Contemporary

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Boosey & Hawkes is publisher to many of the world's leading contemporary composers, commissioned to create new works for the top international orchestras, ensembles and soloists.

Please view our list of contemporary composers on B&H contracts and listen to soundclips of their music.

If you would like to discuss repertoire plans featuring any of our house composers on the list below, please contact your nearest B&H Promotion Department:
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Composer News

For the latest news about B&H contemporary composers please visit our News Centre, including the following highlights:
> Boosey & Hawkes signs Qigang Chen and Enrico Chapela
> Steve Reich's Daniel Variations released on new Nonesuch disc
> Unsuk Chin's Rocana "a knockout" in New York and Chicago

Michel van der Aa

b.1970 Oss, Netherlands
Here Trilogy ... One ... After Life ...

>Listen to Michel van der Aa's music

John Adams

b.1947 Worcester, USA
Nixon in China ... Short Ride in a Fast Machine ... Violin Concerto ...

>Listen to John Adams's music

Louis Andriessen

b.1939 Utrecht, Netherlands
Hoketus ... De Staat ... De Materie ...

>Listen to Louis Andriessen's music

Dominick Argento

b.1927 York, USA
Postcard from Morocco ... Casa Guidi ... Miss Havisham's Fire ...

>Listen to Dominick Argento's music

Harrison Birtwistle

b.1934 Accrington, UK
Pulse Shadows ... The Last Supper ... Theseus Game ...

>Listen to Harrison Birtwistle's music

Elliott Carter

b.1908 New York City, USA
Triple Duo ... Symphonia ... Réflexions ...

>Listen to Elliott Carter's music

Unsuk Chin

b.1961 Seoul, South Korea
Acrostic-Wordplay ... Violin Concerto ... Cantatrix Sopranica ...

>Listen to Unsuk Chin's music

Michael Daugherty

1954 Cedar Rapids, USA
Brooklyn Bridge ... Fire and Blood ... Time Machine ...

Brett Dean

b.1961 Brisbane, Australia
Carlo ... Beggars and Angels ... Pastoral Symphony ...

>Listen to Brett Dean's music

David Del Tredici

b.1937 Cloverdale, USA
Final Alice ... Haddocks' Eyes ... The Spider and the Fly

>Listen to David Del Tredici's music

Detlev Glanert

b.1960 Hamburg, Germany
Mahler/Skizze ... Jest, Satire, Irony and Deeper Meaning ... Secret Room ...

>Listen to Detlev Glanert's music

Henryk Mikolaj Górecki

b.1933 Czernica, Silesia, Poland
Old Polish Music ... Already it is Dusk ... Kleines Requiem für eine Polka ...

>Listen to Henryk Mikolaj Górecki's music

HK Gruber

b.1943 Vienna, Austria
Frankenstein!! ... Cello Concerto ... Aerial ...

>Listen to HK Gruber's music

York Höller

b.1944 Leverkusen, Germany
Fanal ... Aura ... Gegenklänge ...

Robin Holloway

b.1943 Leamington Spa, UK
Clarissa ... Second Concerto for Orchestra ... Violin Concerto ...

>Listen to Robin Holloway's music

David Horne

b.1970 Stirling, UK
Flex ... Ignition ... Splintered Instruments ...

>Listen to David Horne's music

Karl Jenkins

b.1944 Penclawdd, UK
Adiemus: Songs of Sanctuary .... The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace ... Requiem ...

>Listen to Karl Jenkins's music

Johannes Kalitzke

b.1959 Cologne, Germany
Schuberts Traum ... Wind Stille Zeit ... Inferno ...

>Listen to Johannes Kalitzke's music

Elena Kats-Chernin

b.1957 Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Clocks ... Zoom and Zip ... Heaven is Closed ...

>Listen to Elena Kats-Chernin's music

Benjamin Lees

b.1924 Harbin, Manchuria
Passacaglia for Orchestra ... Horn Concerto ... Constellations ...

>Listen to Benjamin Lees's music

Magnus Lindberg

b.1958 Helsinki, Finland
Feria ... Fresco ... Clarinet Concerto ...

>Listen to Magnus Lindberg's music

Steve Mackey

b.1956 Frankfurt, Germany
Physical Property ... Deal ... Time Release ...

>Listen to Steve Mackey's music

James MacMillan

b.1959 Kilwinning, UK
The Confession of Isobel Gowdie ... Veni, Veni, Emmanuel ... Seven Last Words ...

>Listen to James MacMillan's music

Peter Maxwell Davies

b.1934 Manchester, UK
Eight Songs for a Mad King ... An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise ...

>Listen to Peter Maxwell Davies's music

Edgar Meyer

b.1960 Tulsa, USA
Double Bass Concerto ... Violin Concerto ... Double Concerto ...

Meredith Monk

b.1942 New York City, USA
Astronaut Anthem ... Possible Sky ... Stringsongs ...

>Listen to Meredith Monk's music

Olga Neuwirth

b.1968 Graz, Austria
locus...doublure...solus ... Lost Highway ... torsion: transparent variation ...

Helmut Oehring

b.1961 Berlin, Germany
Dokumentation I ... Polaroids ... Furcht und Begierde ...

>Listen to Helmut Oehring's music

Einojuhani Rautavaara

b.1928 Helsinki, Finland
Book of Visions ... Manhattan Trilogy ...

Steve Reich

b.1936 New York City, USA
Music for Eighteen Musicians ... Different Trains ... City Life ...

>Listen to Steve Reich's music

Ned Rorem

b.1923 Richmond, USA
Air Music ... Lions (A Dream) ... Concerto for English Horn and Orchestra ...

>Listen to Ned Rorem's music

Christopher Rouse

b.1949 Baltimore, USA
Trombone Concerto ... Concert de Gaudí ... Rapture ...

>Listen to Christopher Rouse's music

>Listen to Kurt Schwertsik's music

Mark-Anthony Turnage

b.1960 Corringham, UK
Scherzoid ... Riffs and Refrains ... From the Wreckage ...

>Listen to Mark-Anthony Turnage's music

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Michel van der Aa
John Adams
Louis Andriessen
Dominick Argento
Harrison Birtwistle
Elliott Carter
Unsuk Chin
Michael Daugherty
Brett Dean
David Del Tredici
Detlev Glanert
Henryk Mikolaj Górecki
HK Gruber
York Höller
Robin Holloway
David Horne
Karl Jenkins
Johannes Kalitzke
Elena Kats-Chernin
Benjamin Lees
Magnus Lindberg
Steve Mackey
James MacMillan
Peter Maxwell Davies
Edgar Meyer
Meredith Monk
Olga Neuwirth
Helmut Oehring
Einojuhani Rautavaara
Steve Reich
Ned Rorem
Christopher Rouse
Iris ter Schiphorst
Annette Schlünz
Kurt Schwertsik
Mark-Anthony Turnage
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Birtwistle: interview about new Minotaur opera

Harrison Birtwistle discusses his new opera The Minotaur, being premiered at The Royal Opera in London on 15 April.

Publication of the Month

Magnus Lindberg
Clarinet Concerto
Study Score

Recently released in the Hawkes Pocket Score series is Lindberg's acclaimed new work for concerto for clarinet and orchestra, which is currently travelling internationally with Kari Kriikku as soloist.