List of 21st century classical composers by name

See also List of 21st century classical composers by birth date and List of 21st century classical composers by death date.

Composers of 21st century classical music include:

A

*Keiko Abe (born 1937)
*Muhal Richard Abrams (born 1930)
*Juan Manuel Abras (born 1975)
*José Antonio Abreu (born 1939)
*Anton García Abril (born 1933)
*John Adams (born 1947)
*John Luther Adams (born 1953)
*Thomas Adès (born 1971)
*Samuel Adler (born 1928)
*Kati Agocs (born 1975)
*Ernani Aguiar (born 1950)
*Miguel de Aguila (born 1957)
*Kalevi Aho (born 1949)
*Frangis Ali-Sade (born 1947)
*Eduardo Alonso-Crespo (born 1956)
*Javier Alvarez (born 1956)
*Miguel Álvarez-Fernández (born 1979)
*Maryanne Amacher (born 1943)
*Charles Amirkhanian (born 1945)
*David Amram (born 1930)
*Gilbert Amy (born 1936)
*Beth Anderson (born 1950)
*Julian Anderson (born 1967)
*Mark André (born 1964)
*Louis Andriessen (born 1939)
*Theodore Antoniou (born 1935)
*Georges Aperghis (born 1945)
*Dominick Argento (born 1927)
*Sebastian Armoza (born 1974)
*Georgi Arnaoudov (born 1957)
*Girolamo Arrigo (born 1930)
*Vyacheslav Artyomov (born 1940)
*Alexander Arutiunian (born 1920)
*Robert Ashley (born 1930)
*Daniel Asia (born 1953)
*André Asriel (born 1922)
*José Vicente Asuar (born 1933)
*Kenneth Atchley (born 1954)
*Lera Auerbach (born 1973)
*Christopher Auerbach-Brown (born 1970)
*Larry Austin (born 1930)
*Sérgio Azevedo (born 1968)

B

*Ignacio Baca Lobera (born 1957)
*Nicolas Bacri (born 1961)
*Nikolai Badinski (born 1937)
*Junsang Bahk (born 1937)
*Simon Bainbridge (born 1952)
*Feliksas Bajoras (born 1934)
*Leonardo Balada (born 1933)
*Osvaldas Balakauskas (born 1937)
*Claude Ballif (born 1924)
*Alain Bancquart (born 1934)
*Stephen Mark Barchan (born 1982)
*Vytautas Barkauskas (born 1931)
*Clarence Barlow (born ca. 1945)
*James Barnes (born 1949)
*Natasha Barrett (born 1972)
*Richard Barrett (born 1959)
*Gerald Barry (born 1952)
*Emerson Batagini (born 1978)
*Dennis Báthory-Kitsz (born 1949)
*Sally Beamish (born 1956)
*Robert Beaser (born 1954)
*Stephen David Beck (born 1959)
*Jeremy Beck (born 1960)
*Samuel Becker (born 1978)
*David Bedford (born 1937)
*Eve Beglarian (born 1958)
*David Behrman (born 1937)
*Richard Belcastro (born 1976)
*Alfonso Belfiore (born 1954)
*Alan Belkin (born 1951)
*Barbara Benary (born 1946)
*Juraj Beneš (born 1940)
*Xavier Benguerel (born 1931)
*George Benjamin (born 1960)
*Heinz Benker (born 1921)
*Richard Rodney Bennett (born 1936)
*Pascal Bentoiu (born 1927)
*Esteban Benzecry (born 1970)
*Sebastien Beranger (born 1977)
*Roman Berger (born 1930)
*Michael Berkeley (born 1948)
*Bart Berman (born 1938)
*Derek Bermel (born 1967)
*Lauren Bernofsky (born 1967)
*Charles Roland Berry (born 1957)
*Mario Bertoncini (born 1932)
*Christophe Bertrand (born 1981)
*John E Bevan (born 1986)
*Gilbert Biberian (born 1944)
*Jörg Birkenkötter (born 1963)
*Harrison Birtwistle (born 1934)
*Staffan Björklund (born 1944)
*Easley Blackwood Jr. (born 1933)
*David Blake (born 1936)
*Pavel Blatny (born 1931)
*Paolo Blundo Canto (born 1979)
*Sylvie Bodorová (born 1954)
*Konrad Boehmer (born 1941)
*Philippe Boesmans (born 1936)
*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)
*Hans-Jürgen von Bose (born 1953)
*Christian Bouchard (born 1968)
*Ned Bouhalassa (born 1962)
*Denys Bouliane (born 1955)
*Guy Bovet (born 1942)
*Andrew Boysen (born 1968)
*Attila Bozay (born 1939)
*Glenn Branca (born 1948)
*Theo Brandmüller (born 1948)
*Henning Brauel (born 1940)
*Peter Michael Braun (born 1936)
*Anthony Braxton (born 1945)
*Uri Brener (born 1974)
*Martin Bresnick (born 1946)
*Roger Briggs (born 1952)
*Alois Bröder (born 1961)
*Leo Brouwer (born 1939)
*Stephen Brown (born 1948)
*David Bruce (born 1970)
*Karl Gottfried Brunotte (born 1958)
*Elisabetta Brusa (born 1954)
*Joanna Bruzdowicz (born 1943)
*Steven Bryant (born 1972)
*Gavin Bryars (born 1943)
*Gunnar Bucht (born 1927)
*Boudewijn Buckinx (born 1945)
*Magnus Bunnskog (born 1974)
*Geoffrey Burgon (born 1941)
*Diana Burrell (born 1948)
*Francis Burt (born 1926)
*Sylvano Bussotti (born 1931)
*Javier Busto (born 1949)

C

*Rodrigo Cadiz (born 1972)
*Herbert Callhoff (born 1933)
*Christian Calon (born 1950)
*Jacques Calonne (born 1930)
*Gérard Calvi (born 1922)
*Charles Camilleri (born 1931)
*Mauro Campagnoli (born 1975)
*Bruno Canino (born 1935)
*Daniel Capelletti (born 1958)
*Robert Carl (born 1954)
*Wendy Carlos (born 1939)
*Michael Carnes (born 1950)
*Roberto Carnevale (born 1966)
*Edwin Carr (1926-2003)
*Ben Carson (born 1971)
*Sara Carvalho (born 1970)
*Philip Cashian (born 1963)
*John Casken (born 1949)
*Jacques Castérède (born 1926)
*Josef Ceremuga (born 1930)
*Friedrich Cerha (born 1926)
*Jordi Cervelló (born 1935)
*Franco Cesarini (born 1961)
*António Chagas Rosa (born 1960)
*Aleksandr Chaikovsky (born 1946)
*Jacques Charpentier (born 1933)
*Stephen Chatman (born 1950)
*Brian Cherney (born 1942)
*Mary Ellen Childs (born 1957)
*Unsuk Chin (born 1961)
*Michel Chion (born 1947)
*Jil Christensen (born 1974)
*Dimitâr Christov (born 1933)
*Heinz Chur (born 1948)
*Leonardo Ciampa (born 1971)
*Paul Clouvel (born 1971)
*Gloria Coates (born 1938)
* Allen Cohen
*Liviu Comes (born 1918)
*Nicolas Collins (born 1954)
*Graziella Concas (born 1970)
*Justin Connolly (born 1933)
*Marius Constant (1925 - 2004)
*Dinos Constantinides (born 1929)
*Sidney Corbett (born 1960)
*Frank Corcoran (born 1944)
*John Corigliano (born 1938)
*Kevin A. Cornelius (born 1977)
*Vladimir Cosma (born 1940)
*Edward Cowie (born 1943)
*Cindy Cox (born 1961)
*Noah Creshevsky (born 1945)
*Gordon Crosse (born 1937)
*George Crumb (born 1929)
*Carlos Cruz de Castro (born 1941)
*Alvin Curran (born 1938)
*Curtis Curtis-Smith (born 1941)
*Joe Cutler (born 1968)
*Chaya Czernowin (born 1967)
*Henryk Czyz (1923 - 2003)

D

*Robert Daigneault (born 1940)
*Martin Dalby (born 1942)
*Matteo D'Amico (born 1955)
*Liviu Dandara (born 1933)
*Nguyen-Thien Dao (born 1940)
*Yves Daoust (born 1946)
*Xavier Darasse (born 1934)
*Michael Daugherty (born 1954)
*Alexandre Danilevsky (born 1957)
*Diego Davidenko (born 1979)
*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)
*Igor Dekleva (born 1933)
*José Luis de Delás (born 1928)
*Ratko Delorko (born 1959)
*David Del Tredici (born 1937)
*Johan de Meij (born 1953)
*Jacques Demierre (born 1954)
*Michael Denhoff (born 1955)
*Jean-François Denis (born 1960)
*Luis De Pablo (born 1930)
*Fabrizio De Rossi Re (born 1960)
*Gion Antoni Derungs (born 1935)
*Martin Derungs (born 1943)
*Pavle Dešpalj (born 1934)
*Dejan Despic´ (born 1930)
*Frédéric Devreese (born 1929)
*Matthew Dewey (born 1984)
*Rafaël D'Haene (born 1943)
*Robert Dick (born 1950)
*Francesco Di Fiore (born 1966)
*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 (1931 - 2000)
*Charles Dodge (born 1945)
*Friedhelm Döhl (born 1936)
*Paul Dolden (born 1956)
*Hanuš Domansky´ (born 1944)
*Franco Donatoni (1927-2000)
*Paul Doornbusch (born 1960)
*Joseph Dorfman (1940-2006)
*Avner Dorman (born 1975)
*James Douglas (born 1932-)
*Stefan Dragostinov (born 1948)
*Arnold Dreyblatt (born 1953)
*George Dreyfus (born 1928)
*László Dubrovay (born 1943)
*William Duckworth (born 1943)
*Nicholas Duggan (born 1962)
*Peter Dülken (born 1954)
*Iancu Dumitrescu (born 1944)
*Tan Dun (born 1957)
*F L Dunkin Wedd (born 1955)
*Hubert Du Plessis (born 1922)
*Joël-François Durand (born 1954)
*Frédéric Durieux (born 1959)
*Gianmartino Durighello (born 1961)
*Pascal Dusapin (born 1955)
*Andrzej Dutkiewicz (born 1942)
*Arié Dzierlatka (born 1933)
*David Dzubay (born 1964)

E

*David Earl (born 1951)
*Gerald Eckert (born 1960)
*George Edwards (born 1943)
*Ross Edwards (born 1943)
*Moritz Eggert (born 1965)
*Margriet Ehlen (born 1943)
*Søren Nils Eichberg (born 1973)
*Dietrich Eichmann (born 1966)
*Karólina Eiriksdóttir (born 1951)
*Julio Estrada (born 1943)
*Brian Elias (born 1948)
*Dror Elimelech (born 1956)
*Jean-Claude Éloy (born 1938)
*Huib Emmer (born 1951)
*Frantisek Emmert (born 1940)
*Hans-Ulrich Engelmann (born 1921)
*Peter Eötvös (born 1944)
*Heimo Erbse (born 1924)
*Susanne Erding (born 1955)
*Hans-Ola Ericsson (born 1958)
*Iván Eröd (born 1936)
*Andrej Eschpaj (born 1925)
*Karlheinz Essl (born 1960)
*Pierre Even (born 1946)
*Eric Ewazen (born 1954)

F

*Juri Falik (born 1936)
*Leoš Faltus (born 1937)
*Gareth Farr (born 1968)
*Reinhard Febel (born 1952)
*Jonathan FeBland (born 1960)
*Ivan Fedele (born 1953)
*Stephen Feigenbaum (born 1989)
*Richard Felciano (born 1930)
*Barbara Monk Feldman (born 1953)
*Antonio Fernandez (born 1962)
*José Manuel Fernández (born 1956)
*Sergio Fernández (born 1946)
*Brian Ferneyhough (born 1943)
*Luc Ferrari (born 1929)
*Lorenzo Ferrero (born 1951)
*Andreas Fervers (born 1957)
*Petr Fiala (born 1943)
*Jan Fila (born 1982)
*Joshua Fineberg (born 1969)
*Reinhold Finkbeiner (born 1929)
*Michael Finnissy (born 1946)
*Elena Firsova see also Jelena Firssowa (born 1950)
*David First (born 1953)
*Alfred Fisher (born 1942)
*Graham Fitkin (born 1963)
*Joseph Fitzmartin (born 1943)
*Tom Flaherty (born 1950)
*Ernst Helmuth Flammer (born 1949)
*Kjell Flem (born 1943)
*Reinhard David Flender (born 1953)
*Philip Flood (born 1964)
*Urs Joseph Flury (born 1941)
*Henry Flynt (born 1940)
*David Flynn (born 1977)
*Daniel Charles Foley (born 1952)
*Jacqueline Fontyn (born 1930)
*Lewis Forbes (born 1987)
*Andrew Ford (born 1957)
*Joseph Dillon Ford (born 1947)
*Silvio Foretic´ (born 1940)
*Carlo Forlivesi (born 1971)
*Roland Forsberg (born 1939)
*Malcolm Forsyth (born 1936)
*Lukas Foss (born 1922)
*Yorgos Foudoulis (born 1964)
*Patrice Fouillaud (born 1949)
*Jennifer Fowler (born 1939)
*John Frandsen (born 1956)
*Joep Franssens (born 1955)
*Olov Franzén (born 1946)
*Jürg Frey (born 1953)
*Fabio Fresi (born 1979)
*Ruben Fridolfson (born 1933)
*Rikhardur H. Fridriksson (born 1960)
*Johannes Fritsch (born 1941)
*Kenneth Fuchs (born 1956)
*Keiko Fujiie (born 1963)
*Masanori Fujita (born 1946)
*Kazuo Fukushima (born 1930)
*Ellen Fullman (born 1957)
*Aaron Funk (born 1975)
*Beat Furrer (born 1954)

G

*Nodar Gabunija (1933 - 2000)
*Clemens Gadenstätter (born 1966)
*Bogdan Gagic´ (born 1931)
*Alain Gagnon (born 1938)
*Bernhard Gál (born 1971)
*Carlo Galante (born 1959)
*Guillermo Galindo (born 1960)
*Kyle Gann (born 1955)
*David Gamper (born 1945)
*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)
*James Gath (born 1991)
*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)
*Jiří Gemrot (born 1957)
*Juan Martin Gendelman (born 1976)
*Anthony Genge (born 1952)
*Vladimir Genin (born 1958)
*Evren Genis (born 1978)
*Harald Genzmer (born 1909)
*Jaap Geraedts (1924 - 2003)
*René Gerber (born 1908)
*Steven Gerber (born 1948)
*Frank Gerhardt (born 1967)
*Oswald Gerstel (born 1923)
*Stefano Gervasoni (born 1962)
*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)
*Angelo Gilardino (born 1941)
*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 (1913-2006)
*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)
*Vladimír 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)
*David Gompper (born 1954)
*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)
*Howard Goodall (born 1958)
*Daniel Goode (born 1936)
*Todd Goodman (born 1977)
*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 see also Hrabovsky or Hrabovski (born 1935)
*David Graham (born 1952)
*John Kenneth Graham (born 1955)
*Ulf Grahn (born 1942)
*Harold Gramatges (born 1918)
*Renato de Grandis (born 1927)
*Gottfried Gräsbeck (born 1927)
*Kurt Graunke (1915 - 2005)
*Ray Green (born 1908)
*Jay Greenberg (born 1991)
*Vinicius Grefiens (born 1916)
*Dante Grela (Argentina, 1941)
*Čestmir Gregor (born 1926)
*Mark Gresham (born 1956)
*Deirdre Gribbin (born 1967)
*John Griffin (born 1979)
*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)
*Trevor Gureckis (born 1982)
*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)
*Tomasz Gaworek-Schodrok (born 1965)

H

*Georg Friedrich Haas (born 1953)
*Eilert Hægeland (born 1951)
*Gudmundur Hafsteinsson (born 1953)
*Daron Hagen (born 1961)
*Jocelyn Hagen (born 1980)
*Georg Hajdu (born 1960)
*André Hajdu (born 1932)
*Lorant Hajdu (born 1937)
*Naji Hakim (born 1955)
*Jeremy Haladyna
*Václav Hálek (born 1937)
*Cristóbal Halffter (born 1930)
*Emily Hall (born 1976)
*Carl-Axel Hall (born 1947)
*Roger Lee Hall (born 1942)
*Bengt Hallberg (born 1932)
*Hans Peter Haller (born 1929)
*Hermann Haller (1914–2002)
*Joseph Hallman (born 1979)
*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 Hanuš (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)
*Kevin F. Harris (born 1965)
*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)
*Werner Heider (born 1930)
*Harald Heilmann (born 1924)
*David Heinick (born 1954)
*Paavo Heininen (born 1938)
*Mikko Heiniö (born 1948)
*Walter Hekster (born 1937)
*Barbara Heller (born 1936)
*Richard Heller (born 1954)
*Karlton Hester (born 1954)
*Robert Maximilian Helmschrott (born 1938)
*Robert Helps (1928 - 2001)
*Christoph Hempel (born 1946)
*Gerard Hengeveld (1910 - 2001)
*Pierre Henry (born 1927)
*Blake R. Henson (born 1983)
*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)
*Michael Hersch (born 1971)
*Jacques Hétu (born 1938)
*Detlef Heusinger (born 1956
*David Graham Hewson (born 1953)
*Volker Heyn (born 1938)
*Manuel Hidalgo (born 1956)
*Jennifer Higdon (born 1962)
*Jackson Hill (born 1941)
*Winfried Hiller (born 1941)
*John S. Hilliard (born 1947)
*Hajo Hinrichs (born 1911)
*Kozaburo Hirai (1910 - 2002)
*Cornelius Hirsch (born 1954)
*Hans Ludwig Hirsch (born 1937)
*Caspar René Hirschfeld (born 1965)
*Miroslav Hlaváč (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)
*Joel Hoffmann (born 1953)
*Richard Hoffmann (born 1925)
*Thomas Hofmann (born 1958)
*Wolfgang Hohensee (born 1927)
*Christoph Hohlfeld (born 1922)
*Theodor Holdheim (born 1923)
*York Höller (born 1944)
*Alan Holley (born 1954)
*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)
*Toshio Hosokawa (born 1955)
*Simon Hovanessian (born 1940)
*Luc van Hove (born 1957)
*Egil Hovland (born 1924)
*Leslie Howard (born 1948)
*Leonid Hrabovsky see also Grabowski or Hrabovski (born 1935)
*Alexandru Hrisanide (born 1936)
*Ivan Hrušovsky´ (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)
*Svend Hvidtfelt Nielsen (born 1958)
*Ketil Hvoslef (born 1939)
*Miriam Hyde (born 1913)
*Oliver Hynes (born 1946)
*Michael Hedges (1953 - 1997)

I

*Stefano Ianne (born 1963)
*Shin-Ichiro Ikebe (born 1943)
*Takuya Imahori (born 1978)
*Kamran Ince (born 1960)
*Iannis Ioannidis (born 1930)
*Adrian Iorgulescu (born 1951)
*Gabriel Iranyi (born 1946)
*Maki Ishii (born 1936)
*Ilayaraaja (1943)
*Ian Gottschalk Costabile (born 1984)

J

*Edward Jacobs (born 1961)
*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)
*Samuel Jerónimo (born 1979)
*Willem Jeths (born 1959)
*Magnús Blöndal Jóhannsson (born 1925)
*David C. Johnson (born 1940)
*M. Zachary Johnson (born 1974)
*Samn Johnson (born 1991)
*Tom Johnson (born 1939)
*Ben Johnston (born 1926)
*Fergus Johnston (born 1959)
*David Evan Jones (born 1959)
*Samuel Jones (born 1935)
*Betsy Jolas (born 1926)
*Bradley Joseph (born 1965)
*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

*Mauricio Kagel (born 1931)
*Vakhtang Kakhidze (born 1959)
*Johannes Kalitzke (born 1959)
*Alexander Kaloian (born 1962)
*Imants Kalnins (born 1941)
*Giya Kancheli (born 1935)
*Ejnar Kanding (born 1965)
*Shigeru Kan-no (born 1959)
*Nikolai Kapustin (born 1937)
*Faradsch Karajew (born 1943)
*Alemdar Karamanow (born 1934)
*Erhard Karkoschka (born 1923)
*Richard Karpen (born 1957)
*Yuri Kasparov (born 1955)
*Georg Katzer (born 1935)
*Roland Kayn (born 1933)
*David Keane (born 1943)
*Donald Keats (born 1929)
*Nigel Keay (born 1955)
*David Kechley (born 1947)
*Robert Kechley (born 1952)
*Igor Kefalidi or Kefalidis (born 1941)
*Milko Kelemen (born 1924)
*Daniel Kellogg (born 1976)
*Bryan Kelly (born 1934)
*Rudolf Kelterborn (born 1931)
*John Kenny (born 1957)
*Aaron Jay Kernis (born 1960)
*Gordon Kerry (born 1961)
*Huub Kerstens (born 1947)
*Otto Ketting (born 1935)
*Geert van Keulen (born 1943)
*Kim Hi Kyung (born 1962)
*Alastair King (born 1967)
*Volker David Kirchner (born 1942)
*Hikari Kiyama (born 1983)
*Kuno Kjaerbe (born 1959)
*Giselher Klebe (born 1925)
*Phil Kline
*Anđelko Klobucar (born 1931)
*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)
*Hans Kockelmans (born 195?)
*Zoltán Kocsis (born 1952)
*Nevit Kodalli (born 1924)
*Graeme Koehne (born 1956)
*Gottfried Michael Koenig (born 1926)
*Alfred Koerppen (born 1926)
*Panayiotis Kokoras (born 1974)
*Barbara Kolb (born 1939)
*Jo Kondo (born 1947)
*Marek Kopelent (born 1932)
*Mark Kopytman (born 1929)
*Evgeni Kostitsyn (born 1963)
*Constantine Koukias (born 1965)
*Hans Kox (born 1930)
*Wilfried Krätzschmar (born 1944)
*Zygmunt Krauze (born 1938)
*Joseph-François Kremer (born 1954)
*Johannes Kretz (born 1968)
*Georg Kröll (born 1934)
*Ton de Kruyf (born 1937)
*Ladislav Kubik (born 1946)
*Claus Kühnl (born 1957)
*Hanna Kulenty (born 1961)
*Gary Kulesha (born 1954)
*Andreas Kunstein (born 1967)
*Ladislav Kupkovic (born 1936)
*György Kurtág (born 1926)
*Karl-Wieland Kurz (born 1961)
*Bronius Kutavičius (born 1932)
*Hanspeter Kyburz (born 1960)

L

*Joan LaBarbara (born 1947)
*Juan Sebastian Lach (born 1970)
*Helmut Lachenmann (born 1935)
*L.Athira Krishna
*Ezra Laderman (born 1924)
*Ruggero Laganà (born 1956)
*Cristina Landuzzi (born 1961)
*Bernhard Lang (born 1957)
*David Lang (born 1957)
*István Láng (born 1933)
*Vanessa Lann (born 1968)
*Paul Lansky (born 1944)
*André Laporte (born 1931)
*Patrick Larley (born 1951)
*Aleksander Lason (born 1951)
*Anne Lauber (born 1943)
*Morten Lauridsen (born 1943)
*Rachel Laurin (born 1961)
*Elodie Lauten
*James Lavino (born 1973)
*Mario Lavista (born 1943)
*Matthew Lawton (born 1981)
*Henri Lazarof (born 1932)
*Mary Jane Leach (born 1949)
*Anne Lebaron (born 1953)
*Roman Ledenjow (born 1930)
*Claude Ledoux (born 1960)
*Jacques Leduc (born 1932)
*Reinbert de Leeuw (born 1938)
*Nicola LeFanu (born 1947)
*David Leisner (born 1953)
*John Anthony Lennon (born 1950)
*Troy Lennerd (born 1970)
*Georges Lentz (born 1965)
*Marina Leonardi (born 1970) )
*Wadada Leo Smith (born 1941)
*Philippe Leroux (born 1959)
*Peter Scott Lewis (born 1953)
*Ulrich Leyendecker (born 1946)
*Lowell Liebermann (born 1961)
*György Ligeti (1923-2006)
*Magnus Lindberg (born 1958)
*Jyrki Linjama (born 1962)
*Annea Lockwood (born 1939)
*Paolo Longo (born 1967)
*Bent Lorentzen (born 1935)
*Alexina Louie (b. 1949)
*William Loveless (born 1956)
*Andrew Lowe Watson (born 1958)
*Alvin Lucier (born 1931)
*Stanley Lunetta (born 1937)
*Ulrich Ludat (born 1959)
*Eric Lyon (born 1962)

M

*Andrew McBirnie (born 1971)
*John McCabe (born 1939)
*Tod Machover (born 1953)
*Anne McGinty (born 1945)
*Edward McGuire (born 1948)
*Jonathan McLear (born 1980)
*Otmar Macha (1922-2006)
*John Mackey (born 1973)
*Steven Mackey (born 1956)
*James MacMillan (born 1959)
*Gordon McPherson (born 1965)
*Carleton Macy (born 1944)
*Jan Maegaard (born 1926)
*Fabio Maffei (born 1968)
*Ronnie Magala (born 1978)
* Javier Torres Maldonado (born 1968)
*Edgar Mann (born 1961)
*Philippe Manoury (born 1952)
*Edward Manukyan (born 1981)
*Bunita Marcus (born 1952)
*Pierre Mariétan (born 1935)
*Ingram Marshall (born 1942)
*Robert Martin (born 1952)
*Donald Martino (1931–2005)
*Vladimir Martynov (born 1946)
*Steve Martland (born 1959)
*Diego Masson (born 1935)
*Yori-aki Matsudaira (born 1931)
*Yoritsune Matsudaira (1907-2001)
*Colin Matthews (born 1946)
*David Matthews (born 1943)
*Siegfried Matthus (born 1934)
*Nicholas Maw (born 1935)
*Stephen Melillo (born 1957)
*Arne Mellnäs (1933–2002)
*Gian-Carlo Menotti (1911-2007)
*Wim Mertens (born 1953)
*Laurent Mettraux (born 1970)
*Jean-Christian Michel (born 1938)
*Winfried Michel (born 1948)
*Minoru Miki (born 1930)
*İlhan Mimaroglu (born 1926)
*Everette Minchew (born 1977)
*Haruki Mino (born 1950)
*Dary John Mizelle (born 1940)
*Roscoe Mitchell (born 1940)
*Luca Miti (born 1957)
*Andrea Molino (born 1964)
*Meredith Monk (born 1942)
*Roberto Morales Manzanares (born 1958)
*Luigi Morleo (born 1970)
*Ennio Morricone (born 1928)
*Harald Muenz (born 1965)
*David Munoz (born 1989)
*Veli Mukhatov (1916–2005)
*Gordon Mumma (born 1935)
*Tristan Murail (born 1947)
*Roberto Musci (born 1956)

N

*Šarūnas Nakas (born 1962)
*Armen Nalbandian (born 1978)
*Onute Narbutaite (born 1956)
*Paul Nauert (born 1967)
*Olga Neuwirth (born 1968)
*Jonathan Newman (born 1972)
*Alasdair Nicholson (born 1961)
*Dimitri Nicolau (born 1946)
*Lewis Nielsen (born 1950)
*Svend Nielsen (born 1937)
*Joy Nilo (born 1970)
*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)
*Patrick Nunn (born 1969)
*Michael Nyman (born 1944)
*Knut Nystedt (born 1915)

O

*Anthony Ocana (born 1980)
*Gonzalo de Olavide (1934–2005)
*Franz Martin Olbrisch (born 1952)
*César de Oliveira (born 1977)
*Pauline Oliveros (born 1932)
*Justice Olsson (born 1949)
*Aengus Ó Maoláin (born 1985)
*Chris Opperman (born 1978)
*Leo Ornstein (1892–2002)
*Gabriela Ortiz (born 1965)
*Fritz Joseph Orzelek (born 1956)
*Mark Osborn (1969–2002)

P

*José de Paiva Netto (born 1941)
*Luis de Pablo (born 1930)
*Paul Panhuysen
*Siraseth pantura-umporn (born 1982)
*Åke Parmerud (born 1953)
*Sergei Pavlenko (born 1952)
*Hilda Paredes (born 1957)
*Kyoung Shin Park (born 1939)
*Arvo Pärt (born 1935)
*Maggi Payne (born 1945)
*Carlo Pedini (born 1956)
*John Peel (born 1947)
*Georgs Pelécis (born 1947)
*Michael Pelzel
*Krzysztof Penderecki (born 1933)
*Nick Peros (born 1963)
*William Perry (born 1930)
*Daniel Pesca (born 1985)
*Gérard Pesson (born 1958)
*Goffredo Petrassi (1904–2003)
*Riccardo Piacentini (born 1958)
*Daniel Pinkham (1923–2006)
*Paul Pinto (born 1982)
*Pēteris Plakidis (born 1947)
*Hannu Pohjannoro (born 1963)
*Larry Polansky (born 1954)
*Andrew Poppy (born 1954)
*Francis Pott (born 1957)
*Andrea Poggiali (born 1966)
*Henri Pousseur (born 1929)
*Battista Pradal (born 1962)
*William Price (born 1971)
*Simon Proctor
*John Psathas (born 1966)
*Friedrich Puetz (born 1950)
*Veli-Matti Puumala (born 1965)

Q

*Qu Xiao-Song (born 1952)

R

*Peer Raben (born 1940)
*Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky (born 1945)
*Eliane Radigue (born 1932)
*Štěpán Rak (born 1945)
*Alexander Raskatov (born 1953)
*Karl Aage Rasmussen (born 1947)
*Einojuhani Rautavaara (born 1928)
*Ray Reach (born 1948)
*Steve Reich (born 1936)
*Aribert Reimann (born 1936)
*Michael Reudenbach (born 1956)
*Roger Reynolds (born 1934)
*Rolf Riehm (born 1937)
*Wolfgang Rihm (born 1952)
*Terry Riley (born 1935)
*Robert Rival (born 1975)
*Imant Raminsh (born 1943)
*Manuel Rocha Iturbide (born 1963)
*George Rochberg (1918–2005)
*Ernesto Rodrigues (born 1959)
*Uroš Rojko (born 1956)
*Ned Rorem (born 1923)
*Marco Rosano (born 1964)
*Ney Rosauro (born 1952)
*David Rosenboom (born 1947)
*Niels Rosing-Schow (born 1954)
*Stéphane Roy (born 1959)
*Mikel Rouse (born 1957)
*Poul Ruders (born 1949)
*Magdalena Isabel Rula Kaminska (born 1992)
*John Rutter (born 1945)
*Peter Ruzicka (born 1948)
*Frederic Rzewski (born 1938)
*Osmo Tapio Räihälä (born 1964)
*Don Rath Jr (born 1956)

*Kaija Saariaho (born 1952)
*Aulis Sallinen (born 1935)
*Sven-David Sandström (born 1942)
*Kentaro Sato (born 1981)
*Eric Sawyer (born 1962)
*Robert Saxton (born 1953)
*Peter Schat (1935–2003)
*Friedrich Schenker (born 1942)
*Peter Schickele (born 1935)
*Thomas Schmidt-Kowalski (born 1949)
*Volker Ignaz Schmidt (born 1971)
*Dieter Schnebel (born 1930)
*Rodion Shchedrin (born 1932)
*Barry Schrader (born 1945)
*Gunther Schuller (born 1925)
*Nicholas Schutz (born 1979)
*Kurt Schwaen (born 1909)
*Otto M. Schwarz (born 1967)
*Salvatore Sciarrino (born 1947)
*Flavio Emilio Scogna (born 1956)
*Peter Sculthorpe (born 1929)
*Bryan Senti (born 1983)
*Tolib Shakhidi (born 1946)
*Vladislav Shoot (born 1941)
*Pandit Ravi Shankar (born 1928)
*Harold Shapero (born 1929)
*Alex Shapiro (born 1962)
*Gerald M. Shapiro (born 1942)
*Alexander Shchetynsky (born 1960)
*Sinyan Shen (born 1949)
*Hsueh-Yung Shen (born 1952)
*Charles Shere (born 1935)
*Roberto Sierra (born 1953)
*Walentin Silwestrow (born 1937)
*Aleksandar Simić (born 1973)
*Ezra Sims (born 1928)
*Alvin Singleton (born 1940)
*Damon Sink (born 1969)
*Urmas Sisask (born 1966)
*Larry Sitsky (born 1934)
*Steven Sivyer (born 1974)
*Howard Skempton (born 1947)
*Andys Skordis (born 1983)
*Thomas Sleeper (born 1956)
*Denis Smalley (born 1946)
*Roger Smalley (born 1943)
*Dmitri Smirnov or Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov (born 1948)
*Randall Smith (born 1960)
*Reginald Smith Brindle (1917-2003)
*Ivan Sokolov or Ivan Glebovich Sokolov (born 1960)
*Juan Maria Solare (born 1966)
*Alessandro Solbiati (born 1956)
*Avo Sõmer (born 1934)
*Bent Sørensen (born 1958)
*Rick Sowash (born 1950)
*Philip Sparke (born 1951)
*Bernadette Speach (born 1948)
*Andi Spicer (born 1959)
*Laurie Spiegel (born 1945)
*Georgia Spiropoulos (born 1965)
*Frank Lee Sprague (born 1969)
*Hans Stadlmair (born 1929)
*Michael Staley (born 1951)
*Ernstalbrecht Stiebler (born 1934)
*Robert Stine (born 1951)
*Karlheinz Stockhausen (born 1928)
*Richard Stoker (born 1938)
*Carl Stone (born 1953)
*Ulrich Stranz (1946-2004)
*Henrik Strindberg (born 1954)
*Paul Sturm (born 1956)
*Morton Subotnick (born 1933)
*Franz Surges (born 1958)
*Giles Swayne (born 1946)
*James Swearingen (born 1947)

T

*Timothy C. Takach (born 1978)
*Hannes Taljaard (born 1971)
*Joby Talbot (born 1971)
*Eino Tamberg (born 1930)
*Vladimir Tarnopolsky (born 1955)
*John Tavener (born 1944)
*Noah D. Taylor
*Robert Taylor (born 1931)
*Richard Teitelbaum (born 1939)
*James Tenney (1934–2006)
*Dimitri Terzakis (born 1938)
*Daniel Theaker (born 1967)
*Alan Theisen (born 1981)
*Mikis Theodorakis (born 1925)
*Alain Thibault (born 1956)
*J.G. Thirlwell (born 1960)
*Augusta Read Thomas (born 1964)
*Stefan Thomas (born 1968)
*Frank Ticheli (born 1958)
*Boris Tishchenko (born 1939)
*Eino Toppinen (also Eicca Toppinen) (born 1975)
*Michael Torke (born 1961)
*Veljo Tormis (born 1930)
*Javier Torres Maldonado (born in 1968)
*Ana Torres (born 1961)
*Joan Tower (born 1938)
*David Del Tredici (born 1937)
*Jacques Tremblay (born 1962)
*Manfred Trojahn (born 1949)
*Stephen Truelove (born 1946)
*Dan Trueman
*Hristo Tsanoff (born 1947)
*Roxanne Turcotte (born 1960)
*Mark-Anthony Turnage (born 1960)
*Roman Turovsky (born 1961)
*Erkki-Sven Tüür (born 1959)
*Dmitri Tymoczko (born 1969)
*'Blue' Gene Tyranny (born 1945)
*Tohgo Takahashi(born 1961)

U

*İlhan Usmanbaş (born 1923)

V

*Vangelis Papathanasiou
*Fabio Vacchi (born 1949)
*Cesare Valentini (born 1967)
*Annette Vande Gorne (born 1946)
*Jan Van der Roost (born 1956)
*Peteris Vasks (born 1946)
*Massimiliano Viel (born 1964)
*Lois V Vierk (born 1951)
*Pedro Vilarroig (born 1954)
*Hlynur A. Vilmarsson (born 1976)
*Ian Vine (born 1974)
*Ezequiel Viñao (born 1960)
*T. Edward Vives (born 1964)
*Jan van Vlijmen (1935-2004)
*Robert Voisey (born 1969)
*Kevin Volans (born 1949)
*Kirsten Volness (born 1980)
*Dimitri Voudouris (born 1961)
*Alexander Voustin or Vustin (born 1943)
*Jan Vriend (born 1938)
*Klaas de Vries (born 1944)

W

*Jay Wadley (born 1983)
*Peter-Jan Wagemans (born 1952)
*Christoph Maria Wagner (born 1966)
*Errollyn Wallen (born 1958)
*Felipe Waller (born 1971)
*David Ward-Steinman (born 1936)
*Graham Waterhouse (born 1962)
*Martin Watt (born 1971)
*Hildegard Westerkamp (born 1946)
*Paul W. Whear (born 1925)
*Eric Whitacre (born 1970)
*Bernd Wiesemann (born 1938)
*John Williams (born 1932)
*Malcolm Williamson (1931 - 2003)
*Thomas Wilson (1927 - 2001)
*Brent Witters (born 1966)
*Daniel James Wolf (born 1961)
*Julia Wolfe (born 1958)
*Christian Wolff (born 1934)
*Charles Wuorinen (born 1938)

X

*Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001)

Y

*Yehuda Yannay(born 1937)
*Yitzhak Yedid (born 1971)
*Takashi Yoshimatsu (born 1953)
*Jun Yamaguchi (born 1967)

Z

*Alla Zagaykevych (born 1966)
*Frank Zappa (born 1940)
*Hans Zender (born 1936)
*Kristoffer Zegers (born 1973)
*Jaime Mirtenbaum Zenamon (born 1953)
*Heinz Werner Zimmermann (born 1930)
*Udo Zimmermann (born 1943)
*Walter Zimmermann (born 1949)
*Irakli Zinzadse (born 1964)
*Evan Ziporyn (born 1959)
*John Zorn (born 1953)
*Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (born 1939)

ee also

* Contemporary music
* List of classical composers
* List of 20th century classical composers
* List of acousmatic-music composers

External links

* [http://www.voxnovus.com/resources/American_Composer_Timeline.htm American Composer Timeline]
* [http://www.composers21.com/ The Living Composers Project]
* [http://artofthestates.org/cgi-bin/complist.pl Art of the States: Search by composer] American composers