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Shulamit Ran
American composer
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Joseph Schwantner
American composer
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Wayne Peterson
American composer
3
Christopher Rouse
American composer
4
Pierre-Laurent Aimard
French pianist
5
Charles Wuorinen
American composer
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Olivier Messiaen
French composer, organist and ornithologist
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Iannis Xenakis
Greek-French composer, music theorist, architect, performance director and engineer
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John Corigliano
American composer
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Elliott Carter
American composer
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Craig First
American composer
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Esa-Pekka Salonen
Finnish conductor and composer
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Pierre Boulez
French composer, conductor, writer and pianist
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Joan Tower
American composer, concert pianist and conductor
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John Adams
American composer
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Paul Hindemith
German-born American composer (1895–1963)
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Virgil Thomson
American composer and critic
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Samuel Barber
American composer (1910-1981)
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Lejaren Hiller
American composer
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Gunther Schuller
American composer, conductor, horn player, author, historian, and jazz musician
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Ralph van Raat
Classical pianist
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Paul Méfano
French composer
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Claudio Abbado
Italian conductor (1933-2014)
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Lewis Spratlan
American music academic and composer of contemporary classical music
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Stephen Paulus
American composer
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Du Yun
Composer, multi-instrumentalist, performance artist
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Morton Gould
American composer, conductor, arranger, and pianist
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William Bolcom
American composer
