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“Contemporary classical” describes music composed in the classical tradition by composers of the latter half of the 20th century and current times. Contemporary classical music incorporates technological developments of the modern era (recording, electronic instruments) while maintaining a composition style rooted in notation. Contemporary classical music also incorporates artistic developments in sculpture, film and particularly dance. Read more…|Edit this Artist photo: Vitor Araújo

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Tuesday 12 June 2012
Michael Mizrahi Nadia Sirota Tuesday 12 June 2012	(le) poisson rouge New York, United States 40.728495 -73.999835	Add shout
Friday 15 June 2012
Michael Daugherty Robin Pluer Friday 15 June 2012	Turner Hall Ballroom Milwaukee, WI, Milwaukee, United States 43.043781 -87.915524	Add shout
Wednesday 20 June 2012
The Philip Glass Ensemble Philip Glass Wednesday 20 June 2012	Rockefeller Park New, York, NY, United States	8 going Add shout
Sunday 24 June 2012
Clogs Sunday 24 June 2012	Bootleg Theater Los Angeles, United States 34.067427 -118.27207	1 going Add shout
Saturday 30 June 2012
Bruce Brubaker Saturday 30 June 2012	Shalin Liu Performance Center Rockport, MA, Boston, United States 42.658316 -70.618881	Add shout
Saturday 7 July 2012
The Music of John Williams National Symphony Orchestra, Steven Reineke Saturday 7 July 2012	Filene Center at Wolf Trap Vienna, Washington DC VA, United States 38.932185 -77.266278	Add shout

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PurplePostRock

STFU, ut0, or go back to Gaga

Monday morning
ut0

eh I was just saying that Richter etc. compose music in a similar style but 'contemporary classical' is a more general term that transcends a particular style—but they certainly fall under the 'contemporary classical' umbrella (which is very wide), and you can name your playlist whatever you want. I was just being snarky because I don't like them.

14 days ago
benxander

@ut0 okay, so you don't like their 'kind' of orchestral music - I'm willing to disassociate them with anything to do with contemporary classical, coming up with my own solution regarding 'those guys' - and for playlist purposes I've now placed their albums under a title: 'Orchestral soundscape'. I suppose I was ignorant to assume everyone here was on the same page, that we were talking of defining a term for 'those guys'. I'm sure there are composers today that compose radically different music more worthy of the title of contemporary classical - in comparison to the 'classics', correct? Care to enlighten?

22 days ago
ut0

Did I?

23 days ago
VolcanoColdplay

@ut0 One does not simply say that Philip Glass sucks. O__O

23 days ago
ut0

there are a lot other living composers besides Max Richter, Arnalds, Jóhannsson and co. and many of them compose radically different kinds of music that often sucks less than those guys

24 days ago
benxander

@Knubbas Says the man that tagged Richter and Arnalds as 'modern classical'. Synonymous much? Max Richter, Arnalds, Jóhannsson and co. DO have a distinctive sound that I can group, so there's a genre there somewhere, I dislike the term 'contemporary classical' as much as anyone else, but hey, alliteration's got me good. I mean post-rock's bad enough, but I've grown so accustomed to it...

27 days ago
MoonBrightness

it's so stupid to compare different styles of music. ↓↓↓↓↓

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