Contemporary
1946-2026
19,727 items in this era
History shifts from only works and authors to networks: festivals, institutions, orchestral appointments, labels, and global style emergence.
- Festival and institution events become co-dominant with premieres.
- Global genre/style emergence strongly appears in the late 20th-century lanes.
- Music history becomes an ecosystem timeline, not only a canon timeline.
Composers
200 composers from the Contemporary era, ranked by historical significance.
Michael Jackson
1958–2009
Stevie Wonder
1950–present
David Bowie
1947–2016
Dolly Parton
1946–present
John Adams
1947–present
Prince
1958–2016
Wolfgang Rihm
1952–2024
"Weird Al" Yankovic
1959–present
A. R. Rahman
1966–present
Adam Anders
1975–present
Adam F
1972–present
Adam Fong
1980–present
Adi Smolar
1959–present
Adnan Sami
1971–present
Ailbhe McDonagh
1982–present
Alain Crépin
1954–present
Alberto Iglesias
1955–present
Alceu Valença
1946–present
Alejandro Civilotti
1959–present
Aleksandra Kovač
1972–present
Alexander Radvilovich
1955–present
Alexandra Fol
1981–present
Alfred Momotenko
1970–present
Alissa Firsova
1986–present
Allan Gilliland
1965–present
Alma Deutscher
2005–present
Amanda Brown
1965–present
Andi Spicer
1959–2020
Andrea Bocelli
1958–present
Andrea Morricone
1964–present
Andrew Norman
1979–present
Andy Akiho
1979–present
Ankit Tiwari
1990–present
Anna-Maria Ravnopolska-Dean
1960–present
Anne Dudley
1956–present
Anne La Berge
1952–present
Anne LeBaron
1953–present
Anne Linnet
1953–present
Anne Vanschothorst
1974–present
Annie Gosfield
1960–present
Anoop Rubens
1980–present
Anthony Korf
1951–present
Anthony Pateras
1979–present
Aphex Twin
1971–present
Arjen Lucassen
1960–present
Arnie Roth
1953–present
Arthur Darvill
1982–present
Arturo Márquez
1950–present
Notable Events
Nizhny Novgorod State Conservatory is founded or opens
Derived from conservatory opening/inception statements.
Academy of Music and Music Communication is founded or opens
Derived from conservatory opening/inception statements.
Q4721917 is founded or opens
Derived from conservatory opening/inception statements.
Hochschule für Musik Freiburg is founded or opens
Derived from conservatory opening/inception statements.
21A Partyzantów Street in Gdańsk is founded or opens
Derived from conservatory opening/inception statements.
Hans Richter Conservatory Győr is founded or opens
Derived from conservatory opening/inception statements.
Invention milestone for Diamond Marimba
Derived from time of discovery or invention (P575).
Premiere of The Medium (Gian Carlo Menotti)
Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).
Premiere of The devil's general
Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).
Premiere of Early in the Morning
Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).
Premiere of Filumena Marturano
Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).
Premiere of Symphony in Three Movements (Igor Stravinsky)
Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).
Premiere of The Invisible Circus
Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).
Premiere of Birzhan and Sara (Mukan Tulebaev)
Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).
Premiere of Call Me Mister
Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).
Premiere of Piano Concerto No. 3 (Béla Bartók)
Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).
Premiere of Symphony No. 3 (Charles Ives)
Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).
Premiere of The Rape of Lucretia (Benjamin Britten)
Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).
Premiere of Betrothal in a Monastery (Sergei Prokofiev)
Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).
Premiere of Symphonie Liturgique (Arthur Honegger)
Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).
Premiere of Ebony Concerto (Igor Stravinsky)
Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).
Premiere of The Iceman Cometh
Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).
Premiere of Pyrenean Symphony (Jesús Guridi Bidaola)
Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).
Premiere of Pozdvižení v Efesu (Iša Krejčí)
Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).
Premiere of Adam Zero (Arthur Bliss)
Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).
Premiere of Mass, Op. 130 (Joseph Jongen)
Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).
Premiere of Born Yesterday
Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).
Premiere of Field Mass (Bohuslav Martinů)
Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).
Premiere of Yunus Emre Oratorio (Ahmet Adnan Saygun)
Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).
Premiere of The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Benjamin Britten)
Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).
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