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List of contemporary classical artists

Here is a list of contemporary classical artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the contemporary classical genre. You can find out what contemporary classical genre sounds like where you can preview artists or sort them the way you want, just click the headers to sort.

#	name	Popularity	instrumentalness	danceability	energy	acousticness	Happiness	tempo	followers
1	Philip Glass	60	87	25	9	88	6	104	579180
2	Arvo Pärt	52	93	54	2	99	28	105	234941
3	Pierre Boulez	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	38041
4	Kronos Quartet	49	51	24	10	97	5	114	106364
5	Steve Reich	44	73	53	45	97	30	106	208617
6	György Kurtág	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	7781
7	Giya Kancheli	41	83	34	1	96	15	94	10478
8	Peter Sculthorpe	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	1667
9	Krzysztof Penderecki	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	43694
10	Luciano Berio	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	16254
11	John Cage	39	84	34	8	59	78	89	97723
12	Morten Lauridsen	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	18108
13	John Adams	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	58496
14	Paul Hindemith	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	18125
15	Meredith Monk	38	48	37	5	96	34	105	47827
16	György Ligeti	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	64475
17	Thomas Adès	35	68	26	7	97	10	100	12195
18	Henryk Górecki	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	37815
19	Olivier Messiaen	34	89	25	3	99	3	77	44986
20	Terry Riley	34	86	28	27	78	13	100	71004
21	Toru Takemitsu	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	24939
22	Alberto Ginastera	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	11163
23	Alfred Schnittke	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	19859
24	David Lang	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	25023
25	Malcolm Arnold	30	11	50	46	73	54	112	4003
26	Morton Feldman	29	58	15	0	96	3	85	31766
27	Peter Maxwell Davies	27	94	41	1	100	6	73	3153
28	John Corigliano	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	4158
29	Karlheinz Stockhausen	26	44	30	4	95	8	105	49826
30	Gavin Bryars	26	73	16	8	88	8	112	16290
31	Stephen Paulus	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	969
32	Pēteris Vasks	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	7928
33	Bang On A Can All-Stars	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	9236
34	James MacMillan	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	5353
35	Ensemble Intercontemporain	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	5717
36	Einojuhani Rautavaara	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	9064
37	Witold Lutosławski	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	9236
38	David Maslanka	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	5836
39	Pauline Oliveros	24	53	13	23	79	3	86	27041
40	Kaija Saariaho	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	10296
41	William Bolcom	22	90	44	18	99	22	119	2229
42	Iannis Xenakis	22	61	20	81	35	3	103	33764
43	Osvaldo Golijov	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	5787
44	Julius Eastman	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	13878
45	Henri Dutilleux	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	6141
46	Frederic Rzewski	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	4040
47	Michael Gordon	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	6246
48	Ensemble Modern	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	7570
49	Jake Heggie	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1084
50	Arditti Quartet	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	6008
51	Sofia Gubaidulina	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	10838
52	John Luther Adams	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	15450
53	Julia Wolfe	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	5467
54	Jennifer Higdon	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	4686
55	Ned Rorem	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1481
56	Michael Tippett	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	2536
57	Oliver Knussen	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	1323
58	George Crumb	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	8974
59	Ensemble Recherche	18	84	29	2	98	10	108	2722
60	Harry Partch	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	11280
61	Knut Nystedt	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	871
62	Christian Wolff	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1657
63	Peter Eötvös	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	2127
64	Marjan Mozetich	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1658
65	Lou Harrison	17	95	46	28	98	32	140	4752
66	Alexander von Zemlinsky	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	4376
67	Lucia Mense	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	48
68	Hans Werner Henze	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	3324
69	George Benjamin	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	2040
70	Michael Torke	15	88	59	24	99	64	126	1486
71	Giacinto Scelsi	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	7554
72	Elliott Carter	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	5679
73	Charles Wuorinen	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	895
74	Louis Andriessen	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	6361
75	Luigi Dallapiccola	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1535
76	Aulis Sallinen	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1084
77	JACK Quartet	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	2929
78	Bernard Parmegiani	13	92	27	43	77	8	102	10664
79	Ensemble Musikfabrik	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1112
80	Alvin Lucier	13	17	39	14	50	13	72	8997
81	Jonathan Harvey	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	2064
82	Conlon Nancarrow	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	7454
83	Judith Weir	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1098
84	La Monte Young	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	15457
85	Hans Abrahamsen	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2195
86	Anders Hillborg	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1129
87	Per Nørgård	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	3191
88	Gian Francesco Malipiero	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1520
89	Pierre Schaeffer	12	59	44	51	70	8	100	13361
90	Olga Neuwirth	12	99	27	4	99	3	72	2240
91	Ingram Marshall	11	81	15	5	96	7	93	4326
92	Toshio Hosokawa	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2773
93	Salvatore Sciarrino	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	4239
94	William Duckworth	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1130
95	Gérard Grisey	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	4276
96	Stefan Wolpe	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	614
97	Klangforum Wien	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2169
98	William Schuman	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1027
99	Augusta Read Thomas	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	864
100	Luigi Nono	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	5619
101	Ernst Krenek	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1564
102	Andrzej Panufnik	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1312
103	Bernd Alois Zimmermann	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1396
104	Vladimir Ussachevsky	10	32	33	12	72	6	86	5015
105	Bright Sheng	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	830
106	Luc Ferrari	10	56	28	17	87	8	87	9737
107	George Rochberg	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	956
108	Galina Ustvolskaya	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	3014
109	Allan Pettersson	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1925
110	Cornelius Cardew	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2904
111	Beat Furrer	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1555
112	Friedrich Cerha	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	643
113	Wolfgang Rihm	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	3002
114	Mark-Anthony Turnage	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2035
115	Kalevi Aho	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1657
116	Liza Lim	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	653
117	Isang Yun	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1218
118	Brian Ferneyhough	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	3344
119	Bruno Maderna	8	1	38	1	95	11	70	3299
120	Lukas Foss	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	886
121	Sally Beamish	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	860
122	Bent Sørensen	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	809
123	Kevin Volans	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	824
124	Mauricio Kagel	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	3273
125	Harrison Birtwistle	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2173
126	Enno Poppe	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	981
127	Unsuk Chin	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	3647
128	Ellen Taaffe Zwilich	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	704
129	Libby Larsen	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	680
130	Jürg Frey	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1430
131	Roberto Gerhard	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	975
132	Helmut Lachenmann	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	4428
133	James Dillon	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	751
134	Yi Chen	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	666
135	Milton Babbitt	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2797
136	David Del Tredici	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	428
137	Walter Piston	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	864
138	R. Murray Schafer	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1740
139	Tristan Murail	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2591
140	James Tenney	6	98	27	31	93	5	139	2518
141	Aaron Jay Kernis	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1219
142	Pascal Dusapin	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1301
143	Srul Irving Glick	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	163
144	Neil Rolnick	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1028
145	Joan Tower	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	903
146	David Diamond	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	636
147	Steven Stucky	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	400
148	Georg Friedrich Haas	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3028
149	François Bayle	5	88	29	59	88	26	94	6198
150	Paul Moravec	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	453
151	Fausto Romitelli	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1474
152	Miguel del Aguila	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	201
153	Henry Brant	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	309
154	Georges Aperghis	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1112
155	Jean-Claude Risset	4	36	21	2	91	4	139	3913
156	Goffredo Petrassi	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	653
157	Julian Anderson	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	529
158	Gloria Coates	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	774
159	Horaţiu Rădulescu	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1151
160	Earle Brown	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1049
161	Robert Beaser	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	140
162	Claude Vivier	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1091
163	Steve Martland	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	539
164	Rebecca Saunders	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1684
165	Paul Dresher	3	87	43	26	96	19	90	1377
166	Poul Ruders	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	624
167	Peter Lieberson	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	181
168	Ursula Mamlok	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	203
169	Bruno Mantovani	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	418
170	Chaya Czernowin	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	978
171	Mark Andre	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	716
172	Franco Donatoni	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	815
173	Michael Byron	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	283
174	Henri Pousseur	2	9	50	67	74	3	117	1657
175	Alex Shapiro	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	156
176	Peter Ablinger	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	634
177	Roger Sessions	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	714
178	Alberto Posadas	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	549
179	Franck Bedrossian	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	445
180	Sylvano Bussotti	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	807
181	Luca Francesconi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	475
182	Thomas Oboe Lee	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	100
183	Mary Ellen Childs	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	155
184	Isabel Mundry	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	380
185	Janice Giteck	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	343
186	Manfred Trojahn	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	121
187	Marco Stroppa	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	302
188	Roger Reynolds	1	50	19	8	85	3	64	408
189	Klaus Huber	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	407
190	Vinko Globokar	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	450
191	Michael Jarrell	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	505
192	William Thomas McKinley	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	326
193	Nancy Galbraith	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	81
194	Martin Bresnick	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	276
195	Alexander Goehr	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	327
196	Philippe Manoury	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	643
197	Wayne Peterson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33
198	York Höller	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	315
199	Mona Lyn Reese	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
200	Barbara Kolb	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	77

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