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

Ts'ong or Li? Arutiunian or Garayev? 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+ in Asia

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 : Ts'ong (classical pianist) or Li (Chinese pianist) ? Shankar (British musician) or Sakamoto (Japanese musician) ? 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 en Asia, between 1950 and 2000+. And this objectively, and for the first time (soClassiQ exclusivity).

Composers rendered as a timeline to bring a little perspective:

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 in Asia for the years 1950-2000+

Who are these greatest composers, the most famous over the 1950-2000+ era in Asia? 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. Ifukube, Hisaishi, Kanno, Magomayev, Abe, Vanessa-Mae, Klemperer...

At this time, soClassiQ has listed more than 18000 composers. So here is a selection of some composers for the years 1950-2000+, in Asia, 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.

A
 Kōmei AbeThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1911-2006 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Keiko AbeThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 83 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Rosalina AbejoThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1922-1991 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Vasif AdigozalovThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1935-2006 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Shafiga AkhundovaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1924-2013 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Yasushi AkutagawaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1925-1989 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
 Suleĭman AleskerovThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1924-2000 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Turgun AlimatovThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1922-2008 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Franghiz Ali-ZadehThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 73 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Hiroshi AoshimaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 65 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
 Raffi ArmenianThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 78 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Alexander ArutiunianThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1920-2012 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Mukhtar AshrafiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1912-1975 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Yuval AvitalThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 43 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Avi AvitalThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 41 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 

B
 Abdel Rahman El BachaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 61 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Afrasiyab BadalbeyliThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1907-1976 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Zakir Dzjavad ogli BagirovThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1916-1996 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Andria BalanchivadzeThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1906-1992 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Sergey BalasanianThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1902-1982 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Josef BardanashviliThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 71 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Lisa BatiashviliThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 41 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Nisar BazmiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1925-2007 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Sadao BekkuThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1922-2012 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Paul Ben-HaimThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1897-1984 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Bart BermanThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 81 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Gary BertiniThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1927-2005 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Yevgeny BrusilovskyThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1905-1981 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Stanislav BuninThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 54 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 

Qigang ChenThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 69 (20th century)
Composer

Unsuk ChinThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 59 (20th century)
Composer

Seong-Jin ChoThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 26 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Chaya CzernowinThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 62 (20th century)
Composer

Bilegiin DamdinsürenThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1919-1992 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Ikuma DanThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1924-2001 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

Hossein DehlaviThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1927-2019 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

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

Ahn Eak-taiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1906-1965 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

Marios Joannou EliaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 42 (20th century)
Composer

Angelo EphrikianThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1913-1982 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Wu FeiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 43 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Composer

Dai FujikuraThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 43 (20th century)
Composer

Shirō FukaiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1907-1959 (20th century)
Composer

Kazuo FukushimaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 90 (20th century)
Composer

Ivan GalamianThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1903-1981 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Vyacheslav GanelinThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 75 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

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

Gara GarayevThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1918-1982 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Leib GlantzThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1898-1964 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Composer

Sembiin GonchigsumlaaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1919-1991 (20th century)
Composer

H
  Matt HaimovitzThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 49 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Zulfugar HajibeyovThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1884-1950 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Soltan HajibeyovThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1919-1974 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Jovdat HajiyevThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1917-2002 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Kazuko HaraThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1935-2014 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Fumio HayasakaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1914-1955 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Hikaru HayashiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1931-2012 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
 Kozaburo HiraiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1910-2002 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Joe HisaishiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 69 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer 
 Hiroshi HoshinaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 84 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Toshio HosokawaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 64 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Mehdi HosseiniThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 41 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Edgar HovhannisyanThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1930-1998 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Gagik HovuntsThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1930-2019 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Li HuanzhiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1919-2000 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Xin HuguangThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1933-2011 (20th century)
                        
Composer 

I
 Toshi IchiyanagiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 87 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Akira IfukubeThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1914-2006 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
 Shin'ichirō IkebeThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 77 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Tomojirō IkenouchiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1906-1991 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Yoshirō IrinoThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1921-1980 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Maki IshiiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1936-2003 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Kan IshiiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1921-2009 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Mareo IshiketaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1916-1996 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Daisuke IshiwatariThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 47 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Yasuhide ItoThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 59 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 

Jahangir JahangirovThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1921-1992 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

Malek JandaliThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 47 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Zhao JipingThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 75 (20th century)
Composer

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

K
 Vakhtang KakhidzeThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 61 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Joseph KaminskiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1903-1972 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Gia KancheliThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1935-2019 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Hitomi KanekoThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 55 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Yoko KannoThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 56 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer 
 Shigeru Kan-noThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 61 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Anna KasyanThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 38 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer & Composer 
 Mine KawakamiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 51 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Hiba KawasThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 48 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer & Composer 
 Masaru KawasakiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1924-2018 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Karen KhachaturianThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1920-2011 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Quddus KhojamyarovThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1918-1994 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Tong-jin KimThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1913-2009 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Yasuji KiyoseThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1900-1981 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Otto KlempererThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1885-1973 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Momo KodamaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 48 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Jo KondoThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 72 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Koji KondoThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 59 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Hidemaro KonoyeThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1898-1973 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Mark KopytmanThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1929-2011 (20th century)
                        
Composer 

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Mayako KuboThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 72 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Mina KubotaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 48 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Bidzina KvernadzeThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1928-2010 (20th century)
Composer

Giorgi LatsabidzeThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 42 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Marc LavryThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1903-1967 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

Ming-Qiang LiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 84 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Yundi LiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 37 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Kate LiuThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 26 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Dang Ngoc LongThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 63 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

M
  Yo-Yo MaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 64 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Ibrahim MaaloufThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 39 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Aleksandre MachavarianiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1913-1995 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Muslim MagomayevThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1942-2008 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Lyrical singer & Composer 
 Abdylas MaldybaevThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1906-1978 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer & Composer 
 Arif MalikovThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1933-2019 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Michio MamiyaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 91 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
 Tigran MansurianThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 81 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Cheng MaoyunThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1900-1957 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Yoritsune MatsudairaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1907-2001 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Teizo MatsumuraThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1929-2007 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Toshiro MayuzumiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1929-1997 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Alexander Melik-PashayevThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1905-1964 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
 Minoru MikiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1930-2011 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Shūkichi MitsukuriThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1895-1971 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Veli MukhatovThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1916-2005 (20th century)
                        
Composer 

Hiroko NakamuraThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1944-2016 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Lior NavokThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 49 (20th century)
Composer

Daniel NazarethThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1948-2014 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

Takenori NemotoThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 51 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Knyaz NiyaziThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1912-1984 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Ryo NodaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 72 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Yuji NomiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 62 (20th century)
Composer

Hiroshi OhguriThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1918-1982 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Yoshiaki OnishiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 39 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

Michiru OshimaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 59 (20th century)
Composer

Hisatada OtakaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1911-1951 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

Makoto OzoneThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 59 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Chen PeixunThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1921-2006 (20th century)
Composer

Đặng Hữu PhúcThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 67 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Ali RahbariThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 72 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

S
 Wadia SabraThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1876-1952 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Shigeaki SaegusaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 78 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Toshihiko SahashiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 60 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Hideo SaitoThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1902-1974 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Ryuichi SakamotoThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 68 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
 Heshmat SanjariThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1917-1995 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Ruben SargsyanThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1945-2013 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Ghazaros SaryanThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1920-1998 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Kentaro SatoThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 39 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Vladimir ShainskyThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1925-2017 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Mohammad ShamsThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 65 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Ding ShandeThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1911-1995 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Anoushka ShankarThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 39 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer 
 Bright ShengThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 64 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
 Noam SheriffThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1935-2018 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Liu ShikunThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 81 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Makoto ShinoharaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 88 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Mieko ShiomiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 82 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Gil ShohatThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 47 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Xiao ShuxianThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1905-1991 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 S. P. SomtowThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 67 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Yeol Eum SonThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 34 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Dang Thai SonThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 62 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Eitan SteinbergThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 65 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Cong SuThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 63 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Masaaki SuzukiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 66 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 

T
 Ali TajvidiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1919-2006 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
 Yūji TakahashiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 82 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Saburō TakataThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1913-2000 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Toru TakemitsuThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1930-1996 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Josef TalThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1910-2008 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
 Yoav TalmiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 77 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Muhai TangThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 71 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Mikael TariverdievThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1931-1996 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Avet TerterianThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1929-1994 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Loris TjeknavorianThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 82 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Isao TomitaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1932-2016 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Yuzo ToyamaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 89 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Sulkhan TsintsadzeThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1925-1991 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Fou Ts'ongThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 86 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Nobuyuki TsujiiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 32 (20th century)
                        
Performer & 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

Kaoru WadaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 58 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Jiang Wen-YeThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1910-1983 (20th century)
Composer

Ye XiaogangThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 65 (20th century)
Composer

Qu Xiao-SongThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 68 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

Y
 Parviz YahaghiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1936-2007 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Kazuo YamadaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1912-1991 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
 Kosaku YamadaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1886-1965 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Hiroyuki YamamotoThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 53 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Stomu YamashtaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 73 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Akio YashiroThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
1929-1976 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Yitzhak YedidThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 49 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Chen YiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 67 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Takashi YoshimatsuThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 67 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Joji YuasaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 91 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Du YunThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)  
age 43 (20th century)
                        
Composer 

Azər ZeynalovThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
age 55 (20th century)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer

Gaziza ZhubanovaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1950-2000)
1927-1993 (20th century)
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) Asia

Timeline of classical music composers, between 1950 and 2000+ in Asia

Top 10 classical musiccomposers in Asia 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, ...