Requiem of Reconciliation

The Requiem of Reconciliation was a collaborative work written to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II. It sets the Roman Catholic mass for the dead in fourteen sections, each written by a different composer from a country involved in the war. It was commissioned by the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart in Stuttgart, Germany and first performed by the Gächinger Kantorei, the Krakauer Kammerchor and the Israel Philharmon... More

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Luciano Berio

Luciano Berio, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (October 24, 1925 – May 27, 2003) was an Italian composer. He is noted for his experimental work (in particular his...

Krzysztof Penderecki

Krzysztof Penderecki (Polish pronunciation: [ˈkʂɨʂtɔf pɛndɛˈrɛt͡skʲi] (Krzysztof Eugeniusz Penderecki), born November 23, 1933 in Dębica) is a Polish composer...

Judith Weir

Judith Weir CBE, (born 11 May 1954 in Cambridge, England of Scottish parents) is a British composer. Weir trained with John Tavener while still at school ...

Bernard Rands

Bernard Rands (born Sheffield, England, 2 March 1934) is a composer of contemporary classical music. Rands studied music and English literature at the...

Arne Nordheim

Arne Nordheim (20 June 1931 – 5 June 2010) was a Norwegian composer. Nordheim received numerous prizes for his compositions, and from 1982 lived in the...

Alfred Schnittke

Alfred Schnittke (Russian: Альфре́д Га́рриевич Шни́тке (Al'fred Garrievič Šnitke); Engels, November 24, 1934 – Hamburg, August 3, 1998) was a Soviet and German...

John Harbison

John Harris Harbison (born December 20, 1938 in Orange, New Jersey) is an American composer, best known for his operas and large choral works. John Harris...

György Kurtág

György Kurtág (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˌɟørɟ ˈkurtaːɡ]; born 19 February 1926 in Lugoj) is a Hungarian composer of contemporary music. György Kurtág was born...

Wolfgang Rihm

Wolfgang Rihm (born 13 March 1952 in Karlsruhe) is a German composer. Rihm is Head of the Institute of Modern Music at the Karlsruhe Conservatory of Music and...

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