Mario Davidovsky was an Argentine-American composer. Born in Argentina, he emigrated in 1960 to the United States, where he lived for the remainder of his life. He is best known for his series of compositions called Synchronisms, which in live performance incorporate both acoustic instruments and electroacoustic sounds played from a tape.
Ahmet Adnan Saygun was a Turkish composer, musicologist and writer on music.
Tania León is a Cuban-born American composer of both large scale and chamber works. She is also renowned as a conductor, educator, and advisor to arts organizations.
Chen Yi is a Chinese-American composer of contemporary classical music and violinist. She was the first Chinese woman to receive a Master of Arts (M.A.) in music composition from the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing. Chen was a finalist for the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Music for her composition Si Ji, and has received awards from the Koussevistky Music Foundation and American Academy of Arts and Letters, as well as fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. In 2010, she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from The New School and in 2012, she was awarded the Brock Commission from the American Choral Directors Association. She was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2019.
Necil Kazım Akses was a Turkish classical composer.
Gediminas Gelgotas is a Lithuanian composer, conductor and self-performing artist.
Huck Hodge is an American composer of contemporary classical music.
Salim Dada is an Algerian composer, musician, and musicologist.
David Ezra Okonşar is a Turkish–Belgian pianist, composer, conductor, writer, and educator. He was previously known as "Mehmet Okonşar".
Michael Schelle, born January 22, 1950, in Philadelphia, is a composer of contemporary concert music. He is also a performer, conductor, author, and teacher.
Seyed Mehdi Hosseini Bami is a Persian composer of contemporary classical music.
Alexander Lonquich is a German classical pianist and conductor.
Ali Özkan Manav is a Turkish composer of contemporary classical music. His earlier works reveal influences of Saygun, Usmanbaş and Ligeti, at times progressing through aleatoric sections. Later works combine newer timbral concerns with maqamic pitch content, microtones and elements of folk music.
John Borstlap is a Dutch composer and author on cultural subjects related to music and the visual arts. His work is rooted in German musical traditions and he is a proponent of a revival of tonal and classical traditions.
Erol Erdinç is a Turkish conductor of classical music, composer, pianist and educator.
The Beethovenfest is a festival of classical music in Bonn, Germany, dedicated mostly to the music of Ludwig van Beethoven who was born there. It dates back to 1845, when the composer's 75th anniversary of birth was celebrated with unveiling his monument and performing major works.
Hande Özyürek is a Turkish violinist. She has been a member of the Munich Radio Orchestra since 2003 and has released a solo CD. She also teaches at the Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University. Özyürek was named the winner of the 15th Vienna Music Competition in 2007.
Igor Krivokapič is a Slovenian composer, retired tubist and instrument inventor.
Zeynep Gedizlioğlu is a Turkish composer who won the Ernst von Siemens Composer Prize Award in 2012.
Vincent Calianno is a New York City and Tucson based composer of contemporary classical music, sound artist, and filmmaker.
