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Joan Tower
Joan Tower
American composer, concert pianist and conductor
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Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
American composer
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John Harbison
John Harbison
American composer
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Richard Mills
Richard Mills
Australian conductor and composer
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Brett Dean
Brett Dean
Australian composer, conductor
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Dan Welcher
Dan Welcher
American composer
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Sean Hickey
Sean Hickey
American composer
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Grażyna Bacewicz
Grażyna Bacewicz
Polish composer, violinist
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Malcolm Williamson
Malcolm Williamson
Australian composer
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Erkki-Sven Tüür
Erkki-Sven Tüür
Estonian composer
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José Serebrier
José Serebrier
Uruguayan conductor and composer
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Thomas Adès
Thomas Adès
British composer, pianist and conductor
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Robert Ward
Robert Ward
American composer
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Esa-Pekka Salonen
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Finnish conductor and composer
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Ruth Gipps
Ruth Gipps
English composer, oboist, pianist and impresario
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Nigel Clarke
Nigel Clarke
British composer and musician
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Aulis Sallinen
Aulis Sallinen
Finnish composer
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Michael Nyman
Michael Nyman
English composer of minimalist music, pianist, librettist and musicologist
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Graham Waterhouse
Graham Waterhouse
English composer
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Paavo Heininen
Paavo Heininen
Finnish composer and pianist
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Dmitri Smirnov
Dmitri Smirnov
Russian composer
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Oliver Knussen
Oliver Knussen
British composer and conductor
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Wayne Peterson
Wayne Peterson
American composer
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Camargo Guarnieri
Camargo Guarnieri
Brazilian composer
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Vilde Frang
Vilde Frang
classical violinist
Michael Colina
American composer

Michael Colina

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American composer
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Michael Dalmau Colina (born November 16, 1948) is a GRAMMY-winning American musician, composer, producer and engineer. He has written music for television, film, theatre, dance and live performances on concert stages throughout the United States, Europe and Japan. Colina is best known as producer and writer on recordings for musicians Bob James, David Sanborn, Michael Brecker, Marcus Miller, Bill Evans and Michael Franks. He has won three gold albums, has received four Grammy Award nominations, and won three Grammy Awards for Best Contemporary Jazz Album.

In 2006, Colina dramatically shifted his music career to focus on writing classical, jazz and Latin music compositions—distinctive mashups that reflect his deep musical roots in his father's homeland of Cuba.