijov
Aho
Adams
Kernis
Ades
Quote from: kyjo on October 15, 2013, 01:00:52 PM
Three composers who some are listing I'm not familiar with at all, I'll admit: Birtwistle, Kats-Chernin and Wuorinen. Any recording recommendations and/or descriptions of their style? I'd appreciate it. :)
Three
Wuorinen pieces I should recommend straight off:
the
Third Piano Concertothe
Mass for the Restoration of St Luke'sthe
String Sextet
Quote from: ChamberNut on October 15, 2013, 01:15:26 PM
Estacio, John
A new name to me; thanks for bringing him up! I only see one recording dedicated to his music available on Amazon (and it's out-of-print ::)), this intriguing-looking disc of his orchestral music:
[asin]B0006ZXGB4[/asin]
Do you have this CD or any other recordings of his music, Ray?
Quote from: karlhenning on October 15, 2013, 01:53:23 PM
Three Wuorinen pieces I should recommend straight off:
the Third Piano Concerto
the Mass for the Restoration of St Luke's
the String Sextet
Thanks
Karl, I see you wrote a favorable and helpful review on Amazon of the Nonesuch disc including the PC no. 3!
Quote from: James on October 15, 2013, 02:12:17 PM
Yes, I highly recommend Birtwistle's Secret Theatre .. top choice recording below ..
[asin]B001HADETG[/asin]
Thanks, James! I've been considering this two-disc set, which includes what is often considered Birtwistle's most exciting and accessible work, the
Earth Dances, among others:
[asin]B00005IA6D[/asin]
Any views on this one?
I can't get enough of this amazing work...
[asin]B0030BK8YE[/asin]
Quote from: kyjo on October 15, 2013, 02:00:24 PM
A new name to me; thanks for bringing him up! I only see one recording dedicated to his music available on Amazon (and it's out-of-print ::)), this intriguing-looking disc of his orchestral music:
[asin]B0006ZXGB4[/asin]
Do you have this CD or any other recordings of his music, Ray?
Sorry, I can't help you there, Kyle. :) My experience with Astacio's music has been all live performances with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. I don't have any CDs of his music.
The three works I have heard live, and I thought they were all great and very interesting pieces are:
Borealis, Spring's Promise, and Frenergy.
There is always You Tube! :)
Quote from: ChamberNut on October 15, 2013, 04:21:12 PM
Sorry, I can't help you there, Kyle. :) My experience with Astacio's music has been all live performances with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. I don't have any CDs of his music.
The three works I have heard live, and I thought they were all great and very interesting pieces are: Borealis, Spring's Promise, and Frenergy.
There is always You Tube! :)
That's okay, Ray. Are you familiar with the music of any other Canadian composers (I recall you discussing Eckhardt-Gramatte, though)? It appears that Canada hardly does anything to promote their music, which is quite sad (forgive me if I'm incorrect). The situation isn't much better in the US, though! :(
Quote from: kyjo on October 15, 2013, 05:10:57 PM
That's okay, Ray. Are you familiar with the music of any other Canadian composers (I recall you discussing Eckhardt-Gramatte, though)? It appears that Canada hardly does anything to promote their music, which is quite sad (forgive me if I'm incorrect). The situation isn't much better in the US, though! :(
Yes, my Canadian composer knowledge, is sad to say: quite limited.
Eckhardt-Gramatte is my absolute favourite, although she lived less than 1/2 her life in Canada. She really is a European composer.
One very fascinating piece, is by Quebec composer
Andre Mathieu (1929-1968), and his Piano Concerto No. 4 in E minor. I had the absolute thrill of hearing this work performed live by the WSO and pianist Alain Lefevre, who is a devoted champion to Mathieu's music and trying to resurrect his music. Has an almost Rachmaninovian flair and panache to it! Definitely check it out, or see if you can get sound samples of it.
It is available:
[asin]B001D7T352[/asin]
A popular Canadian composer is another Quebecois,
Claude Vivier (1948-1983), but I have not heard a single note of his music to date. :(
Quote from: ChamberNut on October 15, 2013, 05:37:51 PM
Yes, my Canadian composer knowledge, is sad to say: quite limited.
Eckhardt-Gramatte is my absolute favourite, although she lived less than 1/2 her life in Canada. She really is a European composer.
One very fascinating piece, is by Quebec composer Andre Mathieu (1929-1968), and his Piano Concerto No. 4 in E minor. I had the absolute thrill of hearing this work performed live by the WSO and pianist Alain Lefevre, who is a devoted champion to Mathieu's music and trying to resurrect his music. Has an almost Rachmaninovian flair and panache to it! Definitely check it out, or see if you can get sound samples of it.
It is available:
[asin]B001D7T352[/asin]
A popular Canadian composer is another Quebecois, Claude Vivier (1948-1983), but I have not heard a single note of his music to date. :(
I have that Mathieu CD and agree with you that it is excellent-the Rachmaninov influence in the PC is very appealing to my tastes. Mathieu's
Concerto de Quebec (also recorded by Lefevre) is another superb work in the Rachmaninovian vein. His tragic early death at age 39 was a great loss. :(
Quote from: James on October 15, 2013, 05:31:40 PM
A friendly suggestion would be to really seriously challenge yourself & explore the best of the 2nd half of the 20th century, most of which is contemporaneous with our time and of the modern zeitgeist; it will stretch your ears, open your mind, feed you knowledge .. and provide both a fuller context and insight into what today's younger composers might be about, plus give you a reference to compare & contrast.
Hate to break the bad news to you, James, but I don't care much at all for many of the composers you favor; Stockhausen, Boulez, Xenakis, and all the other members of the "Darmstadt School" that I've encountered have left me cold. I much prefer tonal music (though I like Schoenberg and Berg), and the great symphonists and orchestral writers of the 20th century hold the most appeal for me. I am unable to make a connection with music that, to me, sounds like noise for its own sake and doesn't really reveal any true emotion or substance. We have very different tastes and I'll leave it at that. :)
Quote from: ChamberNut on October 15, 2013, 05:37:51 PM
A popular Canadian composer is another Quebecois, Claude Vivier (1948-1983), but I have not heard a single note of his music to date. :(
Vivier's worth checking out, though his untimely death (murder, I believe) prevented the nascent mature voice of his later music from developing beyond a few works—if he'd lived he probably would have been one of the most significant composers post WWII (some might argue that he already is). The "early" music is hardly juvenilia either. (Random link: http://5-against-4.blogspot.co.nz/2010/07/proms-looking-forwardback.html) May not be to everyone's taste; if Messiaen is too weird for you, you might be even more lost in Vivier. Or maybe not.
Among contemporary Canadian composers R. Murray Schafer is probably the best-known (I've heard some of his string quartets, of which there are about 12) along with Gilles Tremblay (one of Vivier's teachers), Jacques Hétu, and—electroacoustically speaking—Hildegard Westerkamp and Francis Dhomont. They're all on the older side though, I'm sadly unaware of what most younger Canadians are doing nowadays, apart from Chiyoko Szlavnics who's based in Berlin anyway. Among older Canadian composers there's obviously Colin McPhee. Henry Brant is technically Canadian but worked in America for most of his life.
Not living in, being anywhere near to, or knowing much about the musical traditions of Canada, I'm not the most reliable source around. Apparently there are lots of Canadian composers though. Wikipedia sez (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Canadian_composers).
In no particular order...
Sculthorpe
Vine
Aho
Rautavaara
Lindberg
Salonen
Part
Kurtag
Adams (although I haven't been too impressed with his output lately)
Silvestrov
Dalbavie (based on the few works I have actually heard --- I enjoy his style very much)
Quote from: Mirror Image on October 15, 2013, 06:23:55 PM
Sculthorpe
Silvestrov
Could've very well included these two!
Quote from: kyjo on October 15, 2013, 06:42:01 PM
Could've very well included these two!
Sculthorpe is one of those composers whose music I fell in love with almost instantly. It's so lyrical and he gives the music room to breathe. He never overstates anything. It's direct and to-the-point. Silvestrov's music, on the other hand, haunts me to no end. I hate using the word 'nostalgic' but he tends to evoke memories I've had in my life and I get all sorts of mental images of simpler times. I can't listen to his music often for this very reason.
In no particular order:
Gubaidulina
Birtwistle
Wuorinen
Vine
Salonen
Rzewski
Lauridsen
Penderecki
Kernis
Sallinen
Kurtág
Corigliano
Lachenmann
Rihm
Andriessen
Boulez
Kats-Chernin
Del Tridici
Sallinen
Rautaavara
Asia (yeah, I like him...shoot me :D )
Aho
Silvestrov
Glass
Henning
Kernis (provisional, based on a limited amount of music heard so far)
Sarge
From my heart, I thank you, sir.
Quote from: karlhenning on October 16, 2013, 03:33:19 AM
From my heart, I thank you, sir.
Sincerely meant...but I'm sorry you have to share a list with Daniel Asia :D ;)
Sarge
Quote from: karlhenning on October 16, 2013, 03:33:19 AM
From my heart, I thank you, sir.
Psst, check my list Karl. Sincerely.
Ray, hadn't meant to neglect your'n!
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on October 16, 2013, 03:36:33 AM
Sincerely meant...but I'm sorry you have to share a list with Daniel Asia :D ;)
Sarge
Like Aunt Dahlia's chef Anatole, I can take a few smooths with the rough!
Vasks (esp Symphony 2)
Kinsella (esp symphonies 3 and 4)
Arnold Rosner
Rautavaara
Asia (Symphony 3)
Gerber
Jaz Coleman
Tavener
Aho
Poul Ruders
Eshpai
I haven't explored comtemporary composers much (I don't have a clue who the hell Kinsella is ;D ), but I enjoy music by:
Philip Glass
Arvo Pärt
Michael Torke
John Adams
Rautavaara lived years near me (a few hundreds of meters away), but ironically I haven't heard many works by him. Do I like his music? I really don't know... ::)
Rautavaara was your neighbor and you never mentioned that before!?!?!Q?!?!?!?!?!Q :o :o :o :o
Hey, I thought Karl was hors concours! I'm Fedexing my amended list and a commission for a piano concerto (with soprano saxophone obbligato) to Boston as we speak. 8)
Woot!
Quote from: DavidW on October 16, 2013, 10:30:35 AM
Rautavaara was your neighbor and you never mentioned that before!?!?!Q?!?!?!?!?!Q :o :o :o :o
I think I have mentioned it couple of times during my years here. You haven't been reading. ;)
"Neighbor" is a bit extravagant term here imo. He lived in the same small suburb isle of Helsinki, a few hundred meters away.
Quote from: 71 dB on October 16, 2013, 11:02:37 AM
"Neighbor" is a bit extravagant term here imo. He lived in the same small suburb isle of Helsinki, a few hundred meters away.
Okay that's a big city so many people live in that distance. In rural America he's practically intruding on your land. I think Gurn's nearest neighbor is miles away from him. I live in a small town, lower population density than Helsinki. ;D
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on October 16, 2013, 03:32:33 AM
Asia (yeah, I like him...shoot me :D )
Don't feel bad, Sarge! I like Asia's music a lot, especially his epic Symphony no. 3.
Quote from: vandermolen on October 16, 2013, 07:52:40 AM
Vasks (esp Symphony 2)
Kinsella (esp symphonies 3 and 4)
Arnold Rosner
Rautavaara
Asia (Symphony 3)
Gerber
Jaz Coleman
Tavener
Aho
Poul Ruders
Eshpai
Certainly agree with your choices of Vasks, Kinsella, Rosner, Rautavaara, Asia, Gerber, Aho, and Eshpai. I'm afraid Tavener's music does little for me-it's too "new-agey" for my tastes. I've only heard a few works by Ruders (on a Chandos CD), which were pretty noisy and exciting, but haven't bothered investigating his music further (for no particular reason). Never heard of Jaz Coleman, though; are there any CDs of his music (if there were, I would probably know ;))?
Quote from: James on October 16, 2013, 02:59:57 AM
**chuckles** .. it is not bad news to me at all but what have you heard? Just curious.
The DG recordings of Boulez conducting his orchestral music, Stockhausen's
Gruppen and a few of his other non-electronic works, the Timpani recordings of Xenakis' orchestral music, and some choral/orchestral works by Nono come to mind.
Quote from: DavidW on October 16, 2013, 11:09:44 AM
Okay that's a big city so many people live in that distance. In rural America he's practically intruding on your land. I think Gurn's nearest neighbor is miles away from him. I live in a small town, lower population density than Helsinki. ;D
It's not like there aren't areas with relatively - or very - low population density in Finland :)
In no particular order:
Pärt (for the earlier works)
Aho
Lindberg
Salonen
Boulez
Kurtag
Rihm
Saariaho
Henning
Is Oulu one of them? :D
Quote from: DavidW on October 16, 2013, 11:58:04 AM
Is Oulu one of them? :D
Well Oulu is smaller than Helsinki (or a couple of other southern cities) but it's the largest city in North Finland, and possibly in the north of Nordic countries, too.
East Finland and Lapland are the areas with really low population densities.
Has anyone seen the Lapp of luxury lately?
Quote from: kyjo on October 16, 2013, 11:28:31 AM
Certainly agree with your choices of Vasks, Kinsella, Rosner, Rautavaara, Asia, Gerber, Aho, and Eshpai. I'm afraid Tavener's music does little for me-it's too "new-agey" for my tastes. I've only heard a few works by Ruders (on a Chandos CD), which were pretty noisy and exciting, but haven't bothered investigating his music further (for no particular reason). Never heard of Jaz Coleman, though; are there any CDs of his music (if there were, I would probably know ;))?
Ruders Symphony, with its rather Langgaard sounding title, 'To heaven rejoicing-cast down unto death' (Chandos, Segerstam) has the most eloquent and haunting slow movement, based on two repeating chords, which I'm sure you would like. I like Tavener's 'The Whale' the opening of which always makes me laugh.
Brett Dean
Huck Hodge
Heiner Goebbels
Justè Janulytè
Niels Rosing-Schow
Pierre Jodlowski
Peter Maxwell Davies (he doesn't seem to get much love around here - and although I would have says a few weeks ago that his best pieces were behind him, his latest symphony (the tenth) that premiered a few days ago is a masterpiece)
Jan Van De Putte
George Crumb
Francesco Filidei
Leonardo Balada
Quote from: kyjo on October 15, 2013, 05:10:57 PM
That's okay, Ray. Are you familiar with the music of any other Canadian composers (I recall you discussing Eckhardt-Gramatte, though)? It appears that Canada hardly does anything to promote their music, which is quite sad (forgive me if I'm incorrect). The situation isn't much better in the US, though! :(
Depends what you mean. Canadian performers are pretty prominent these days.
Canadian composition was seriously afflicted by academic serialism. My friend doing math and music was essentially forced into serialism by his advisor for instance.
I highly recommend KMH by Lubomyr Melnyck. Malcolm Forsyth is quite popular.
Srul Glik used to get performed regularly. Robert Aitken gets played. Harry Somers (too often).
And the people forget the older ones. Healy Willan. It's not widely accepted but Bach, Haydn, and Rossini were actually Canadinan. :-\
Errr.....hmmmmm........mmmmmm......
I think that is why I need to read these threads! ;D
(http://kovacst.hu/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/thinking-empty-thought-hi.png)
01. Liza Lim
02. Marta Gornicka
03. Marta Ptaszynska
04. Diamanda Galas
05. Meredith Monk
06. Arvo Part
07. Ingram Marshall
08. Howard Skempton
09. Michael Gordon
10. Hans Zimmer
11. Pascal Dusapin
Are they really your contemporaries, John? ;)
Quote from: North Star on March 09, 2014, 09:41:56 AM
Are they really your contemporaries, John? ;)
Whoops...I didn't even read the part about 'Contemporary'. ::) Silly me :laugh:
Mmmm, is it heresy to put Howard Shore forward in this thread..... >:D
I tend to view him as a contemporary composer and find his music quite engaging. Especially the full versions. Or is this considered to be too "Hollywood" and taboo in the thread?
My whole family gets a kick out his pieces and when the blazing horns get going the house shakes. Could one argue that composers like Shore can be a gateway for some kids (and adults for that matter) into listening to symphonic works and possibly a gateway to classical music?
Quote from: Moonfish on March 09, 2014, 10:48:40 AM
Mmmm, is it heresy to put Howard Shore forward in this thread..... >:D
I tend to view him as a contemporary composer and find his music quite engaging. Especially the full versions. Or is this considered to be too "Hollywood" and taboo in the thread?
My whole family gets a kick out his pieces and when the blazing horns get going the house shakes. Could one argue that composers like Shore can be a gateway for some kids (and adults for that matter) into listening to symphonic works and possibly a gateway to classical music?
Nobody ought to mind it, for sure. Earlier today they played some of the LotR soundtrack (Fellowship: Concerning Hobbits), and it was very enjoyable indeed.
I'm not sure how directly soundtracks of original music make people listen to classical music, probably they help a bit at least.
Adams
Reich
Ligeti
Penderecki
Carter
Part
Glass
Crumb
Quote from: 71 dB on October 16, 2013, 09:07:46 AM
I haven't explored comtemporary composers much (I don't have a clue who the hell Kinsella is ;D ), but I enjoy music by:
Philip Glass
Arvo Pärt
Michael Torke
John Adams
Rautavaara lived years near me (a few hundreds of meters away), but ironically I haven't heard many works by him. Do I like his music? I really don't know... ::)
Quoting myself 2 years ago, because things have changed quite a bit. I have been exploring more or less "contemporary" stuff. I have explored Rautavaara (and yes, I seem to like his music). I have explored Ligeti. I have explored Weinberg. I have enjoyed exploring the music of James Aikman, Margareth Brouwer, Gavin Bryars, Salvatore Di Vittorio, Nicola Lefanu, David Maslanka and some other composers to a lesser degree.
Exploring these composers have been a revelation to me. I have thought that almost all post war "classical" music is extremely atonal and "difficult" noise. I have been so wrong. A lot of this music is VERY accessible, yet edgy and interesting! I haven't been this excited exploring classical music for over 10 years! This is like discovering classical music for the first time again. These is so much to explore of this exiting contemporary music. Spotify makes this all possible.
0:)
Hmm, I wonder how much the living composers there earn via Spotify . . . .
Quote from: karlhenning on October 05, 2015, 03:48:18 AM
Hmm, I wonder how much the living composers there earn via Spotify . . . .
As much as any musician doing a gig 'for the exposure', I'm sure. ::)
Quote from: North Star on October 05, 2015, 05:28:43 AM
As much as any musician doing a gig 'for the exposure', I'm sure. ::)
Indeed!
I don't know any composers who are exact or close contemporaries of myself...
However I will say (for living composers)
1. Boulez
2. Pintscher
3. Brett Dean
4. Anthony Pateras
5. Liza Lim
6. Sciarrino
7. Unsuk Chin
8. Ferneyhough
9. Adès
10. Isabel Mundry
11. James Dillon
Hmmmmm, let's see....just 10 for now:
John Coolidge Adams (b. 1947)
Michael Daugherty (b. 1954)
Jennifer Higdon (b. 1962)
Samuel Jones (b. 1935)
James MacMillan (b. 1959)
Kevin Puts (b. 1972)
Ned Rorem (b. 1923 - approaching 100!)
Fazil Say (b. 1970)
Aulis Sallinen (b. 1935)
Pēteris Vasks (b. 1946)
There are definitely contemporary composers whose work I should become more familiar with.....
Quote from: kyjo on December 12, 2021, 09:30:43 PM
Hmmmmm, let's see....just 10 for now:
John Coolidge Adams (b. 1947)
Michael Daugherty (b. 1954)
Jennifer Higdon (b. 1962)
Samuel Jones (b. 1935)
James MacMillan (b. 1959)
Kevin Puts (b. 1972)
Ned Rorem (b. 1923 - approaching 100!)
Fazil Say (b. 1970)
Aulis Sallinen (b. 1935)
Pēteris Vasks (b. 1946)
There are definitely contemporary composers whose work I should become more familiar with.....
Agree with Jones, MacMillan, Vasks, Sallinen and Puts.
Now, let's see:
Stale Kleiberg
Robert Walker
Philip Spratley
Elizabetta Brusa
Judith Bailey
Philip Glass
Some among those alive and of major interest:
Nørgård
Saariaho
Gubaidulina
Crumb
Artyomov
Birtwistle
Sciarrino
Widmann
Murail
Part
Szymanski
I need to know more music by Unsuk Chin though. There'd be maybe 5 or so, potential further ones on the list.
Lera Auerbach
William Bolcom
Leo Brouwer
Thierry Escaich
Sebastian Fagerlund
Gabriela Lena Frank
Rolf Martinsson
David Matthews
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Fazil Say
Contemporary means living? I go with these 10
Kalevi Aho
Peteris Vasks
Michael Nyman
Elena Kats-Chernin
Dobrinka Tabakova
Sofia Gubaidulina
Kevin Puts
John C. Adams
James MacMillan
David Matthews
Quote from: Symphonic Addict on December 14, 2021, 06:26:57 PM
Contemporary means living? I go with these 10
Kalevi Aho
Peteris Vasks
Michael Nyman
Elena Kats-Chernin
Dobrinka Tabakova
Sofia Gubaidulina
Kevin Puts
John C. Adams
James MacMillan
David Matthews
I should have included Tabakova!
Oh hey we were supposed to pick 11 not 10! I have to think about the last name to add to my list.