swap_horiz Jörg Widmann Alternatives

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Richard Wagner

Richard Wagner was a prominent German composer of the Romantic era. He significantly impacted music with his innovative...

German Romantic Opera Music Drama

9.2 Excellent

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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

8.9 Great

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Richard Strauss

Richard Strauss was a prominent German composer active during the late Romantic and early modern periods. He is best kno...

Music German Opera Orchestral

8.8 Great

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Robert Schumann

Robert Schumann was a prominent German composer of the Romantic era. His significant contributions include innovative pi...

German Romantic Piano Chamber

8.7 Great

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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

8.7 Great

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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

7.8 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

7.8 Good

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Hans Werner Henze

Hans Werner Henze (1926–2012) was a prolific German composer known for his vast output across orchestral, chamber, and t...

German Opera Modern Chamber

7.6 Good

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Wolfgang Rihm

Wolfgang Rihm (1952–2024) was a German composer renowned for his extraordinary productivity and highly expressive, often...

Music German Contemporary Expressionist

7.6 Good

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Helmut Lachenmann

Helmut Lachenmann is a German composer associated with musique concrète instrumentale, his term for music that foregroun...

German Contemporary Avant Garde Chamber

7.5 Good

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Hans Pfitzner

Hans Pfitzner was a German composer and conductor whose work is firmly rooted in the late Romantic tradition. His most e...

German Opera Chamber Lieder

7.1 Good

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Zhou Long

Zhou Long is a Chinese-American composer born in 1953 whose output includes opera, orchestral music, chamber works, and...

Opera Contemporary Chamber Cross Cultural

7.1 Good

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Aulis Sallinen

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

Symphony Opera Contemporary Chamber

6.8 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

6.4 Fair

15

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

5.9 Mediocre

16

Beat Furrer

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

Austrian Opera Complex Contemporary

5.8 Mediocre

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Matthias Pintscher

Matthias Pintscher is a German composer and conductor whose work includes orchestral and chamber music. His compositions...

Music German Contemporary Orchestral

5.5 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

5.4 Mediocre

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Peter Ruzicka

Peter Ruzicka is a German composer, conductor, and cultural administrator born in Düsseldorf in 1948. His operas include...

Music German Contemporary Lyrical

5.0 Mediocre

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Enno Poppe

Enno Poppe is a German composer and conductor associated with contemporary classical music. His works include music for...

German Complex Contemporary Chamber

4.9 Poor