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Contemporary Classical genre — history, bands and artists
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Geography of Contemporary Classical
Where the artists of the genre come from and where it is on the radio
Landmark albums of Contemporary Classical
Studio albums that listeners most often call this genre
2025Fear of SilencePhaeleh
2022
Keyboard StudiesTerry Riley; John Tilbury
1999
シェンムー Orchestra VersionVarious Artists
1993
Hydrogen JukeboxPhilip Glass, libretto by Allen Ginsberg
2016
Glassworlds 3: MetamorphosisPhilip Glass; Nicolas Horvath
1977
Works, Volume 1Emerson, Lake & Palmer
2020
Erik Satie: Selected Works IIErik Satie; Richard P John
1980
The Celestial HawkKeith Jarrett
New in Contemporary Classical
Albums and singles of the genre released in the last four months
2026Howard Shore: A Piano TributeHoward Shore; Aurélien Pontier
2026Ce que disent les bêtes, Equal no moreOlivier Calmel, Anne Gastinel, Xavier Phillips, Héloïse Luzzati & Patrick Langot
202612 Conversationsalva noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto
2026Williams: Flute Concerto / Herrmann: Souvenirs de VoyageJohn Williams, Bernard Herrmann; Jin Ta, Ma Yue, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Darrell Ang, Joshua Tan
Contemporary Classical by year
How many studio albums of the genre came out each year
Contemporary Classical by country and decade
Bands and artists of the genre from different countries and eras, the best albums of each decade
By country
By decade
Artists of Contemporary Classical
The most listened artists of the genre and its subgenres: the bigger the name, the more listeners
- 4EverfreeBrony
Adiemus- Adrien Trybucki
- Anthony Davis
- Aquacadia
- Barry Guy
- Benjamin F Sullivan
- Bertram Turetzky
- Brendan Eder Ensemble
- Clara Ponty
- Curtis Roads
- David Del Tredici
- Egberto Gismonti
- Frank Martin
- Frédéric Szymañski
- G.A.N. 665+1
- György Ligeti
- Heinali
- Heino Eller
- James Newton Howard
- Jason Alder
- Jean VOGUET
- Julien Boulier
- Kai Engel
Karl Jenkins- lonebronyproductions
- Lucien Moreau
- M3ON
- Maëla Raoult
- Matt Johnson
- Matthew Heyse-Moore
- Mátyás Seiber
- Meri von KleinSmid
- Michael Mantler
- Mimi Page
- Morton Subotnick
- Nene Veenman
- Olivier Calmel
- Omar Raafat
- Onurvari
- Otto Luening
Penguin Cafe Orchestra- Pierluigi Castellano
- Poppy Ackroyd
Rein Rannap- Robert Coulombe
- Sarahsson
- Sebastian Bell
- Sebastian Zawadzki
- Sergey Rybytskyy
- Tariq Hisny
- Teo Salfinger
- threshold of faith
- Tyshawn Sorey
- Urmas Sisask
- Vladimír Hirsch
- Yusuke Tsutsumi
Zoë Keating- Аркадий Шилклопер
- ツトム・ヤマシタ
Overview
Genre relations
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Subgenres
Subgenres or what Contemporary Classical is divided into
Origins
Genres from which Contemporary Classical originated
Parent genre
Contemporary Classical is a subgenre, i.e. a narrower direction of these styles
Derived genres
Genres that evolved from Contemporary Classical