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Pēteris Vasks
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György Kurtág
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Kaija Saariaho
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Michael Hersch
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Rebecca Clarke
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Gian Francesco Malipiero
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Родион Константинович Щедрин
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Georges Auric
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Tom Johnson
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Cristóbal Halffter
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