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Brian Ferneyhough
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Sofia Gubaidulina
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Sofia Asgatovna Gubaidulina, (Tatar Saniya Äsğät qızı Ğobäydullina, Russian София Асгатовна Губайдулина) (born 24 October 1931) is a Soviet… read moreSofia Asgatovna Gubaidulina, (Tatar Saniya Äsğät qızı Ğobäydullina, Russian София Асгатовна Губайдулина) (born 24 October 1931) is a Soviet-Tatar composer. Lives in Germany since 1991. Gubaidulina was born in Chistopol, in the Tatar Rep… read moreSofia Asgatovna Gubaidulina, (Tatar Saniya Äsğät qızı Ğobäydullina, Russian София Асгатовна Губайдулина) (born 24 October 1931) is a Soviet-Tatar composer. Lives in Germany since 1991. Gubaidulina was born in Chistopol, in the Tatar Republic. She studied composition and piano at the Kazan Conser… read more -
Luigi Nono
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Earle Brown
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Gérard Grisey
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George Crumb
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George Crumb (born October 24, 1929) is an American composer of modern and avant garde music. He is noted as an explorer of unusual timbres… read moreGeorge Crumb (born October 24, 1929) is an American composer of modern and avant garde music. He is noted as an explorer of unusual timbres. Examples include spoken flute (one speaks while blowing into the instrument) and glass marbles p… read moreGeorge Crumb (born October 24, 1929) is an American composer of modern and avant garde music. He is noted as an explorer of unusual timbres. Examples include spoken flute (one speaks while blowing into the instrument) and glass marbles poured onto an open piano. After initially being influenced b… read more -
Olga Neuwirth
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Wolfgang Rihm
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Caleb Burhans
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