Contemporary Classi…

The oxymoron “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: Pauline Oliveros

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Nov 30 Monday 30 November 2009
Amy X Neuburg and the Cello ChiXtet: The Secret Language of Subways at Zipper... Amy X Neuburg, Amy X Neuburg & the Cello ChiXtet	Zipper Concert Hall Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles, United States 34.128571 -118.470617	Add shout
Dec 1 Tuesday 1 December 2009
Adams & Kronos Quartet at Walt Disney Concert Hall Kronos Quartet	Walt Disney Concert… Los Angeles CA, United States 34.055051 -118.24961	1 person attending Add shout
Dec 2 Wednesday 2 December 2009
The Hilliard Ensemble & Arditti Quartet at Carnegie Hall The Hilliard Ensemble, Wolfgang Rihm, Arditti Quartet	Carnegie Hall New York NY, United States 40.765002 -73.979871	7 people attending Add shout
Jan 12 Tuesday 12 January 2010
Takács Quartet	Ordway Center for… Saint Paul, Minneapolis, United States 44.94444 -93.09306	1 person attending Add shout
Jan 28 Thursday 28 January 2010
Kronos Quartet Wu Man	Krannert Center for… Urbana, IL, United States 40.10895 -88.223885	6 people attending 2 shouts
Feb 1 Monday 1 February 2010
Friends of Chamber Music at Kaul Auditorium, Reed College Kronos Quartet	Kaul Auditorium,… Portland, OR, United States -35.8 174.3166667	1 person attending Add shout

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dj_lost wrote:
20 days ago

Ach! Yes, how on earth did Josh Groban get in there that is completely tragic! Who did it where are you? Ugh I see this on alot of the tags I like artists that are way off base. Oh well now I can go to bed to music.

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syater wrote:
July 2009

20th Century is sooooo.... last century. ;]

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webcacciapaglia wrote:
July 2009

http://www.lastfm.it/music/Roberto+Cacciapaglia

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handmeups wrote:
July 2009

"Like comparing Justin Timberlake to Tom Waits." I think it's more extreme than that!

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mathanretik wrote:
July 2009

hmmm, let's look at the top artists, Richter, Glass, Reich, that's cool, that's cool, Einaudi, never heard, Cage, Stockhausen, Part, nice, even better, and then... JOSH GROBAN??? Haha I'm not complaining about the tag but it's a hell of a weird juxtaposition. Like comparing Justin Timberlake to Tom Waits.

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calsimon wrote:
June 2009

freaks!

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squigbobble wrote:
June 2009

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pegaht wrote:
April 2009

Fariborz Lachini

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kennethcooke wrote:
April 2009

May I add Morton Feldman to the list of Contemporary Composers. With his music the space between the notes is of equal importance as the notes themselves. I have just purchased kevin Drumm's "Imperial Distortions" 2 CD album. Surely a work of this magnitude should also have a place within any Contemporary Music catalogue

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Foogou wrote:
February 2009

Including music that covers ambient, avant-garde, experimental, minimalist and sheer noise, "The Time-Travellers' Sonic Handbook" has just been released by Circle of Ears. Why not bend an ear to it at http://www.last.fm/music/Circle+of+Ears

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Quendus wrote:
January 2009

Meanwhile, "[Beethoven's Große Fuge is] an absolutely contemporary piece of music that will be contemporary forever."

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Quendus wrote:
January 2009

But he was contemporary when the term "contemporary classical" was popularised.

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handmeups wrote:
January 2009

Igor Stravinsky has been dead for thirty-eight years.

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Michikawa wrote:
December 2008

Minimalistic melancholy from Finland: Frozen Silence

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hardton wrote:
November 2008

great

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ox2 wrote:
November 2008

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Luuttuaja wrote:
September 2008

Haha, Sergei Prokofiev, Gustav Mahler and Ralph Vaughan Williams are contemporary? Were these tags given in 1908?

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JOJOKYRA wrote:
September 2008

20th century contemporary classical, 21st century contemporary classical? :-O

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SirAlecHendrix wrote:
September 2008

sure, you're right, bach WAS contemporary, no doubt about it. that's why we easily should tag 'classic rock' as 'contemporary rock' :-) still relative ?

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methoxyroxy wrote:
September 2008

Duh! Contemporary is a rather relative term, isn't it? I bet, in their days, those dead composers where contemporary as well...

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