The International Rostrum of Composers (IRC) is an annual forum organized by the

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that offers

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representatives the opportunity to exchange and publicize pieces of

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. It is funded by contributions from participating national radio networks. The first Rostrum took place in 1954 and involved delegates from the German, French, Belgian and Swiss national broadcasting companies. From then until 2002 the Rostrum's sessions were held at UNESCO's headquarters in Paris, with the exception of 2000 when they were hosted by Muziek Groep Nederland and the

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in Amsterdam. Since 2003, a rotation system has been in place, where the Rostrum is hosted every other year by

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and in the intervening year visits a European venue. Starting from 2010 the Rostrum is travelling around Europe by invitation of National Radio Broadcasters. Rostrum in 2020 was postponed until 2021. Over thirty national radio networks now send delegates, presenting in total sixty or so works each year that have been composed no more than five years previously. Following sessions of listening and discussion, the delegates highlight one of the works submitted (that year's "selected work") and recommend a number of the others. They also highlight one or two works by composers under the age of thirty and recommend one or two others. These selected and recommended works are those most likely to be broadcast or played in concerts sponsored by the participating networks or others that follow the Rostrum's deliberations. All works presented are offered by the

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to its members via satellite. Copies of recordings, scores and notes featured during the forum are kept at the Gaudeamus Foundation. From 1991 until 2003 the composer of each year’s selected work was awarded the

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. Since 2004 the composer of each year’s selected work is awarded the UNESCO Picasso-Miró Medal and the composer or composers under the age of thirty whose work or works are selected are awarded the Guy Huot

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for young composers. Since 2015, the International Rostrum of Composers is part of a large project called Rostrum+ a cooperation project co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union which aims to rethink the ways in which contemporary music connects with audiences through radio network by exploring new strategies to develop audiences, promote new music, enhance the skills of radio professionals and inspire cooperation between musicians, higher music education institutions and broadcasting companies throughout Europe and beyond. The selected composer in the General Category of each edition receive a joint commission Radio France / IMC for an Alla Breve composition that are performed by musicians of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, recorded and broadcast by Radio France in a special program called Alla Breve. Swedish Radio and IMC jointly commission a work to the composer selected in the “Under 30” category. The composer is invited to Sweden for an introductory 2-day workshop with a local ensemble and then write a work for them which is broadcast live by the Swedish Radio.

List of winners

The International Rostrum of Composers has two main categories: * the general category (the names of the winners are listed in bold) * the category of composers under 30 years of age. Usually there is one winner in each category, but sometimes there are more winners. 2021 – Held in Belgrade, Serbia. * Ivana Ognjanović (1971, Serbia): ''Lonesome Skyscraper'' for orchestra and electronics (2019) * Krists Auznieks (1992, Latvia): ''Are one'' for voice, chamber orchestra and electronics (2021) 2019 – Held in San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina. * Petra Strahovnik (1986, Slovenia): ''Prana'' for orchestra (2018) * (1992, Latvia): ''When'' for choir and cello (2016) 2018 – Held in Budapest, Hungary. *

Páll Ragnar Pálsson Páll Ragnar Pálsson, born in Reykjavík, July 25, 1977, is an Icelandic composer. Studies During the years 1993–2004 he was a guitarist in ''Maus'', one of Iceland's most progressive indie rock bands in the 1990s, but took a decisive move ...

(1977, Iceland): ''Quake'' for cello and orchestra (2018) * Jan-Peter de Graaff (1992, Netherlands): ''Le café de nuit'' for orchestra (2017) 2017 – Held in Palermo, Italy. * (1978, Poland): ''Brut'' for cello and ensemble (2014) *

Sebastian Hilli Sebastian Hilli (born 20 May 1990 in Helsinki) is a Finnish composer. Hilli studied composition at the Sibelius Academy and at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna with Lauri Kilpiö, Michael Jarrell and Veli-Matti Puumala. Hilli's wo ...

(1990, Finland): ''Reachings'' for orchestra (2014) 2016 – Held in Wroclaw, Poland. *

Oscar Bianchi Oscar Bianchi (born 1975 in Milan) is a Gaudeamus Laureate composer of Italian and Swiss citizenships. He is a recipient of several international prizes and honors. He is noted for his large scale works, in particular his cantata ''Matra'' for ...

(1975, Switzerland): ''Partendo'' for countertenor and ensemble (2015) * (1987, Estonia): ''Langedes ülespoole, taeva kaarjasse kaussi'' for orchestra (2015) 2015 – Held in Tallinn, Estonia. *

Jan Erik Mikalsen Jan Erik Mikalsen (born 6 May 1979 in Kristiansund, Norway) is a Norwegian composer of contemporary music, living in Oslo. Biography Mikalsen studied at the Grieg Academy in Bergen and the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen, and i ...

(1979, Norway): ''Songr for Orchestra'' (2014) * Matej Bonin (1986, Slovenia): ''Cancro'' for symphony orchestra (2015) 2014 – Held in Helsinki, Finland. *

Yannis Kyriakides Yannis Kyriakides (Greek: Γιάννης Κυριακίδης, born 1 August 1969) is a composer of contemporary classical music, and sound art. His music explores new forms and hybrids of media, synthesizing disparate sound sources and highlighti ...

(1969, Cyprus): ''Words and Song without Words'', for cello and electronics (2013) * Andrzej Kwieciński (1984, Poland): ''Canzon de' Baci'', tenor and orchestra (2013) 2013 – Held in Prague, Czech republic. *

Agata Zubel Agata Zubel (born 1978 in Wrocław, Poland) is a Polish composer and singer. Life Zubel is a graduate of Wrocław's Karol Szymanowski High School of Music (percussion and music theory) and the Karol Lipiński University of Music, where she st ...

(1978, Poland): ''Not I'', for voice, chamber ensemble and electronics (2010) * Úlfur Hansson (1988, Iceland): ''So very strange'', electroacoustic work (2011) 2012 – Held in Stockholm, Sweden. * Pedro Ochoa (1968, Argentina): ''Tierra Viva'', for piano and tape (2011) * Peter Kerkelov (1984, Bulgaria): ''Attempt at Screaming'', ensemble (2011) 2011 – Held in Vienna, Austria. *

Francesco Filidei Francesco Filidei (born 1973) is an Italian concert organist and composer. A student of Salvatore Sciarrino, he has performed internationally. As a composer, he has collaborated with singer-songwriter Claire Diterzi and written operas premiered i ...

(1973, Italy): ''Macchina per scoppiare Pagliacci'', for double orchestra (2005) * Juan Pablo Nicoletti (1983, Argentina): ''Abismo al Abismo'', electroacoustic work (2011) 2010 – Held in Lisboa, Portugal. *

Simon Steen-Andersen Simon Steen-Andersen (born 1976) is a Danish composer, performer, director and media artist. Biography He studied composition with Karl Aage Rasmussen, Mathias Spahlinger, Gabriel Valverde, and Bent Sørensen in Aarhus, Freiburg, Buenos Aires ...

(1976, Denmark): Ouvertures (Part 1), for guzheng, sampler and orchestra (2008) * Kristaps Pētersons (1982, Latvia): ''Twilight Chants'', for mixed choir, double bass and glasses (2009) 2009 – Held in Paris, France. *

Martijn Padding Martijn Padding (born 24 April 1956) is a Dutch composer and educator. Padding was born in Amsterdam, and was taught by Louis Andriessen (composition), Geert van Keulen (instrumentation) and Fania Chapiro (piano). He also studied sonology at the U ...

(1956, Netherlands): ''First Harmonium Concerto'', for harmonium and orchestra (2008) * (1982, Lithuania): ''Aquarelle'', for mixed choir (2007) 2008 * (1969, Japan): ''L'Heure Bleue'', for orchestra (2007) * Florent Motsch (1980, France): ''Memoire du Vent'', for orchestra (2006) 2007 * Erin Gee (1974, USA): ''Mouth Piece IX'', for voice and orchestra (2006) *

Ülo Krigul Ülo Krigul (born 7 November 1978 in Tallinn) is an Estonian composer. In 1997 he graduated from Tallinn Music High School. In 2006 he graduated from the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre specialising in composition. He has been a music orga ...

(1978, Estonia): ''Jenzeits'', for orchestra (2005) 2006 *

Arnulf Herrmann Arnulf Herrmann (born in Heidelberg, 12 December 1968) is a German composer. After studying piano with Gernot Sieber at the Richard Strauss Conservatory in Munich he enrolled at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber, where he studied c ...

(1968, Germany): ''Terzenseele'', for ensemble (2005–06) *

Ēriks Ešenvalds Ēriks Ešenvalds (born January 26, 1977) is a Latvian composer. From 2011 to 2013 he was Fellow Commoner in Creative Arts at Trinity College, University of Cambridge. Biography Ēriks Ešenvalds was born in Priekule, Latvia in 1977. He studie ...

(1977, Latvia): ''Légende de la femme emmurée'', for mixed choir (2005) 2005 * Mārtiņš Viļums (1974, Latvia): ''Le temps scintille...'', for mixed choir (2003) *

Luke Bedford Luke Bedford (born 25 April 1978) is a British composer. He studied composition with Edwin Roxburgh and Simon Bainbridge at the Royal College of Music, and won the Mendelssohn Scholarship in 2000. This was followed by post-graduate study with Sim ...

(1978, United Kingdom): ''Rode with darkness'', for large orchestra (2003) 2004 *

Helena Tulve Helena Tulve (born 28 April 1972) is an Estonian composer. Born in Tartu, she studied composition at the Tallinn Secondary Music School under Alo Põldmäe and from 1989 to 1992 at the Estonian Academy of Music with Erkki-Sven Tüür, being th ...

(1972 Estonia): ''Sula (Thawing)'', for orchestra (1999) *

Santa Ratniece Santa Ratniece (born 1977) is a Latvian composer. Santa Ratniece was born in Jelgava, and started her musical studies with piano playing classes at Valmiera Music School. In 1992 she took up music theory classes in Emīls Dārziņš College in ...

(1977, Latvia): ''Sens nacre'', for ensemble (2004) *

Abigail Richardson-Schulte Abigail Richardson-Schulte (born 1976) is an English-born Canadian composer. She was born Abigail Richardson in Oxford. Although she was diagnosed as incurably deaf at the age of five, she had fully recovered her hearing a few months after moving ...

(1976, Canada): ''Dissolve'', for harp, piano, percussion (2002) 2003 (the 50th edition) *

Hanna Kulenty Hanna Kulenty (born March 18, 1961, in Białystok) is a Polish composer of contemporary classical music. Since 1992, she has worked and lived both in Warsaw (Poland) and in Arnhem (Netherlands). Musical education After studying piano at the Karo ...

(1961, Poland): Trumpet Concerto, for trumpet and symphony orchestra (2002) *

Johannes Maria Staud Johannes Maria Staud (born 17 August 1974) is an Austrian composer. Biography Staud was born in Innsbruck and studied with, among others, Brian Ferneyhough and Michael Jarrell (at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna). In 1999/2 ...

(1974, Austria): ''Polygon'' for piano and orchestra (2002) 2002 *

Anders Hillborg Per Anders Hillborg (born 31 May 1954) is one of Sweden’s leading composers. Education Anders Hillborg was born in Sollentuna, and studied composition, counterpoint and electronic music at the Kungliga Musikhögskolan in Stockholm from 1976 to ...

(1954, Sweden): ''Dreaming River'', for orchestra (1999) * Daniel Vacs (1972, Argentina): ''Viento negro'', for violin (2002) 2001 * (1975, Finland): ''Enchanted Garden'', for violin and orchestra (2000) *

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(1972, Canada): ''For the time being'', for orchestra (1999) 2000 *

Georg Friedrich Haas Georg Friedrich Haas (born 16 August 1953 in Graz, Austria) is an Austrian composer. In a 2017 ''Classic Voice'' poll of the greatest works of art music since 2000, pieces by Haas received the most votes (49), and his composition ''in vain'' (20 ...

(1953, Austria): Violin Concerto, for violin and orchestra (1998) *

Jüri Reinvere Jüri Reinvere (born December 2, 1971 in Tallinn) is an Estonian composer, poet and essayist who has been living in Germany since 2005. His compositions often consist of original poetry set to music and are based on cosmopolitan life experience. ...

(1971, Estonia): ''Loodekaar'', for chamber ensemble (1998) 1999 *

Brett Dean Brett Dean (born 23 October 1961) is an Australian composer, violist and conductor. Biography Brett Dean was born, raised and educated in Brisbane. He started learning violin at the age of eight, and later studied viola with Elizabeth Morgan a ...

(1961, Australia): ''Ariel's Music'', for clarinet and orchestra (1995) *

Rolf Wallin Rolf Wallin (born 7 September 1957) is a Norwegian composer, trumpeter and avant-garde performance artist. Biography Wallin was born in Oslo, where he studied with Finn Mortensen and Olav Anton Thommessen. He later studied at the University of Ca ...

(1957, Norway): ''Ground'', for cello and string orchestra (1997) *

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(1973, Norway): ''Waves II B'', for chamber orchestra (1997–78) 1998 *

Pascal Dusapin Pascal Georges Dusapin (born 29 May 1955) is a French composer. His music is marked by its microtonality, tension, and energy. A pupil of Iannis Xenakis and Franco Donatoni and an admirer of Varèse, Dusapin studied at the University of Paris I ...

(1955, France): ''Watt'', for trombone and orchestra (1994) * (1969, Finland): ''Seven miniatures'', for orchestra (1996) 1997 * Marc-Andre Dalbavie (1961, France): Violin Concerto, for violin and orchestra (1997) * (1968, Austria): ''Abglanz und Schweigen'', for chamber ensemble (1996) 1996 *

Pär Lindgren Pär Lindgren (born 16 January 1952 in Gothenburg) is a Swedish composer and composition teacher, cited as one of Sweden's leading composers of electroacoustic music, and one of the most important Swedish composers of orchestral music of his genera ...

(1952, Sweden): ''Oaijé'', for orchestra (1993) * Mari Vihmand (1967, Estonia): ''Floreo'', for orchestra (1995–96) 1995 *

Michio Kitazume Michio Kitazume (北爪道夫 ''Kitazume Michio'', born February 12, 1948, in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese composer and conductor. Biography Michio Kitazume was born in Tokyo. He studied at Tokyo University of the Arts. Works Orchestral * ''E ...

(1948, Japan): ''Ei-Sho'', for orchestra (1993) *

Paweł Mykietyn Paweł Mykietyn (Polish pronunciation: ; born 20 May 1971) is a Polish award-winning composer and clarinetist. By the year 2012, Mykietyn had written two symphonies, cello, piano and violin concertos, St. Marc Passions for soprano, narrator, c ...

(1971, Poland): ''3 for 13'', for chamber orchestra (1994)

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Eero Hämeenniemi Eero Olavi Hämeenniemi (born 29 April 1951 in Valkeakoski) is a Finnish composer, musician and writer. He is an adjunct professor at the University of the Arts Helsinki and he has played and recorded solo improvisation concerts. Hämeenniemi ha ...

(1951, Finland): ''Nattuvanar'', for chamber ensemble (1993) *

Thomas Adès Thomas Joseph Edmund Adès (born 1 March 1971) is a British composer, pianist and conductor. Five compositions by Adès received votes in the 2017 Classic Voice poll of the greatest works of art music since 2000: '' The Tempest'' (2004), ''V ...

(1971, United Kingdom): ''Living Toys'', for chamber orchestra (1993)

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Kimmo Hakola Kimmo Hannu Tapio Hakola (born 27 July 1958) is a Finnish composer. Born in Jyväskylä, he studied composition with Einojuhani Rautavaara and Magnus Lindberg at Sibelius Academy. He first came to prominence with his First String Quartet, which won ...

(1958, Finland): ''Capriole'', for bass and cello (1991) *

Gisle Kverndokk Gisle Kverndokk (born 3 February 1967 in Trondheim, raised in Skien) is a Norwegian contemporary composer. Education In his teens, Kverndokk studied composition with Ragnar Søderlind. After having completed high school, Kverndokk enrolled at t ...

(1967, Norway): ''Initiation'', for violin and orchestra (1992) 1992 *

Esa-Pekka Salonen Esa-Pekka Salonen (; born 30 June 1958) is a Finnish orchestral conductor and composer. He is principal conductor and artistic advisor of the Philharmonia Orchestra in London, conductor laureate of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and music di ...

(1955, Finland): ''Floof'', for soprano and chamber orchestra (1982) *

Jesper Koch Jesper Koch (born 5 September 1967) is a Danish composer. Koch studied composition at The Royal Danish Academy of Music with Hans Abrahamsen, Ib Nørholm and Ivar Frounberg from 1986–95 and subsequently at Det Jyske Musikkonservatorium with ...

(1967, Denmark): ''Icebreaking'', for two accordion and percussion (1991) 1991 *

Thomas Demenga Thomas Demenga (born 12 June 1954) is a Swiss composer and cellist. Life and career Born in Bern, Demenga studied with Walter Grimmer, Antonio Janigro, Leonard Rose and Mstislav Rostropovich and at the Juilliard School in New York, among othe ...

(1954, Switzerland): ''Solo per due'', for cello and orchestra (1990) *

Chris Harman Chris Harman (8 November 1942 – 7 November 2009) was a British journalist and political activist, and a member of the Central Committee of the Socialist Workers Party (UK), Socialist Workers Party. He was an editor of ''International Soc ...

(1970, Canada): ''Iridescence'', for 24 strings (1990) 1990 *

Édith Canat de Chizy Edith Canat de Chizy (born 26 March 1950) is a French composer, born in Lyon and now based in Paris. She was the first female composer to be elected a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts. Life and career Edith Canat de Chizy was born in Lyon, ...

(1950, France): ''Yell'', for orchestra (1985) *

Benoît Mernier Benoît Mernier (born 16 December 1964) is a Belgian classical organist and composer. Biography Born in Bastogne, he was a student of Philippe Boesmans. He is also professor of organ and improvisation at the Higher Institute of Music and Pedago ...

(1964, Belgium): ''Artifices'', for organ (1989) 1989 *

Daniel Börtz Daniel Börtz (born 8 August 1943) is a Swedish composer, born in Hässleholm. He studied composition under Hilding Rosenberg, Karl-Birger Blomdahl and Ingvar Lidholm. Among his works are the operas ''Bacchanterna'' (1991), ''Marie Antoinette'' ...

(1943, Sweden): ''Parodos'', for orchestra (1987) *

Jukka Koskinen Jukka Koskinen is a Finnish musician, who is the bassist for the Finnish band Wintersun. He was also the bassist for Norther from 2000 until their disbandment in 2012, for Amberian Dawn from 2010 until 2013, for Cain's Offering from 2009 until ...

(1965, Finland): String Quartet, (1987) 1988 *

Jukka Tiensuu Jukka Santeri Tiensuu (born 30 August 1948) is a Finnish contemporary classical composer, harpsichordist, pianist and conductor. Career Tiensuu was born in Helsinki. After extensive musical studies (piano, harpsichord, conducting, composing, histor ...

(1948, Finland): ''Tokko'', for male choir and computer-generated tape (1987) * Srđan Dedić (1965, Croatia): ''Snake Charmer'', for bass clarinet (1986) 1987 *

Roger Smalley John Roger Smalley (26 July 1943 – 18 August 2015) was an Anglo-Australian composer, pianist and conductor. Professor Smalley was a senior honorary research fellow at the School of Music, University of Western Australia in Perth and honorary ...

(1943, Australia): Piano Concerto, for piano and orchestra (1985) *

(1958, Finland): String Quartet, (1986) 1986 *

Magnus Lindberg Magnus Gustaf Adolf Lindberg (born 27 June 1958) is a Finnish composer and pianist. He was the New York Philharmonic's composer-in-residence from 2009 to 2012 and has been the London Philharmonic Orchestra's composer-in-residence since the begin ...

(1958, Finland): ''

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'', for clarinet, cello, piano, 2 percussion, orchestra and tape (1983–85) *

Luc Brewaeys Luc Brewaeys (25 October 1959 in Mortsel, Belgium – 18 December 2015 in Antwerp, Belgium) was a Belgian composer, conductor, pianist and recording producer at the VRT (Flemish Radio & Television). He studied composition with André Laporte in B ...

(1959, Belgium): ''E poi c 'era'', for orchestra (1985) 1985 * Alejandro Iglesias Rossi (1960, Argentina): ''Ancestral Rites of a Forgotten Culture'', mezzo and 6 percussion (1983) * George Benjamin (1960, United Kingdom): ''At first light'', oboe and orchestra (1982) 1984 *

Eugeniusz Knapik Eugeniusz Knapik (born July 9, 1951, in Ruda Śląska) is a Polish pianist and composer of classical music best known for his 1980 chamber piece String Quartet No. 1. Knapik studied composition and piano with Henryk Górecki (1933–2010) a ...

(1951, Poland): String Quartet, (1980) *

Alessandro Solbiati Alessandro Solbiati (born 9 September 1956) is an Italian composer of classical music, who composed instrumental music for chamber ensembles and orchestra, art songs and operas. He received international commissions and awards, and many of his wor ...

(1956, Italy): ''Di Luce'', for violin and orchestra (1982) 1983 *

György Kurtág György Kurtág (; born 19 February 1926) is a Hungarian classical composer and pianist. He was an academic teacher of piano at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music from 1967, later also of chamber music, and taught until 1993. Biography György ...

(1926, Hungary): ''Messages de feu demoiselle R.V. Troussova'', soprano and chamber orchestra (1976–80) *

Detlev Müller-Siemens Detlev Müller-Siemens (born 30 July 1957) is a German composer and conductor. Life and career Born in Hamburg, Müller-Siemens began with piano lessons at age six and began composing. He was invited to a composition class at the Musikhochschul ...

(1957, Germany): Passacaglia, for orchestra (1978) 1982 *

Yoshihisa Taira was a Japanese-born French composer. Biography Yoshihisa Taïra was born in Tokyo in 1937. Initially, he studied at the Tokyo University of the Arts. He arrived in France in 1966 where he then studied at the Conservatoire de Paris. Among his ...

(1938, France): ''Meditations'', for orchestra (1982) *

(1958, Finland): ''... de Tartuffe, je crois'', for piano quintet (1981) 1981 * (1939, Belgium): ''Réquisitoire'', for brass ensemble and percussion (1973) *

Jouni Kaipainen Jouni Ilari Kaipainen (24 November 1956 – 23 November 2015) was a Finnish composer. Kaipainen was born in Helsinki to the physician and politician Osmo Kaipainen, and his wife, the author Anu Kaipainen, Anu Mustonen. He studied at the Sibelius ...

(1956, Finland): ''Trois morceaux de l’aube'', for cello and piano (1980–81) 1980 *

Aleksander Lasoń Aleksander Lasoń (born 10 November 1951) is a Polish composer and teacher. He was born in Siemianowice Śląskie. He studied composition under professor Józef Świder's at The Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice. He is professor at ...

(1951, Poland): Symphony No. 1, for brass, percussion and 2 pianos (1975) *

Akira Nishimura is a Japanese composer from Osaka. Biography Nishimura studied composition and musical theory on a graduate course at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. He also studied Asian traditional music, religion, aesthetics, cosmology and ...

(1953, Japan): ''Ketiak'', for 6 percussion (1979) 1979 *

Charles Chaynes Charles Augustin Chaynes (11 July 1925 – 24 June 2016) was a French composer. Biography Chaynes was born in Toulouse in 1925. He studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with Darius Milhaud and Jean Rivier. In 1951 he won the Prix de Rome ...

(1925, France): ''Pour un monde noir'', 4 poems for soprano and orchestra (1976) 1978 *

Manfred Trojahn Manfred Trojahn (born 22 October 1949) is a German composer, flautist, conductor and writer. Career Trojahn was born Cremlingen in Lower Saxony and began his musical studies in 1966 in orchestra music at the music school of Braunschweig. After gra ...

(1949, Germany): String Quartet (1976) 1977 *

Louis Andriessen Louis Joseph Andriessen (; 6 June 1939 – 1 July 2021) was a Dutch composer, pianist and academic teacher. Considered the most influential Dutch composer of his generation, he was a central proponent of The Hague school of composition. Although ...

(1939, Netherlands): ''De Staat'', for 4 female vocal soloists and 27 instruments (1972–76) 1976 *

Tomás Marco Tomás Marco Aragón (born 12 September 1942) is a Spanish composer and writer on music. Life and work Marco was born in Madrid where he later studied violin and composition, while at the same time pursuing the study of law (he received his li ...

(1942, Spain): ''Autodafé'', for piano, organ, three instrumental groups, and violins in echo (1975) *

Dimitar Tapkov Dimitar Tapkoff (12 July 1929 – 7 May 2011) was a Bulgarian musician, music educator and composer. Life and career Dimitar Tapkoff was born in Sofia, Bulgaria, and studied composition with Bulgarian composer Marin Goleminov. After completing his ...

(1929, Bulgaria): ''Cantate pour la paix'', for soprano, choir and orchestra (1975) 1975 * Zsolt Durkó (1934, Hungary): ''Burial prayer'', oratorios for tenor, baritone, choir and orchestra (1967–72) 1974 * (1930, Netherlands): ''L 'Allegri'', soprano and orchestra, (1967) 1973 *

Henryk Górecki Henryk Mikołaj Górecki ( , ; 6 December 1933 – 12 November 2010) was a Polish composer of contemporary classical music. According to critic Alex Ross, no recent classical composer has had as much commercial success as Górecki. He became a l ...

(1933, Poland): ''Ad Matrem'', for soprano, choir and orchestra (1971) 1972 *

Sándor Balassa Sándor Balassa (20 January 1935 – 14 May 2021) was a Hungarian composer and music educator. Life Born in Budapest, Balassa attended a musical school and then studied music with Endre Szervánszky. In 1964 he started working at the Hungarian ...

(1935, Hungary): ''Requiem for Lajos reserve'', for choir and orchestra (1968–69) 1971 *

George Crumb George Henry Crumb Jr. (24 October 1929 – 6 February 2022) was an American composer of avant-garde contemporary classical music. Early in his life he rejected the widespread modernist usage of serialism, developing a highly personal musical ...

(1929, USA): ''Ancient Voices of Children'', soprano and octet (1970) 1970 *

András Szőllősy András Szőllősy (; 27 February 1921 in Orăştie – 6 December 2007 in Budapest) was the creator of the Szőllősy index (abbreviated "Sz."), a frequently used index of the works of Hungarian composer Béla Bartók. Szőllősy studied co ...

(1921, Hungary): Concerto No. 3, for sixteen strings (1969) *

Steven Gellman Steven Gellman (born 16 September 1947) is a Canadian composer and pianist. He has been commissioned to write works for the Besançon International Music Festival, the CBC Symphony Orchestra, the Hamilton Philharmonic, McGill University, Musica ...

(1947, Canada): ''Mythos II'', for flute and string quartet (1968) 1969 *

György Ligeti György Sándor Ligeti (; ; 28 May 1923 – 12 June 2006) was a Hungarian-Austrian composer of contemporary classical music. He has been described as "one of the most important avant-garde composers in the latter half of the twentieth century" ...

(1923, Hungary/Austria): ''Lontano'', for orchestra (1967) 1968 *

Jan Kapr Jan Kapr (12 March 1914, in Prague – 29 April 1988, in Prague) was one of the most prolific Czech composers of the second half of the 20th century. Life He studied at the Prague Conservatory, as a pupil of Jaroslav Řídký, and at the master ...

(1914, Czechoslovakia): ''Exercises pour Gydli'', for soprano, flute and harp (1967) *

Witold Lutosławski Witold Roman Lutosławski (; 25 January 1913 – 7 February 1994) was a Polish composer and conductor. Among the major composers of 20th-century classical music, he is "generally regarded as the most significant Polish composer since Szyman ...

(1913, Poland): Symphony No. 2, for orchestra (1966–7) *

John Tavener Sir John Kenneth Tavener (28 January 1944 – 12 November 2013) was an English composer, known for his extensive output of choral religious works. Among his best known works are '' The Lamb'' (1982), '' The Protecting Veil'' (1988), and ''Song ...

(1944, United Kingdom): ''The Whale'', dramatic cantata (1966) 1967 *

Franco Donatoni Franco Donatoni (9 June 1927 – 17 August 2000) was an Italian composer. Biography Born in Verona, Donatoni started studying violin at the age of seven, and frequented the local music academy. Later, he studied at the Milan Conservatory ...

(1927, Italy): ''Puppenspiel No'', for flute and orchestra (1965) *

Luboš Fišer Luboš Fišer (30 September 1935 – 22 June 1999) was a Czech composer, born in Prague. He was known both for his soundtracks and chamber music. From 1952 to 1956 he studied composition at the Prague Conservatory The Prague Conservatory ...

(1935, Czechoslovakia): ''Fifteen Prints after Dürer’s Apocalypse'', for orchestra (1965) 1966 *

Tadeusz Baird Tadeusz Baird (26 July 19282 September 1981) was a Polish composer. Biography Baird was born in Grodzisk Mazowiecki, in Poland. His father Edward was Scottish, while his mother Maria (née Popov) was Russian. In 1944 at the age of 16 he was depo ...

(1928, Poland): ''Four Dialogues'', for oboe and chamber orchestra (1965) 1965 * (1930, Italy): ''Wind in the Wind'', for mezzo-soprano and orchestra (1964) *

Tōru Takemitsu was a Japanese composer and writer on aesthetics and music theory. Largely self-taught, Takemitsu was admired for the subtle manipulation of instrumental and orchestral timbre. He is known for combining elements of oriental and occidental phil ...

(1930, Japan): ''Textures from the Arc'', for piano and orchestra (1964) 1964 *

(1913, Poland): ''Three poems by Henri Michaux'', for 20 voice choir and orchestra (1963) 1963 *

(1928, Poland): ''Variations without a theme'', for orchestra (1962) 1962 *

Niccolò Castiglioni Niccolò Castiglioni (17 July 1932 – 7 September 1996) was an Italian composer, pianist, and writer on music. Castiglioni was born and raised in Milan, where he began studying piano at the age of 7. He received his performer's diploma from th ...

(1932, Italy): ''Through the Looking Glass'', a

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Akira Miyoshi Akira Miyoshi (三善　晃; January 10, 1933 – 4 October 2013) was a Japanese composer. Biography Miyoshi was born in Suginami, Tokyo. He was a child prodigy on the piano, studying with Kozaburo Hirai and Tomojiro Ikenouchi. He studied F ...

(1933, Japan): String Quartet No. 1 (1962) *

Luigi Nono Luigi Nono (; 29 January 1924 – 8 May 1990) was an Italian avant-garde composer of classical music. Biography Early years Nono, born in Venice, was a member of a wealthy artistic family; his grandfather was a notable painter. Nono beg ...

(1924, Italy): ''España en el corazon'', for soprano, baritone, choir and instruments, (1952) 1961 *

Elliott Carter Elliott Cook Carter Jr. (December 11, 1908 – November 5, 2012) was an American modernist composer. One of the most respected composers of the second half of the 20th century, he combined elements of European modernism and American "ultra- ...

(1908, USA): String Quartet No. 2, (1959) 1960 *

Humphrey Searle Humphrey Searle (26 August 1915 – 12 May 1982) was an English composer and writer on music. His music combines aspects of late Romanticism and modernist serialism, particularly reminiscent of his primary influences, Franz Liszt, Arnold Schoen ...

(1915, United Kingdom): ''Diary of a Madman'', opera (1958) 1959 *

(1928, Poland): ''Four Essays'', for orchestra (1958) *

(1913, Poland): ''Funeral Music'', for string orchestra (1956–8) 1958 *

(1932, Italy): Symphony No. 1, for soprano and orchestra (1956) *

Benjamin Lees Benjamin Lees (January 8, 1924 – May 31, 2010) was an American composer of classical music. Early life Lees was born Benjamin George Lisniansky in Harbin, Manchuria, of Russian-Jewish descent. Lees was still an infant when his family emigra ...

(1924, USA): String Quartet No.1 (1952) *

Constantin Regamey Constantin Regamey (28 January 1907 – 27 December 1982) was a philologist, orientalist, musician, composer, and critic.'"Kompozytorzy I Autorzy, Konstanty Regamey, Biogram." PWM. Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne, 2013. Web. 21 June 2017. He was a s ...

(1907, Switzerland): ''Cinq Etudes'', for female voice and orchestra (1956) 1957 *

Ingvar Lidholm Ingvar Natanael Lidholm (24 February 1921 – 17 October 2017) was a Swedish composer. Early years: 1921–1940 Ingvar Lidholm was born in Jönköping. The actual family home was in Nässjö, some 40 kilometers to the southeast. Neither of his pa ...

(1921, Sweden): ''Ritournelle'', orchestra (1955) 1956 * Frank Martin (1890, Switzerland): ''Cembalo Concerto'', for harpsichord and orchestra (1951–52) *

Hans Werner Henze Hans Werner Henze (1 July 1926 – 27 October 2012) was a German composer. His large oeuvre of works is extremely varied in style, having been influenced by serialism, atonality, Stravinsky, Italian music, Arabic music and jazz, as well as t ...

(1926, Germany): Symphony No. 3 (1949–50) 1955 *

Luciano Berio Luciano Berio (24 October 1925 – 27 May 2003) was an Italian composer noted for his experimental work (in particular his 1968 composition ''Sinfonia'' and his series of virtuosic solo pieces titled ''Sequenza''), and for his pioneering work ...

(1925, Italy) ''Chamber Music'', for voice, clarinet, cello, harp (1953) *

Henri Dutilleux Henri Paul Julien Dutilleux (; 22 January 1916 – 22 May 2013) was a French composer active mainly in the second half of the 20th century. His small body of published work, which garnered international acclaim, followed in the tradition of ...

(1916, France): Symphony No. 1, for orchestra (1951)

References

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