And your favorite composer is...

hi, my favorite composer is Andrey Rubtsov. what's yours?

That's a very difficult question!

If I have to choose only one that has influenced me the most, I would say...prokofiev. He may be a big gun, but he has a hold on me that I have to work hard not to get too caught up in! (and find my own voice) Golly, though, it's hard not to pick so many others, like Stravinsky or Debussy.

Andrey Rubtsov is so young and so accomplished! I'm not sure who my favorite "new" composer is (depending on how you define new). That would take me a bit longer to decide because there are so many still alive and kicking and creating.

John Cage.

you must be a big fan if you like silence that much to chose him as your favorite

I prefer 2 inparticular I couldn't just choose one

Ferdinando Carulli and

Franz Liszt

My favorites (sorry, can't pick just one) are Debussy, Stravinsky, Gershwin, and one of my favorite pieces is by Clifton Williams, though I haven't heard anything else he's done.

Ooh, and Palmgren has piqued my interest, too.

Sergei Prokofiev.

Favorite composer: Brahms, Borodin a close second.
Favorite active composer: Charles Knox.

I would have to go with Malcolm Arnold (not that well heard of) and for new composer I'd have to go with Eric Whitacre he single handedly turned me on to a cappella.

I would have to go with Malcolm Arnold (not that well heard of) and for new composer I'd have to go with Eric Whitacre he single handedly turned me on to a cappella.

I love his Ghost Train and October pieces. I've talked to him before too

A tie between Hindemith, Shostakovich...

Living: Paul Schoenfield... or Ned Rorem..