Top 5 Non-European, Non-USA Composers

Started by Florestan, January 07, 2022, 09:55:01 AM

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kyjo

Ginastera (Argentina)
Guarnieri (Brazil, since everyone else is -understandably - choosing V-L)
Lilburn (New Zealand)
Saygun (Turkey)
Sculthorpe (Australia)

Bonus: Yoshimatsu (Japan)

I wanted to include Ben-Haim (Israel), but he spent the first 36 years of his life in Germany.
"Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music" - Sergei Rachmaninoff

kyjo

Quote from: Mirror Image on January 07, 2022, 10:08:20 AM
Alright, since Ray chimed in, I think I have a better understanding of what is meant by non-European (incl. Russians), so here are my picks:

Villa-Lobos (Brazil)
Ginastera (Argentina)
Revueltas (Mexico)
Chávez (Mexico)
Takemitsu (Japan)

No Sculthorpe, John? ;)
"Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music" - Sergei Rachmaninoff


Brian

Quote from: Florestan on January 08, 2022, 06:40:04 AM
Geographically speaking, Turkey is an Asian country, most of its territory is in fact called Asia Minor. Politically though I've never seen it refered as such; it's considered as belonging to Europe. They even tried to join the EU until a few years ago but I don't know if they still want it.
My mother is from Istanbul, I know all about it.  :)

(The Asian side!)

MusicTurner

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Quote from: Brian on January 08, 2022, 11:21:36 AM
My mother is from Istanbul, I know all about it.  :)

(The Asian side!)

A very nice & extremely diverse city to visit. There's massive EU opposition to Turkey joining these days too however, especially with Erdogan in charge. We're probably talking this for at least the next 2 decades as well.

Symphonic Addict

Definitely another list is mandatory:

Akira Ifukube
Isang Yun
Carlos Chávez
Qigang Chen
Carlos Santoro
The current annihilation of a people on this planet (you know which one it is) is the most documented and at the same time the most denied.

vandermolen

Lilburn
Hayasaka
Moroi
Yoshimatsu
Malcolm Williamson (Australian)

If not Williamson, Chavez.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).