Looking for Avant-Garde Composers (I need your help.)

Is there someone who can help me to discover avant-garde composers?

Please write down avant-garde composers' names as much as you can.

Even if they are famous, I might not know them or never dug into their works.

So, I'd really appreciate it if you could raise avant-garde composers' names.

Any type of avant-garde composer is welcome: Electronic, chamber, musique concrète, etc.

Thank you for your contribution.

Best,

Lithl.

Edited Tuesday at 10:06 AM3 days by Lithl

I would say Igor Stravinsky and George Gershwin are quite avant-garde but I'm not sure about George Gershwin.

Bela Bartok

Takashi Yoshimatsu

Masayoshi Takanaka

In fact I'd like to recommend a specific album by the latter composer that I love:

In hindsight I don't really think this album is quite "Avant-Garde" but I think it's great music anyways. It probably belongs more in that other thread - https://www.youngcomposers.com/t49833/sharing-musicians-and-works-lets-meet-new-music/

Any type of style you're interested in?

Jonny Greenwood from Radiohead is awesome, he's written concert works too. Stockhausen, Messiaen, Ligeti, Xenakis all come to mind.

Here's a weird one for ya :D

Thank you so much guys - you're all really kind!

@Musicman_3254, I haven't listened to Gershwin a lot, so I'll have to check him out. Since I'm a big fan of jazz-style music, his music sounds so nice!

@PeterthePapercomPoser, honestly, I didn't expect such music would be suggested (of course in a positive way)! I didn't know about them, like Takashi and Masayoshi; it sounds like fusion or something like that. I'll dig into them more in the future.

@Thatguy v2.0, I had no idea Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood composes concerto works. If you don't mind, could you give me some examples? It's probably gonna be awesome - in fact, Radiohead is crazy! Also, for Xenakis, that specific piece wasn't familiar.

Thank you again, guys! I really appreciate it :)

9 hours ago, Thatguy v2.0 said:

Any type of style you're interested in?

Well, if the pieces sound really interesting, any type of avant-garde music is welcome.
But if I were to be particular, I want to hear a combination of chamber and electronic music, or electronic avant-garde music.
(I'm a big fan of electronic music - familiar with Kraftwerk, and generally speaking, IDM, etc.)
I don't have many musical friends in person, and this means I have to search on my own - there are probably some gaps that I missed, even if they are famous.
I'm looking for shocking, amazing composers/pieces.

Best,

Lithl.