Contemporary classical composers you need to discover today

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Wednesday, March 8, 2023

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Contemporary Composer: Anna Clyne

Richard Whitehouse has no doubt that things will only get better for this already popular and...

Contemporary Composer: Errollyn Wallen

Pwyll ap Siôn profiles the British-Caribbean composer who’s a true force to be reckoned with and has...

Contemporary Composer: Hildur Guðnadóttir

James McCarthy profiles the experimental Icelandic composer who has quickly become one of the most...

Contemporary Composer: Sofia Gubaidulina

Gavin Dixon salutes a composer whose music was once smuggled out of Russia and who remains a...

Contemporary composer: Anna Thorvaldsdóttir

With her music’s humbling vastness and depth of colour, this Icelander is a force to be reckoned...

Contemporary composer: Olga Neuwirth

The Austrian cinephile, with her dreamlike, surreal and audacious music, is hugely inspired by...

Contemporary composer: Kaija Saariaho

Guy Rickards champions Finland’s great spectralist composer, who has died at the age of 70

Contemporary composer: Thea Musgrave

When it comes to the music of this admired Scottish composer, it’s all about the drama below...

Contemporary composer: Roxanna Panufnik

Pwyll ap Siôn delves into the world of the quiet revolutionary who attempts through her music to...

Contemporary composer: Unsuk Chin

The Korean-born, Germany-based composer was inspired by Ligeti yet has gone on to find her own...

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