The great composers of the 20th century, Asia (timeline, top 10...)

Li or Garayev? Ma or Klemperer? 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 1890 and 2000+ (modern & contemporary era) 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 : Li (Chinese pianist) or Garayev (Azerbaijani composer (1918-1982)) ? Arutiunian (Armenian composer, pianist) or Ts'ong (Chinese-British pianist) ? 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 1890 and 2000+ (modern & contemporary era). 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 in Asia for the years 1890-2000+

Who are these greatest composers, the most famous over the 1890-2000+ 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. Hisaishi, Latsabidze, Ben-Haim, Yamada, Paliashvili, Hajibeyov, Vanessa-Mae...

At this time, soclassiq has listed more than 19000 composers. So here is a selection of some composers for the modern & contemporary era, 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 great composers of the 20th century  
1911-2006 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Keiko AbeThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 84 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Rosalina AbejoThe great composers of the 20th century  
1922-1991 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Maurice AbravanelThe great composers of the 20th century  
1903-1993 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Vasif AdigozalovThe great composers of the 20th century  
1935-2006 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Shafiga AkhundovaThe great composers of the 20th century  
1924-2013 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Yasushi AkutagawaThe great composers of the 20th century  
1925-1989 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
 Suleĭman AleskerovThe great composers of the 20th century  
1924-2000 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Franghiz Ali-ZadehThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 74 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Raffi ArmenianThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 79 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Alexander ArutiunianThe great composers of the 20th century  
1920-2012 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Mukhtar AshrafiThe great composers of the 20th century  
1912-1975 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Yuval AvitalThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 43 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Avi AvitalThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 42 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 

B
 Abdel Rahman El BachaThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 62 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Afrasiyab BadalbeyliThe great composers of the 20th century  
1907-1976 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Zakir Dzjavad ogli BagirovThe great composers of the 20th century  
1916-1996 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Andria BalanchivadzeThe great composers of the 20th century  
1906-1992 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Meliton BalanchivadzeThe great composers of the 20th century  
1862-1937 (Romantic)
                        
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer 
 Sergey BalasanianThe great composers of the 20th century  
1902-1982 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Lisa BatiashviliThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 42 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Nisar BazmiThe great composers of the 20th century  
1925-2007 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Sadao BekkuThe great composers of the 20th century  
1922-2012 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Paul Ben-HaimThe great composers of the 20th century  
1897-1984 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Bart BermanThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 82 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Gary BertiniThe great composers of the 20th century  
1927-2005 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Valentin BibikThe great composers of the 20th century  
1940-2003 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Yevgeny BrusilovskyThe great composers of the 20th century  
1905-1981 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Vincent BuenoThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 35 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer 
 Stanislav BuninThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 54 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 

Qigang ChenThe great composers of the 20th century
age 69 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Unsuk ChinThe great composers of the 20th century
age 59 (20th century)
Composer

Seong-Jin ChoThe great composers of the 20th century
age 27 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Tigran ChukhajianThe great composers of the 20th century
1837-1898 (Romantic)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Chaya CzernowinThe great composers of the 20th century
age 63 (20th century)
Composer

Bilegiin DamdinsürenThe great composers of the 20th century
1919-1992 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Ikuma DanThe great composers of the 20th century
1924-2001 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

Hossein DehlaviThe great composers of the 20th century
1927-2019 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Victor DolidzeThe great composers of the 20th century
1890-1933 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Avner DormanThe great composers of the 20th century
age 46 (20th century)
Composer

Tan DunThe great composers of the 20th century
age 63 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Ahn Eak-taiThe great composers of the 20th century
1906-1965 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

Angelo EphrikianThe great composers of the 20th century
1913-1982 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Nie ErThe great composers of the 20th century
1912-1935 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Manuel de FallaThe great composers of the 20th century
1876-1946 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Masterpieces Complete works

Kazuo FukushimaThe great composers of the 20th century
age 91 (20th century)
Composer

Ivan GalamianThe great composers of the 20th century
1903-1981 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Vyacheslav GanelinThe great composers of the 20th century
age 76 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Faraj GarayevThe great composers of the 20th century
age 77 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Gara GarayevThe great composers of the 20th century
1918-1982 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Sembiin GonchigsumlaaThe great composers of the 20th century
1919-1991 (20th century)
Composer

H
  Matt HaimovitzThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 50 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Soltan HajibeyovThe great composers of the 20th century  
1919-1974 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
 Zulfugar HajibeyovThe great composers of the 20th century  
1884-1950 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Uzeyir HajibeyovThe great composers of the 20th century  
1885-1948 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Jovdat HajiyevThe great composers of the 20th century  
1917-2002 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Kazuko HaraThe great composers of the 20th century  
1935-2014 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Fumio HayasakaThe great composers of the 20th century  
1914-1955 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Hikaru HayashiThe great composers of the 20th century  
1931-2012 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Joe HisaishiThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 70 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer 
  Toshio HosokawaThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 65 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Mehdi HosseiniThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 42 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Edgar HovhannisyanThe great composers of the 20th century  
1930-1998 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Gagik HovuntsThe great composers of the 20th century  
1930-2019 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Li HuanzhiThe great composers of the 20th century  
1919-2000 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 

Toshi IchiyanagiThe great composers of the 20th century
age 88 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Akira IfukubeThe great composers of the 20th century
1914-2006 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Shin'ichirō IkebeThe great composers of the 20th century
age 77 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Tomojirō IkenouchiThe great composers of the 20th century
1906-1991 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Yoshirō IrinoThe great composers of the 20th century
1921-1980 (20th century)
Composer

Maki IshiiThe great composers of the 20th century
1936-2003 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

Kan IshiiThe great composers of the 20th century
1921-2009 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Yasuhide ItoThe great composers of the 20th century
age 60 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Jahangir JahangirovThe great composers of the 20th century
1921-1992 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

Malek JandaliThe great composers of the 20th century
age 48 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Zhao JipingThe great composers of the 20th century
age 76 (20th century)
Composer

Marios Joannou EliaThe great composers of the 20th century
age 43 (20th century)
Composer

Dina JoffeThe great composers of the 20th century
age 68 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

K
  Vakhtang KakhidzeThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 62 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Joseph KaminskiThe great composers of the 20th century  
1903-1972 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Gia KancheliThe great composers of the 20th century  
1935-2019 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Hitomi KanekoThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 56 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Yoko KannoThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 57 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer 
 Shigeru Kan-noThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 62 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Anna KasyanThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 39 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer & Composer 
 Mine KawakamiThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 51 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Masaru KawasakiThe great composers of the 20th century  
1924-2018 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Karen KhachaturianThe great composers of the 20th century  
1920-2011 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Quddus KhojamyarovThe great composers of the 20th century  
1918-1994 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Kōichi KishiThe great composers of the 20th century  
1909-1937 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
 Yasuji KiyoseThe great composers of the 20th century  
1900-1981 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Otto KlempererThe great composers of the 20th century  
1885-1973 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Nobu KōdaThe great composers of the 20th century  
1870-1946 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Momo KodamaThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 49 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Koji KondoThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 59 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Hidemaro KonoyeThe great composers of the 20th century  
1898-1973 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Mark KopytmanThe great composers of the 20th century  
1929-2011 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Mayako KuboThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 73 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Mina KubotaThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 49 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Dimash KudaibergenThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 27 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer 

... K

Bidzina KvernadzeThe great composers of the 20th century
1928-2010 (20th century)
Composer

Giorgi LatsabidzeThe great composers of the 20th century
age 43 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Marc LavryThe great composers of the 20th century
1903-1967 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

Ming-Qiang LiThe great composers of the 20th century
age 84 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Yundi LiThe great composers of the 20th century
age 38 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Kate LiuThe great composers of the 20th century
age 27 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

He LutingThe great composers of the 20th century
1903-1999 (20th century)
Composer

M
  Yo-Yo MaThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 65 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Ibrahim MaaloufThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 40 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Aleksandre MachavarianiThe great composers of the 20th century  
1913-1995 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Muslim MagomayevThe great composers of the 20th century  
1885-1937 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Muslim MagomayevThe great composers of the 20th century  
1942-2008 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Lyrical singer & Composer 
 Abdylas MaldybaevThe great composers of the 20th century  
1906-1978 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer & Composer 
 Arif MalikovThe great composers of the 20th century  
1933-2019 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Michio MamiyaThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 92 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Tigran MansurianThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 82 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Cheng MaoyunThe great composers of the 20th century  
1900-1957 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Yoritsune MatsudairaThe great composers of the 20th century  
1907-2001 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Teizo MatsumuraThe great composers of the 20th century  
1929-2007 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Toshiro MayuzumiThe great composers of the 20th century  
1929-1997 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Alexander Melik-PashayevThe great composers of the 20th century  
1905-1964 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
 Minoru MikiThe great composers of the 20th century  
1930-2011 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Shūkichi MitsukuriThe great composers of the 20th century  
1895-1971 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Veli MukhatovThe great composers of the 20th century  
1916-2005 (20th century)
                        
Composer 

Hiroko NakamuraThe great composers of the 20th century
1944-2016 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Tamezō NaritaThe great composers of the 20th century
1893-1945 (20th century)
Composer

Masakazu NatsudaThe great composers of the 20th century
age 53 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

Daniel NazarethThe great composers of the 20th century
1948-2014 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

Akira NishimuraThe great composers of the 20th century
age 67 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

Knyaz NiyaziThe great composers of the 20th century
1912-1984 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Yuji NomiThe great composers of the 20th century
age 62 (20th century)
Composer

Hiroshi OhguriThe great composers of the 20th century
1918-1982 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Yoshiaki OnishiThe great composers of the 20th century
age 40 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

Konstantin OrbelyanThe great composers of the 20th century
1928-2014 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Michiru OshimaThe great composers of the 20th century
age 60 (20th century)
Composer

Hisatada OtakaThe great composers of the 20th century
1911-1951 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

Makoto OzoneThe great composers of the 20th century
age 60 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Zacharia PaliashviliThe great composers of the 20th century
1871-1933 (20th century)
Composer

Ödön PártosThe great composers of the 20th century
1907-1977 (20th century)
Composer

Chen PeixunThe great composers of the 20th century
1921-2006 (20th century)
Composer

Đặng Hữu PhúcThe great composers of the 20th century
age 68 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

S. P. SomtowThe great composers of the 20th century
age 68 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

Mansour RahbaniThe great composers of the 20th century
1925-2009 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Ali RahbariThe great composers of the 20th century
age 73 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

S
 Shigeaki SaegusaThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 79 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Toshihiko SahashiThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 61 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Hideo SaitoThe great composers of the 20th century  
1902-1974 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Ryuichi SakamotoThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 69 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
 Heshmat SanjariThe great composers of the 20th century  
1917-1995 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Huseyngulu SarabskiThe great composers of the 20th century  
1879-1945 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer & Composer 
 Ghazaros SaryanThe great composers of the 20th century  
1920-1998 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Kentaro SatoThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 40 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Vladimir ShainskyThe great composers of the 20th century  
1925-2017 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Mohammad ShamsThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 66 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Ding ShandeThe great composers of the 20th century  
1911-1995 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Anoushka ShankarThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 40 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer 
  Bright ShengThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 65 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
 Noam SheriffThe great composers of the 20th century  
1935-2018 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Liu ShikunThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 82 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Mieko ShiomiThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 83 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Xiao ShuxianThe great composers of the 20th century  
1905-1991 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 jhonny sinsThe great composers of the 20th century  
1876-1952 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Yeol Eum SonThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 35 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Dang Thai SonThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 63 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Cong SuThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 64 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Masaaki SuzukiThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 67 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 

T
 Ali TajvidiThe great composers of the 20th century  
1919-2006 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Yūji TakahashiThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 82 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Tōru TakemitsuThe great composers of the 20th century  
1930-1996 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Rentarō TakiThe great composers of the 20th century  
1879-1903 (Romantic)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Josef TalThe great composers of the 20th century  
1910-2008 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
 Yoav TalmiThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 78 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Muhai TangThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 72 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Mikael TariverdievThe great composers of the 20th century  
1931-1996 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Avet TerterianThe great composers of the 20th century  
1929-1994 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Loris TjeknavorianThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 83 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Isao TomitaThe great composers of the 20th century  
1932-2016 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Yuzo ToyamaThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 90 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Sulkhan TsintsadzeThe great composers of the 20th century  
1925-1991 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Fou Ts'ongThe great composers of the 20th century  
1934-2020 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Nobuyuki TsujiiThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 32 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Huang TzuThe great composers of the 20th century  
1904-1938 (20th century)
                        
Composer 

Mitsuko UchidaThe great composers of the 20th century
age 72 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Vanessa Vanessa-MaeThe great composers of the 20th century
age 42 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Kaoru WadaThe great composers of the 20th century
age 59 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Jiang Wen-YeThe great composers of the 20th century
1910-1983 (20th century)
Composer

Ye XiaogangThe great composers of the 20th century
age 65 (20th century)
Composer

Qu Xiao-SongThe great composers of the 20th century
age 69 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

Xian XinghaiThe great composers of the 20th century
1905-1945 (20th century)
Composer

Y
 Kazuo YamadaThe great composers of the 20th century  
1912-1991 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Kōsaku YamadaThe great composers of the 20th century  
1886-1965 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Stomu YamashtaThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 74 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Akio YashiroThe great composers of the 20th century  
1929-1976 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Yitzhak YedidThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 49 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Chen YiThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 68 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Takashi YoshimatsuThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 68 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Joji YuasaThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 91 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Du YunThe great composers of the 20th century  
age 44 (20th century)
                        
Composer 

Azər ZeynalovThe great composers of the 20th century
age 56 (20th century)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer

Gaziza ZhubanovaThe great composers of the 20th century
1927-1993 (20th century)
Composer

The great composers of the 20th century Asia

Timeline of classical music composers, between 1890 and 2000+ (modern & contemporary era) in Asia

Top 10 classical musiccomposers in Asia for the years 1890-2000+

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