The 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)

Penderecki or Bocelli? Horowitz or Schoenberg? It is difficult for inquiring minds to tackle such abundant fields as classical music and opera, covering 10 centuries of history: there are thousands of composers. Making a selection of musicians, such as a “top 10” for example, is a difficult and subjective exercise. A musical selection is often the expression of personal preferences or artistic opinions, very interesting but also very different according to critics or musicologists, or simply influenced by the context: will an English composer not be instinctively privileged by an English critic?

For example: in France, Charles Gounod, a 19th century French composer, is more easily mentioned than the Norwegian Edvard Grieg, who is more recognized in the world.

Timeline of classical music composers, between 1950 and 2000+

Whoever wants to discover classical music or opera does not always have an experienced music lover, an expert or an educator at his or her side to support and guide him or her in these fields. So : Penderecki (Polish composer and conductor) or Bocelli (Italian tenor and singer-songwriter) ? Khachaturian (Armenian Soviet composer and conductor (1903-1978)) or Stravinsky (Russian composer, pianist and conductor) ? However, the knowledge available about musicians is enormous. It was processed to select the 10, 25, 50... most popular composers around the world, for those living or having lived between 1950 and 2000+. And this objectively, and for the first time (soClassiQ exclusivity).

Composers rendered as a timeline to bring a little perspective:

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Timeline :

Composers Conductors Lyrical singers Performers Worldwide Europe North America South America Asia Oceania Africa 2021

This timeline is interactive to navigate through the ages , or eras : medieval music, renaissance, baroque music (Bach...), classical period (Mozart...), romantic music (Beethoven...), XXth (Stravinsky), or across continents (with ).

Top 10 classical musiccomposers for the years 1950-2000+

Who are these greatest composers, the most famous over the 1950-2000+ era? The works of these musician have shaped the history of classical music and lyric art. There are those you probably know, or at least by name and the others.

Here are these 10 classical music composers, renowned artists from around the world:

Curious to know their most emblematic works? Just a click away to discover them.

The selections of musicians (classical music composers) proposed by soClassiQ are based exclusively on algorithms. The same applies to their works, the performers, the lyrical singers, les orchestras, the conductors and the venues : opera houses, concert halls or festivals.

What about the others? 25, 50 or more?

Summarizing to 10 musician names such a wide and diverse field may seem extreme or too simplistic for those who know classical music and lyrical art well, for those who can easily name 50 or more classical music composers. Lutosławski, Honegger, Adorno, Rostropovich, Stokowski, Morricone, Williams...

At this time, soClassiQ has listed more than 18000 composers. So here is a selection of some composers for the years 1950-2000+, widely recognized around the world:

Note:

This selection may include highly reputed artists and musicians who have occasionally devoted themselves to classical music and not exclusively.
It may also include composers who have been or are concert performers, some more renowned for their careers than for the work they have left behind.

Claudio AbbadoThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1933-2014 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Paul AbrahamThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1892-1960 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

John Coolidge AdamsThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 73 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Theodor W. AdornoThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1903-1969 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Géza AndaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1921-1976 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Ernest AnsermetThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1883-1969 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

Martha ArgerichThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 79 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Vladimir AshkenazyThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 83 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

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  Grażyna BacewiczThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1909-1969 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Samuel BarberThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1910-1981 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  John BarryThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1933-2011 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Rudolf BarshaiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1924-2010 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Joshua BellThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 52 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Luciano BerioThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1925-2003 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Leonard BernsteinThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1918-1990 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Rafał BlechaczThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 35 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Andrea BocelliThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 62 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer 
  Victor BorgeThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1909-2000 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Nadia BoulangerThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1887-1979 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Pierre BoulezThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1925-2016 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Julian BreamThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1933-2020 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Alfred BrendelThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 89 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Sarah BrightmanThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 60 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer & Composer 
  Benjamin BrittenThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1913-1976 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 

C
  John CageThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1912-1992 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Elliott CarterThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1908-2012 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Pau CasalsThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1876-1973 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Sergiu CelibidacheThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1912-1996 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Francesco CileaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1866-1950 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Aaron CoplandThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1900-1990 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Henry CowellThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1897-1965 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  George CrumbThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 90 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Georges CziffraThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1921-1994 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 

D
  Luigi DallapiccolaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1904-1975 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Peter Maxwell DaviesThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1934-2016 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
 Ramin DjawadiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 46 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Ernő von DohnányiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1877-1960 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Antal DorátiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1906-1988 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Gustavo DudamelThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 39 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Tan DunThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 63 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Marcel DupréThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1886-1971 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Maurice DurufléThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1902-1986 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Henri DutilleuxThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1916-2013 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 

Ludovico EinaudiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 64 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Gottfried von EinemThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1918-1996 (20th century)
Composer

Danny ElfmanThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 67 (20th century)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer

George EnescuThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1881-1955 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Morton FeldmanThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1926-1987 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Dietrich Fischer-DieskauThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1925-2012 (20th century)
Conductor, Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer

Wilhelm FurtwänglerThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1886-1954 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

G
  Gara GarayevThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1918-1982 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  John Eliot GardinerThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 77 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Michael GiacchinoThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 52 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Michael GielenThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1927-2019 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Alberto GinasteraThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1916-1983 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Philip GlassThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 83 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Reinhold GlièreThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1874-1956 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Jerry GoldsmithThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1929-2004 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Henryk GoreckiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1933-2010 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Glenn GouldThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1932-1982 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Percy GraingerThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1882-1961 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Sofia GubaidulinaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 88 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 

H
  Alois HábaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1893-1973 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Marc-André HamelinThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 59 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Howard HansonThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1896-1981 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Nikolaus HarnoncourtThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1929-2016 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Karl Amadeus HartmannThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1905-1963 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Hans Werner HenzeThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1926-2012 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Philippe HerrewegheThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 73 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Bernard HerrmannThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1911-1975 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Paul HindemithThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1895-1963 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Joe HisaishiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 69 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer 
  Arthur HoneggerThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1892-1955 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  James HornerThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1953-2015 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Vladimir HorowitzThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1903-1989 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  James Newton HowardThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 69 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 

Jacques IbertThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1890-1962 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Charles IvesThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1874-1954 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Émile Jaques-DalcrozeThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1865-1950 (20th century)
Composer

André JolivetThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1905-1974 (20th century)
Composer

K
  Dmitri KabalevskyThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1904-1986 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Emmerich KálmánThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1882-1953 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Gia KancheliThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1935-2019 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Aram KhachaturianThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1903-1978 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Wojciech KilarThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1932-2013 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Erich KleiberThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1890-1956 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Otto KlempererThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1885-1973 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Zoltán KodályThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1882-1967 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Erich Wolfgang KorngoldThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1897-1957 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Jason KouchakThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 51 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer 
  Serge KoussevitzkyThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1874-1951 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Fritz KreislerThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1875-1962 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Rafael KubelíkThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1914-1996 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  György KurtágThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 94 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 

L
  Alicia de LarrochaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1923-2009 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Giorgi LatsabidzeThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 42 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Michel LegrandThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1932-2019 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer 
  Gustav LeonhardtThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1928-2012 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Yundi LiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 37 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  György LigetiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1923-2006 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 

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Dinu LipattiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1917-1950 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Leonardo De de LorenzoThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1875-1962 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Paco de LucíaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1947-2014 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Witold LutosławskiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1913-1994 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

M
  Yo-Yo MaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 64 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Lorin MaazelThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1930-2014 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Peter MachajdíkThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 59 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Muslim MagomayevThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1942-2008 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Lyrical singer & Composer 
  Alma MahlerThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1879-1964 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Gian Francesco MalipieroThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1882-1973 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Henry ManciniThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1924-1994 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Clint MansellThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 57 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer 
  Neville MarrinerThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1924-2016 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Frank MartinThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1890-1974 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Bohuslav MartinůThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1890-1959 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Nikolai MedtnerThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1879-1951 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Willem MengelbergThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1871-1951 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Gian Carlo MenottiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1911-2007 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Olivier MessiaenThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1908-1992 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Darius MilhaudThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1892-1974 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Dimitri MitropoulosThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1896-1960 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Ennio MorriconeThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1928-2020 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Nikolai MyaskovskyThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1881-1950 (20th century)
                        
Composer 

Luigi NonoThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1924-1990 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

Michael NymanThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 76 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Carl OrffThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1895-1982 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Masterpieces Complete works

P
  Andrzej PanufnikThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1914-1991 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Arvo PärtThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 85 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Harry PartchThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1901-1974 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Marcus PausThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 40 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Krzysztof PendereckiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1933-2020 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Gregor PiatigorskyThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1903-1976 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Astor PiazzollaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1921-1992 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Ildebrando PizzettiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1880-1968 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Maurizio PolliniThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 78 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Francis PoulencThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1899-1963 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Zbigniew PreisnerThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 65 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  André PrevinThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1929-2019 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Sergei ProkofievThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1891-1953 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 

R
  Einojuhani RautavaaraThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1928-2016 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Fritz ReinerThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1888-1963 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Karl RichterThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1926-1981 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Sviatoslav RichterThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1915-1997 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  André RieuThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 71 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Joaquín RodrigoThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1901-1999 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Mstislav RostropovichThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1927-2007 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Nino RotaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1911-1979 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Gennady RozhdestvenskyThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1931-2018 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Miklós RózsaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1907-1995 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  John RutterThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 75 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 

S
  Kaija SaariahoThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 67 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Esa-Pekka SalonenThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 62 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Jordi SavallThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 79 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Fazıl SayThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 50 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  András SchiffThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 66 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Artur SchnabelThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1882-1951 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Alfred SchnittkeThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1934-1998 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Arnold SchoenbergThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1874-1951 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Peter SchreierThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1935-2019 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Lyrical singer & Composer 
 Emma ShapplinThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 46 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer & Composer 
  Rodion ShchedrinThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 87 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Howard ShoreThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 73 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Dmitri ShostakovichThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1906-1975 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Jean SibeliusThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1865-1957 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Georg SoltiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1912-1997 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Karlheinz StockhausenThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1925-2007 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Leopold StokowskiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1882-1977 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Robert StolzThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1880-1975 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Oscar StrausThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1870-1954 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Igor StravinskyThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1882-1971 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Yevgeny SvetlanovThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1928-2002 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Georgy SviridovThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1915-1998 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  George SzellThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1897-1970 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Władysław SzpilmanThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1911-2000 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 

Toru TakemitsuThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1930-1996 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Mikis TheodorakisThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 95 (20th century)
Composer

Andrés Segovia TorresThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1893-1987 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Arturo ToscaniniThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1867-1957 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Daniil TrifonovThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 29 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Eduard TubinThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1905-1982 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

Mitsuko UchidaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 71 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Vanessa Vanessa-MaeThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 41 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Edgard VarèseThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1883-1965 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

Pēteris VasksThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 74 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Heitor Villa-LobosThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1887-1959 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Violetta VillasThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1938-2011 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Composer

Pancho VladigerovThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1899-1978 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Rufus WainwrightThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 47 (20th century)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer

Bruno WalterThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1876-1962 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

William WaltonThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1902-1983 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Andrew Lloyd WebberThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 72 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Kurt WeillThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1900-1950 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

John WilliamsThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 79 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Ralph Vaughan WilliamsThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1872-1958 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

John WilliamsThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 88 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Iannis XenakisThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1922-2001 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Masterpieces Complete works

Narciso YepesThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1927-1997 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Krystian ZimermanThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 63 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Hans ZimmerThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 63 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

John ZornThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 67 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Some composers to be celebrated very soon

Next month, more than 40 important artists and musicians will be honoured. In November 2020 some of them may celebrate a special anniversary. For others, amateurs and enthusiasts will celebrate the bicentenary of their birth or the fiftieth anniversary of their death for example. Among them, some famous composers:

on 8, César Franck (1822-1890), 130th anniversary (Death),
on 12, Henryk Gorecki (1933-2010), 10th anniversary (Death),
on 14, Aaron Copland (1900-1990), 120th anniversary (Birth),
on 18, Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941), 160th anniversary (Birth),
on 22, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710-1784), 310th anniversary (Birth),
...

There are others to discover. And it is not too late to focus on the October 2020 celebrations (30+).

Always good opportunities to discover or deepen, (re)listen, explore the vastness and diversity of classical music...

The 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)

Timeline of classical music composers, between 1950 and 2000+

Top 10 classical musiccomposers for the years 1950-2000+

What about the others? 25, 50 or more?

Some composers to be celebrated very soon

See also...

Timelines : Composers

Indexes

Other timelines

Commemorations 2020, 2021, ...