Steve Reich

Steve Reich

male, 73 years old
American, contemporary music, phasing, musician, It's Gonna Rain, Postmoderncomposer…composer, Opera composer, Classical composer
Stephen Michael Reich (born October 3, 1936) is an American composer. He is a pioneer of minimalism, although his music has increasingly deviated...
Philip Glass

Philip Glass

male, 72 years old
Minimalist music, composer, film score composer, Opera composer, American, Songwriter…Classical composer, Postmoderncomposer, Musical theatre composer
Philip Glass (born January 31, 1937) is an Academy Award-nominated American composer. His music is frequently described as "minimalist", though he...
La Monte Young

La Monte Young

male, 74 years old
La Monte Thornton Young, Former Mormon, Postmoderncomposer, drone, minimal, avant-garde…composer, Experimental composer, Classical composer
La Monte Thornton Young (born October 14 1935) is an American composer and musician. Young is commonly seen as the first minimalist composer and...
John Zorn

John Zorn

male, 56 years old
Jazz fusion musician, Avant-garde jazz musician, arranger, American, Postmoderncomposer, orchestration…Classical composer, composer, Jazz composer
John Zorn (born September 2 1953 in Queens, USA) is an American avant-garde composer, arranger, record producer, saxophonist and...
Gunther Schuller

Gunther Schuller

male, 84 years old
Third Stream musician, horn, Third Stream, Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra, American, Postmoderncomposer…composer, Classical composer
Gunther Schuller (born November 22 1925) is an American composer and horn player. He is regarded as one of the key figures in contemporary...
Michael Nyman

Michael Nyman

male, 65 years old
Postmoderncomposer, Filmmaker, libretto, Jewish, English, Ivor Novello Award winner…Classical composer, film score composer, composer
Michael Laurence Nyman (born March 23, 1944, London) is an English composer of Minimalist music, pianist, librettist and musicologist, perhaps best...
Terry Riley

Terry Riley

male, 74 years old
minimalist, New Age musician, American, composer, minimalism, Classical composer…Postmoderncomposer, American composer
Terry Riley (born 24 June 1935) is an American composer associated with the minimalist school.
Louis Andriessen

Louis Andriessen

male, 70 years old (United States)
Gaudeamus International Composers Award, boosey & hawkes, musician, Postmoderncomposer, Classical composer, Nonesuch Records…composer, Composer and pianist
Louis Andriessen (born Utrecht: June 6, 1939) is a Dutch composer based in Amsterdam. He teaches composition at the Royal Conservatory of The...
Luciano Berio

Luciano Berio

male, deceased (2003)
from the Province of Imperia, Juilliard School faculty, Italian opera composer, experimental music, composer, Italian…Classical composer, Opera composer, Postmoderncomposer
Luciano Berio (October 24, 1925 - May 27, 2003) was an Italian composer. He is noted for his experimental work (in particular his 1968 composition...
Meredith Monk

Meredith Monk

female, 67 years old
Meredith Jane Monk, Lima, Peru, From Lima, LGBT musician, from the United States, Postmoderncomposer…Classical composer, composer
Meredith Jane Monk (born November 20, 1942, in Lima, Peru) is an American composer, performer, director, vocalist, film-maker, and choreographer....