List of 21st century classical composers - Definition and Overview

Composers of 21st century classical music include:

A

• Michel van der Aa (born 1970)
• ßechen Aaq-Swǽraq (born 1931)
• Marcello Abbado (born 1926)
• Keiko Abe (born 1937)
• Muhal Richard Abrams (born 1930)
• José Antonio Abreu (born 1939)
• Michael Adamis (born 1929)
• John Adams (born 1947)
• John Adams (born 1953)
• Rosalie Adams (born 1927)
• Murray Adaskin (1906 - 2002)
• Mark Adderley (born 1960)
• Thomas Ades (born 1971)
• Samuel Adler (born 1928)
• Miguel de Aguila (born 1957)
• Kalevi Aho (born 1949)
• Frangis Ali-Sade (born 1947)
• Juan Allende-Blin (born 1928)
• Carmelo Alonso (born 1929)
• Maryanne Amacher (born 1943)
• Charles Amirkhanian (born 1945)
• David Amram (born 1930)
• Gilbert Amy (born 1936)
• Beth Anderson (born 1950)
• Louis Andriessen (born 1939)
• Caroline Ansink
• Theodore Antoniou (born 1935)
• Georges Aperghis (born 1945)
• Dominick Argento (born 1927)
• Richard Arnell (born 1917)
• Malcolm Arnold (born 1921)
• Girolamo Arrigo (born 1930)
• Alexander Arutjunjan (born 1920)
• Robert Ashley (born 1930)
• Daniel Asia (born 1953)
• André Asriel (born 1922)
• José Vicente Asuar (born 1933)
• Kenneth Atchley (born 1954)
• Larry Austin (born 1930)
• Tzvi Avni (born 1927)

B

• Milton Babbitt (born 1916)
• Nicolas Bacri (born 1961)
• Nikolai Badinski (born 1937)
• Walter Baer (born 1928)
• Simon Bainbridge (born 1952)
• Leonardo Balada (born 1933)
• Osvaldas Balakauskas (born 1937)
• Claude Ballif (born 1924)
• Alain Bancquart (born 1934)
• Helmut Barbe (born 1927)
• Vytautas Barkauskas (born 1931)
• Clarence Barlow (born ca. 1945)
• Natasha Barrett (born 1972)
• Gerald Barry (born 1952)
• Domenico Bartolucci (born 1917)
• Leonid Bashmakov (born 1927)
• Jürg Baur (born 1918)
• François Bayle (born 1932)
• Sally Beamish (born 1956)
• Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt (born 1925)
• Günter Becker (born 1924)
• David Bedford (born 1937)
• Jack Beeson (born 1921)
• David Behrman (born 1937)
• Barbara Benary (born 1946)
• Juraj Benes<caron> (born 1940)
• Xavier Benguerel (born 1931)
• George Benjamin (born 1960)
• Heinz Benker (born 1921)
• Pascal Bentoiu (born 1927)
• Roman Berger (born 1930)
• Erik Bergman (born 1911)
• Luciano Berio (1925 - 2003)
• Bart Berman (born 1938)
• Elmer Bernstein (1922 - 2004)
• Mario Bertoncini (born 1932)
• Frank Michael Beyer (born 1928)
• Antonio Bibalo (born 1922)
• Jörg Birkenkötter (born 1963)
• Harrison Birtwistle (born 1934)
• Staffan Björklund (born 1944)
• Easley Blackwood (born 1933)
• David Blake (born 1936)
• Pavel Blatny´ (born 1931)
• Augustyn Bloch (born 1929)
• Sylvie Bodorová (born 1954)
• Konrad Boehmer (born 1941)
• Philippe Boesmans (born 1936)
• Anatoli Bogatyrjow (born 1913)
• Rostislaw Boiko (born 1931)
• Rob du Bois (born 1934)
• Michèle Bokanowski (born 1943)
• William Bolcom (born 1938)
• Jacques Bondon (born 1927)
• Mauro Bortolotti (born 1926)
• Daniel Börtz (born 1943)
• Axel Borup-Jørgensen (born 1924)
• Hans-Jürgen von Bose (born 1953)
• Christian Bouchard (born 1968)
• Ned Bouhalassa (born 1962)
• Pierre Boulez (born 1925)
• Denys Bouliane (born 1955)
• Attila Bozay (born 1939)
• Glenn Branca (born 1948)
• Theo Brandmüller (born 1948)
• Henry Brant (born 1913)
• Henning Brauel (born 1940)
• Peter Michael Braun (born 1936)
• Anthony Braxton (born 1945)
• Uri Brener (born 1974)
• Leo Brouwer (born 1939)
• Earle Brown (1926 - 2002)
• Elisabetta Brusa (born 1954)
• Joanna Bruzdowicz (born 1943)
• Gavin Bryars (born 1943)
• Gunnar Bucht (born 1927)
• Geoffrey Burgon (born 1941)
• Diana Burrell (born 1948)
• Francis Burt (born 1926)
• Sylvano Bussotti (born 1931)

C

• Herbert Callhoff (born 1933)
• Christian Calon (born 1950)
• Gerard Calvi (born 1922)
• Charles Camilleri (born 1931)
• Bruno Canino (born 1935)
• Philipp Cannon (born 1929)
• Daniel Capelletti (born 1958)
• Wendy Carlos (born 1939)
• Michael Carnes (born 1950)
• Edwin Carr (1926 - 2003)
• Elliott Carter (born 1908)
• John Casken (born 1949)
• Jacques Castérède (born 1926)
• Washington Castro (born 1909)
• Josef Ceremuga (born 1930)
• Friedrich Cerha (born 1926)
• Jordi Cervelló (born 1935)
• Paraschkew Chadschiew (born 1912)
• Jacques Charpentier (born 1933)
• Stephen Chatman (born 1950)
• Charles Chaynes (born 1925)
• Mary Ellen Childs (born 1957)
• Unsuk Chin (born 1961)
• Michel Chion (born 1947)
• Alexander Cholminow (born 1925)
• Wen-chung Chou (born 1923)
• Dimitâr Christov (born 1933)
• Heinz Chur (born 1948)
• Leonardo Ciampa (born 1971)
• Gloria Coates (born 1938)
• Liviu Comes (born 1918)
• Nicolas Collins (born 1954)
• Justin Connolly (born 1933)
• Marius Constant (1925 - 2004)
• Arnold Cooke (born 1906)
• Frank Corcoran (born 1944)
• John Corigliano (born 1938)
• Andre Cormier (born 1969)
• Vladimir Cosma (born 1940)
• Edward Cowie (born 1943)
• Gordon Crosse (born 1937)
• George Crumb (born 1929)
• Carlos Cruz de Castro (born 1941)
• Alvin Curran (born 1938)
• Curtis Curtis-Smith (born 1941)
• Henryk Czyz? (1923 - 2003)

D

• Robert Daigneault (born 1940)
• Martin Dalby (born 1942)
• Jean-Michel Damase (born 1928)
• Matteo D'Amico (born 1955)
• Ikuma Dan (born 1924)
• Liviu Dandara (born 1933)
• John Dankworth (born 1927)
• Nguyen-Thien Dao (born 1940)
• Ram Da-Oz (born 1929)
• Yves Daoust (born 1946)
• Mario Davidovsky (born 1934)
• Hugh Davies (born 1943)
• Peter Maxwell Davies (born 1934)
• Victor Davies (born 1939)
• Anthony Davis (born 1951)
• Carl Davis (born 1936)
• Raymond Deane (born 1953)
• Michel Decoust (born 1936)
• János Decsényi (born 1927)
• Igor Dekleva (born 1933)
• José Luis de Delás (born 1928)
• Norman Del Mar (born 1919)
• Ratko Delorko (born 1959)
• David Del Tredici (born 1937)
• Jacques Demierre (born 1954)
• Michael Denhoff (born 1955)
• Jean-François Denis (born 1960)
• Gion Antoni Derungs (born 1935)
• Martin Derungs (born 1943)
• Pavle Des<caron>palj (born 1934)
• Dejan Despic´ (born 1930)
• Frédéric Devreese (born 1929)
• Rafaël D'Haene (born 1943)
• Francis Dhomont (born 1926)
• David Diamond (born 1915)
• Emma Lou Diemer (born 1927)
• Jan van Dijk (* 1918) (born 1918)
• Péter Louis van Dijk (born 1953)
• Oscar van Dillen (born 1958)
• James Dillon (born 1950)
• Bojidar Dimov (born 1935)
• Violeta Dinescu (born 1953)
• Paul Dirmeikis (born 1954)
• Paul-Heinz Dittrich (born 1930)
• Lucia Dlugoszewski (born 1931)
• Charles Dodge (born 1945)
• Stephen Dodgson (born 1924)
• Friedhelm Döhl (born 1936)
• Paul Dolden (born 1956)
• Hanus<caron> Domansky´ (born 1944)
• Joseph Dorfman (born 1940)
• Arne Dørumsgaard (born 1921)
• Roy Douglas (born 1907)
• John Downey (born 1927)
• Stefan Dragostinov (born 1948)
• Arnold Dreyblatt (born 1953)
• George Dreyfus (born 1928)
• László Dubrovay (born 1943)
• William Duckworth (born 1943)
• Louis Dufort (born 1970)
• Peter Dülken (born 1954)
• Iancu Dumitrescu (born 1942)
• Tan Dun (born 1957)
• Hubert Du Plessis (born 1922)
• Joël-François Durand (born 1954)
• Pascal Dusapin (born 1955)
• Henri Dutilleux (born 1916)
• Andrzej Dutkiewicz (born 1942)
• Arié Dzierlatka (born 1933)
• Maria Dziewulska (born 1909)

E

• David Earl (born 1951)
• Michael Easton (1954 - 2004)
• John Charles Eaton (born 1935)
• Petr Eben (born 1929)
• Helmut Eder (born 1916)
• Lars Edlund (born 1922)
• George Edwards (born 1943)
• Ross Edwards (born 1943)
• Moritz Eggert (born 1965)
• Dietrich Eichmann (born 1966)
• Karólina Eiriksdóttir (born 1951)
• Will Eisma (born 1929)
• Jan Ekier (born 1913)
• Halim El-Dabh (born 1921)
• Brian Elias (born 1948)
• Jean-Claude Éloy (born 1938)
• Huib Emmer (born 1951)
• Frantis<caron>ek Emmert (born 1940)
• Hans-Ulrich Engelmann (born 1921)
• Peter Eötvös (born 1944)
• Donald Erb (born 1927)
• Heimo Erbse (born 1924)
• Susanne Erding (born 1955)
• Dietrich Erdmann (born 1917)
• Hans-Ola Ericsson (born 1958)
• Iván Eröd (born 1936)
• Andrej Eschpaj (born 1925)
• Pierre Even (born 1946)

F

• Rolande Falcinelli (born 1920)
• Juri Falik (born 1936)
• Leos<caron> Faltus (born 1937)
• Carlos Fariñas (1934 - 2002)
• David Farquhar (born 1928)
• Reinhard Febel (born 1952)
• Ivan Fedele (born 1953)
• Richard Felciano (born 1930)
• Jindr<caron>ich Feld (born 1925)
• Jan Felderhof (born 1907)
• Barbara Monk Feldman (born 1953)
• Václav Felix (born 1928)
• Vittorio Fellegara (born 1927)
• Victor Fenigstein (born 1924)
• Sergio Fernández (born 1946)
• Brian Ferneyhough (born 1943)
• Luc Ferrari (born 1929)
• Lorenzo Ferrero (born 1951)
• Andreas Fervers (born 1957)
• George Fiala (born 1922)
• Petr Fiala (born 1943)
• Joshua Fineberg (born 1969)
• Siegfried Fink (born 1928)
• Reinhold Finkbeiner (born 1929)
• Michael Finnissy (born 1946)
• Ertuğrul Oğuz Fırat (born 1922)
• Jelena Firssowa (born 1950)
• David First (born 1953)
• Jan Frank Fischer (born 1921)
• Lubos<caron> Fis<caron>er (born 1935)
• Alfred Fisher (born 1942)
• Graham Fitkin (born 1963)
• Joseph Fitzmartin (born 1943)
• Ernst Helmuth Flammer (born 1949)
• Kjell Flem (born 1943)
• Reinhard David Flender (born 1953)
• Grant Fletcher (1913 - 2002)
• Philip Flood (born 1964)
• Marius Flothuis (1914 - 2001)
• Carlisle Floyd (born 1926)
• Urs Joseph Flury (born 1941)
• Henry Flynt (born 1940)
• Daniel Charles Foley (born 1952)
• Jacqueline Fontyn (born 1930)
• Andrew Ford (born 1957)
• Silvio Foretic´ (born 1940)
• Roland Forsberg (born 1939)
• John Väinö Forsman (born 1924)
• Alfons Forstpointner (born 1929)
• Malcolm Forsyth (born 1936)
• Lukas Foss (born 1922)
• Patrice Fouillaud (born 1949)
• Jennifer Fowler (born 1939)
• Luis Fraca (born 1929)
• Carlo Franci (born 1927)
• Wim Franken (born 1922)
• Joep Franssens (born 1955)
• Olov Franzén (born 1946)
• Henning Frederichs (1936 - 2003)
• Lafayette Fredrikson (born 1970)
• Harry Freedman (born 1922)
• Jürg Frey (born 1953)
• Kres<caron>imir Fribec (born 1908)
• Ruben Fridolfson (born 1933)
• Rikhardur H. Fridriksson (born 1960)
• Alexej Fried (born 1922)
• Johannes Fritsch (born 1941)
• Kenneth Fuchs (born 1956)
• Keiko Fujiie (born 1963)
• Masanori Fujita (born 1946)
• Kazuo Fukushima (born 1930)
• Ellen Fullman (born 1957)
• Arthur Furer (born 1924)
• Beat Furrer (born 1954)
• Paul Walter Fürst (born 1926)

G

• Nodar Gabunija (1933 - 2000)
• Clemens Gadenstätter (born 1966)
• Bogdan Gagic´ (born 1931)
• Alain Gagnon (born 1938)
• Bernhard Gal (born 1971)
• Carlo Galante (born 1959)
• Kyle Gann (born 1955)
• Fernando García (born 1930)
• Gerald Garcia (born 1949)
• Antón García Abril (born 1933)
• Manuel García Morante (born 1937)
• Sigur?ur Egill Gar?arsson (born 1941)
• Mary Gardiner (born 1932)
• John Gardner (born 1917)
• Zsolt Gárdonyi (born 1946)
• Peter Garland (born 1952)
• Rifaat Garrana (born 1924)
• Celso Garrido Lecca (born 1926)
• Mario Garuti (born 1957)
• Maria Isabel Garvia (born 1959)
• Giorgio Gaslini (born 1929)
• Luis Gásser (born 1951)
• Ulrich Gasser (born 1950)
• Heinrich Gattermeyer (born 1923)
• Eric Gaudibert (born 1936)
• Allain Gaussin (born 1943)
• Stephanos Gazuelas (born 1931)
• Gan-ru Ge (born 1954)
• John Maxwell Geddes (born 1941)
• Hartmut Geerken (born 1939)
• Michael Gees (born 1953)
• Rolf Gehlhaar (born 1943)
• Steven Gellman (born 1947)
• Jir<caron>í Gemrot (born 1957)
• Anthony Genge (born 1952)
• Vladimir Genin (born 1958)
• Harald Genzmer (born 1909)
• Jaap Geraedts (1924 - 2003)
• René Gerber (born 1908)
• Steven Gerber (born 1948)
• Frank Gerhardt (born 1967)
• Oswald Gerstel (born 1923)
• Frans Geysen (born 1936)
• Emmanuel Ghent (1925 - 2003)
• Valentin Gheorghiu (born 1928)
• John Gibson (born 1951)
• Michael Gielen (born 1927)
• Helen Gifford (born 1935)
• Christian Giger (born 1959)
• Anthony Gilbert (born 1934)
• Jacob Gilboa (born 1920)
• Arsenio Girón (born 1932)
• Elias Gistelinck (born 1935)
• Janice Giteck (born 1946)
• Bjørn G. Gjerstrøm (born 1939)
• Detlev Glanert (born 1960)
• Werner Wolf Glaser (born 1913)
• Paul Glass (born 1934)
• Philip Glass (born 1937)
• Daniel Glaus (born 1957)
• Srul Irving Glick (born 1934)
• Sylvia Glickman (born 1932)
• Vinko Globokar (born 1934)
• Gilles Gobeil (born 1954)
• Vladimir Godár (born 1956)
• Rolf Inge Godøy (born 1952)
• Heiner Goebbels (born 1952)
• Dieter Goebel-Berggold (born 1947)
• Alexander Goehr (born 1932)
• Lucien Goethals (born 1931)
• Friedrich Goldmann (born 1941)
• Jerry Goldsmith (1929 - 2004)
• Osvaldo Golijov (born 1960)
• José Luis González (born 1937)
• Agustin González Acilu (born 1929)
• Jorge González Avila (born 1925)
• Hilario González Iñiguez (born 1920)
• Fabio González-Zuleta (born 1920)
• Ron Goodwin (1925 - 2002)
• Otar Gordeli (born 1928)
• Henryk Górecki (born 1933)
• Sandro Gorli (born 1948)
• Annie Gosfield (born 1960)
• Clytus Gottwald (born 1925)
• Denis Gougeon (born 1951)
• Elisabeth Davies Gould (born 1904)
• Tonnie de Graaf (born 1926)
• Leonid Grabowski (born 1935)
• David Graham (born 1952)
• Ulf Grahn (born 1942)
• Harold Gramatges (born 1918)
• Renato de Grandis (born 1927)
• Gottfried Gräsbeck (born 1927)
• Kurt Graunke (born 1915)
• Ray Green (born 1908)
• Jay Greenberg (born 1991)
• Vinicius Grefiens (born 1916)
• C<caron>estmir Gregor (born 1926)
• Deirdre Gribbin (born 1967)
• Teodor Grigoriu (born 1926)
• Jim Grimm (born 1928)
• Ragnar Grippe (born 1951)
• Renato Grisoni (born 1922)
• Eric Gross (born 1926)
• Magne Grov (born 1938)
• Stefans Grové (born 1922)
• Heinz Karl Gruber (born 1943)
• Joachim Gruner (born 1933)
• Adriano Guarnieri (born 1947)
• Wladimir Guba (born 1938)
• Sofia Gubaidulina (born 1931)
• Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen (born 1932)
• Alexander Gugel (born 1961)
• Jean Guillou (born 1930)
• Joan Guinjoan (born 1931)
• Charles Guinovart (born 1941)
• Olof Gullberg (born 1931)
• Rosa Guraieb Kuri (born 1931)
• Albrecht Gürsching (born 1934)
• Christophe Guyard (born 1966)
• Jacques Guyonnet (born 1933)
• Josep Lluis Guzmán (born 1954)
• Henry Gwiazda (born 1952)
• Franklin Gyselynck (born 1950)

H

• Georg Friedrich Haas (born 1953)
• Eilert Hægeland (born 1951)
• Gu?mundur Hafsteinsson (born 1953)
• André Hajdu (born 1932)
• Lorant Hajdu (born 1937)
• Naji Hakim (born 1955)
• Talib Rasul Hakim (born 1940)
• Jeremy Haladyna
• Václav Hálek (born 1937)
• Cristóbal Halffter (born 1930)
• Carl-Axel Hall (born 1947)
• Bengt Hallberg (born 1932)
• Hermann Haller (1914 - 2002)
• András Hamary (born 1950)
• Bengt Hambraeus (born 1928)
• Eero Hämeenniemi (born 1951)
• Peter Michael Hamel (born 1947)
• Johan Hammerth (born 1953)
• Philip Hammond (born 1951)
• Roger Hannay (born 1930)
• Ann-Elise Hannikainen (born 1946)
• Jan Hanus<caron> (born 1915)
• Hiroshi Hara (Composer) (born 1933)
• John Harbison (born 1938)
• Aharon Harlap (born 1941)
• Edward Harper (born 1941)
• David Harris (born 1933)
• Donald Harris (born 1931)
• Jonty Harrison (born 1952)
• Lou Harrison (1917 - 2003)
• Jonathan Harvey (born 1939)
• Juraj Hatrik (born 1941)
• Edu Haubensak (born 1954)
• Halvor Haug (born 1952)
• Svatopluk Havelka (born 1925)
• Diana Pereira Hay (born 1932)
• Komei Hayama (born 1932)
• Hikaru Hayashi (born 1931)
• Gary Hayes (born 1948)
• Paul Hayes (born 1951)
• Sorrel Hays (born 1941)
• Roberto Hazon (born 1930)
• Anthony Hedges (born 1931)
• Åse Hedstrøm (born 1950)
• Lennart Hedwall (born 1932)
• Magne Hegdal (born 1944)
• Jake Heggie
• Werner Heider (born 1930)
• Harald Heilmann (born 1924)
• Paavo Heininen (born 1938)
• Mikko Heiniö (born 1948)
• Walter Hekster (born 1937)
• Barbara Heller (born 1936)
• Richard Heller (born 1954)
• Robert Maximilian Helmschrott (born 1938)
• Robert Helps (1928 - 2001)
• Christoph Hempel (born 1946)
• Gerard Hengeveld (1910 - 2001)
• Pierre Henry (born 1927)
• Hans Werner Henze (born 1926)
• Robert Heppener (born 1925)
• Franz Jochen Herfert (born 1955)
• Jerry Herman (born 1933)
• Vasile Herman (born 1929)
• Hermilio Hernández (born 1931)
• Rhazes Hernández-López (born 1918)
• Peter Herrmann (born 1941)
• Jacques Hétu (born 1938)
• Detlef Heusinger (born 1956)
• Volker Heyn (born 1938)
• Manuel Hidalgo (born 1956)
• Jackson Hill (born 1941)
• Winfried Hiller (born 1941)
• Hajo Hinrichs (born 1911)
• Kozaburo Hirai (1910 - 2002)
• Cornelius Hirsch (born 1954)
• Hans Ludwig Hirsch (born 1937)
• Caspar René Hirschfeld (born 1965)
• Miroslav Hlavác<caron> (born 1923)
• Theodor Hlouschek (born 1923)
• Christopher Hobbs (born 1950)
• Francesco Hoch (born 1943)
• Stanislav Hochel (born 1950)
• Wolfgang Hochstein (born 1950)
• Alun Hoddinott (born 1929)
• Harry Höfer (born 1921)
• Richard Hoffmann (born 1925)
• Thomas Hofmann (born 1958)
• Wolfgang Hohensee (born 1927)
• Christoph Hohlfeld (born 1922)
• Theodor Holdheim (born 1923)
• York Höller (born 1944)
• Donald Russel Hollier (born 1934)
• Heinz Holliger (born 1939)
• Robin Holloway (born 1943)
• Kristin Holm (born 1965)
• Peder Holm (born 1926)
• Jean-Paul Holstein (born 1939)
• Adriana Hölszky (born 1953)
• Simeon ten Holt (born 1923)
• Simon Holt (born 1958)
• Bo Holten (born 1948)
• Joaquín Homs (1906 - 2003)
• John Michael Hooke (born 1946)
• Sarah Hopkins (born 1958)
• Antony Hopkins (born 1921)
• David Horne (born 1970)
• Stanko Horvat (born 1930)
• Josef Maria Horvath (born 1931)
• Michael Horwood (born 1947)
• Mark-David Hosale
• Toshio Hosokawa (born 1955)
• Simon Hovanessian (born 1940)
• Luc van Hove (born 1957)
• Eleanor Hovda
• Alan Hovhaness (1911 - 2000)
• Egil Hovland (born 1924)
• Leslie Howard (born 1948)
• Alexandru Hrisanide (born 1936)
• Ivan Hrus<caron>ovsky´ (1927 - 2001)
• Tsang-Houei Hsu (1929 - 2001)
• Klaus Huber (born 1924)
• Nicolaus A. Huber (born 1939)
• Klaus K. Hübler (born 1956)
• Karl Anton Hueber (born 1928)
• Wolfgang Hufschmidt (born 1934)
• Gerald Humel (born 1931)
• Bertold Hummel (1925 - 2002)
• Franz Hummel (born 1939)
• Hans Ulrich Humpert (born 1940)
• Philippe Hurel (born 1955)
• Ilja Hurník (born 1922)
• Karel Husa (born 1921)
• Lajos Huszár (born 1948)
• Ketil Hvoslef (born 1939)
• Miriam Hyde (born 1913)
• Oliver Hynes (born 1946)

I

• Shin-Ichiro Ikebe (born 1943)
• Takuya Imahori (born 1978)
• Iannis Ioannidis (born 1930)
• Adrian Iorgulescu (born 1951)
• Gabriel Iranyi (born 1946)
• Maki Ishii (born 1936)
• Ryuta Ito (born 1922)

J

• Guus Janssen (born 1951)
• Maurice Jarre (born 1924)
• Monique Jean (born 1960)
• Stanislav Jelinek (born 1945)
• Zoltán Jeney (born 1943)
• Leroy Jenkins (born 1932)
• Wilfried Jentzsch (born 1941)
• Willem Jeths (born 1959)
• Magnús Blöndal Jóhannsson (born 1925)
• Tom Johnson (born 1939)
• Ben Johnston (born 1926)
• Fergus Johnston (born 1959)
• Betsy Jolas (born 1926)
• Enriko Josif (1924 - 2003)
• Aleksandar Josifov (born 1940)
• Dragomir Josifov (born 1966)
• John Joubert (born 1927)
• Vladimir Jovanović (born 1937)
• Patricia Jünger (born 1951)

K

• Giya Kancheli (born 1935)
• Werner Kaegi (born 1926)
• Mauricio Kagel (born 1931)
• Vakhtang Kakhidze (born 1959)
• Johannes Kalitzke (born 1959)
• Imants Kalnins (born 1941)
• Gija Kantscheli (born 1935)
• Ejnar Kanding (born 1965)
• Raimo Kangro (1949 - 2001)
• Faradsch Karajew (born 1943)
• Alemdar Karamanow (born 1934)
• Erhard Karkoschka (born 1923)
• Lucrecia Kasilag (born 1918)
• Georg Katzer (born 1935)
• Nicolas Kaviani (born 1977)
• Roland Kayn (born 1933)
• David Keane (born 1943)
• Donald Keats (born 1929)
• Milko Kelemen (born 1924)
• Bryan Kelly (born 1934)
• Rudolf Kelterborn (born 1931)
• Aaron Jay Kernis (born 1960)
• Gordon Kerry (born 1961)
• Huub Kerstens (born 1947)
• Otto Ketting (born 1935)
• Geert van Keulen (born 1943)
• Tikhon Khrennikov (born 1913)
• Wojciech Kilar (born 1923)
• Wilhelm Killmayer (born 1927)
• Volker David Kirchner (born 1942)
• Kuno Kjaerbe (born 1959)
• Giselher Klebe (born 1925)
• Phil Kline
• Alexander Knaifel (born 1943)
• Oliver Knussen (born 1952)
• Babette Koblenz (born 1956)
• Günter Kochan (born 1930)
• Akil Mark Koci (born 1936)
• Erwin Koch-Raphael (born 1949)
• Zoltán Kocsis (born 1952)
• Nevit Kodalli (born 1924)
• Graeme Koehne (born 1956)
• Gottfried Michael Koenig (born 1926)
• Alfred Koerppen (born 1926)
• Mykola Kolessa (born 1903)
• Karl Michael Komma (born 1913)
• Jo Kondo (born 1947)
• Marek Kopelent (born 1932)
• Mark Kopytman (born 1929)
• Nikolai Korndorf (1947 - 2001)
• Hans Kox (born 1930)
• William Kraft (born 1923)
• Wilfried Krätzschmar (born 1944)
• Zygmunt Krauze (born 1938)
• Georg Kröll (born 1934)
• Ton de Kruyf (born 1937)
• Ladislav Kubik (born 1946)
• Claus Kühnl (born 1957)
• Felicitas Kukuck (1914 - 2001)
• Hanna Kulenty (born 1961)
• Gary Kulesha (born 1954)
• Andreas Kunstein (born 1967)
• Ladislav Kupkovic (born 1936)
• György Kurtág (born 1926)
• Hanspeter Kyburz (born 1960)

L

• Joan LaBarbara (born 1947)
• Juan Sebastian Lach (born 1970)
• Helmut Lachenmann (born 1935)
• Ezra Ladermann (born 1924)
• Ruggero Laganà (born 1956)
• John La Montaine (born 1920)
• Cristina Landuzzi (born 1961)
• David Lang (born 1957)
• Istvàn Làng (born 1933)
• Paul Lansky (born 1944)
• André Laporte (born 1931)
• Aleksander Lason (born 1951)
• Anne Lauber (born 1943)
• Morten Lauridsen (born 1943)
• Rachel Laurin (born 1961)
• Elodie Lauten
• Mario Lavista (born 1943)
• Henri Lazarof (born 1932)
• Mary Jane Leach (born 1949)
• Anne Lebaron (born 1953)
• Roman Ledenjow (born 1930)
• Jacques Leduc (born 1932)
• Reinbert de Leeuw (born 1938)
• Wadada Leo Smith (born 1941)
• Philippe Leroux (born 1959)
• György Ligeti (born 1923)
• Douglas Lilburn (1915 - 2001)
• Magnus Lindberg (born 1958)
• Annea Lockwood (born 1939)
• Alvin Lucier (born 1931)

M

• James MacMillan (born 1959)
• David Mahler (born 1944)
• Florian Magnus Maier (born 1973)
• Edgar Mann (born 1961)
• Philippe Manoury (born 1952)
• Myriam Marbe (1931-1997)
• Bunita Marcus (born 1952)
• Ingram Marshall (born 1942)
• Steve Martland (born 1959)
• Colin Matthews (born 1946)
• David Matthews (born 1943)
• Siegfried Matthus (born 1934)
• Nicholas Maw (born 1935)
• Peter Maxwell Davies (born 1934)
• Arne Mellnäs (1933 - 2002)
• Gian-Carlo Menotti (born 1911)
• Michel Meynaud ( * 1950)
• Roscoe Mitchell (born 1940)
• Luca Miti (born 1957)
• Meredith Monk (born 1942)
• Ennio Morricone (born 1928)
• Veli Mukhatov (born 1916)
• Philemon Mukarno
• Gordon Mumma (born 1935)
• Tristan Murail (born 1947)

N

• Olga Neuwirth (born 1968)
• Svend Nielsen (born 1937)
• Tage Nielsen (1929 - 2003)
• Bo Nilsson (born 1937)
• Pehr Henrik Nordgren (born 1944)
• Arne Nordheim (born 1931)
• Robert Normandeau (born 1955)
• Per Nørgård (born 1932)
• Ib Nørholm (born 1931)
• Emmanuel Nunes (born 1941)
• Michael Nyman (born 1944)
• Knut Nystedt (born 1915)

O

• Franz Martin Olbrisch (born 1952)
• Pauline Oliveros (born 1932)
• Leo Ornstein (1892 - 2002)

P

• Luis de Pablo (born 1930)
• Paul Panhuysen
• Åke Parmerud (born 1953)
• Arvo Pärt (born 1935)
• Krzysztof Penderecki (born 1933)
• Goffredo Petrassi (1904 - 2003)
• Larry Polansky (born 1954)
• Henri Pousseur (born 1929)
• Friedrich Puetz (born 1950)

Q

• Qu Xiao-song (born 1952)

R

• Eliane Radigue (born 1932)
• Einojuhani Rautavaara (born 1928)
• Steve Reich (born 1936)
• Aribert Reimann (born 1936)
• Roger Reynolds (born 1934)
• Rolf Riehm (born 1937)
• Wolfgang Rihm (born 1952)
• Terry Riley (born 1935)
• Luis Rizo-Salom (born 1971)
• George Rochberg (born 1918)
• Ned Rorem (born 1923)
• Ney Rosauro (born 1952)
• David Rosenboom (born 1947)
• Stéphane Roy (born 1959)
• Mikel Rouse (born 1957)
• John Rutter (born 1945)
• Peter Ruzicka (born 1948)
• Frederic Rzewski (born 1938)

S

• Kaija Saariaho (born 1952)
• Aulis Sallinen (born 1935)
• Sven-David Sandström (born 1942)
• Robert Saxton (born 1953)
• Peter Schat (born 1935)
• Friedrich Schenker (born 1942)
• Thomas Schmidt-Kowalski (born 1949)
• Dieter Schnebel (born 1930)
• Rodion Schtschedrin (born 1932)
• Gunther Schuller (born 1925)
• Kurt Schwaen (born 1909)
• Salvatore Sciarrino (born 1947)
• Peter Sculthorpe (born 1929)
• Harold Shapero (born 1929)
• Walentin Silwestrow (born 1937)
• Ezra Sims (born 1928)
• Alvin Singleton (born 1940)
• Larry Sitsky (born 1934)
• Denis Smalley (born 1946)
• Roger Smalley (born 1943)
• Randall Smith (born 1960)
• Juan Maria Solare (born 1966)
• Bent Sørensen (born 1958)
• Bernadette Speach (born 1948)
• Laurie Spiegel (born 1945)
• Hans Stadlmair (born 1929)
• Karlheinz Stockhausen (born 1928)
• Carl Stone (born 1953)
• Ulrich Stranz (1946 - 2004)
• Morton Subotnick (born 1933)
• Lepo Sumera (1950 - 2000)
• Giles Swayne (born 1946)

T

• Eino Tamberg (born 1930)
• John Tavener (born 1944)
• Robert Taylor (born 1931)
• Richard Teitelbaum (born 1939)
• James Tenney (born 1934)
• Dimitri Terzakis (born 1938)
• Mikis Theodorakis (born 1925)
• Alain Thibault (born 1956)
• J.G.Thirlwell (born 1960)
• Stefan Thomas (born 1968)
• Boris Tischtschenko (born 1939)
• Eino Toppinen (also Eicca Toppinen) (born 1975)
• Michael Torke (born 1961)
• Veljo Tormis (born 1930)
• Joan Tower (born 1938)
• David Del Tredici (born 1937)
• Jacques Tremblay (born 1962)
• Manfred Trojahn (born 1949)
• Alexander Tschaikowski (born 1946)
• Roxanne Turcotte (born 1960)
• Mark-Anthony Turnage (born 1960)
• Erkki-Sven Tüür (born 1959)
• 'Blue' Gene Tyranny (born 1945)

U

• İlhan Usmanbaş (born 1923)
• Galina Ustwolskaja (born 1919)

V

• Annette Vande Gorne (born 1946)
• Peteris Vasks (born 1946)
• Lois V. Vierk (born 1951)
• Ian Vine (born 1974)
• Jan van Vlijmen (1935-2004)
• Kevin Volans (born 1949)
• Jan Vriend (born 1938)
• Klaas de Vries (born 1944)

W

• David Ward-Steinman (born 1936)
• Peter-Jan Wagemans (born 1952)
• Christoph Maria Wagner (born 1966)
• Felipe Waller (born 1971)
• Hildegard Westerkamp (born 1946)
• Bernd Wiesemann (born 1938)
• Malcolm Williamson (1931 - 2003)
• Daniel James Wolf (born 1961)
• Julia Wolfe (born 1958)
• Christian Wolff (born 1934)
• Charles Wuorinen (born 1938)

X

• Iannis Xenakis (1922 - 2001)

Y

• Takashi Yoshimatsu (born 1953)
• La Monte Young (born 1935)

Z

• Ruth Zechlin (born 1926)
• Hans Zender (born 1936)
• Grete von Zieritz (1899 - 2001)
• Walter Zimmermann (born 1949)
• Irakli Zinzadse (born 1964)
• Evan Ziporyn
• Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (born 1939)

See also

• contemporary music
• List of 20th century classical composers

External links

• The Living Composers Project (http://www.composers21.com/?)