I see Phillip Glass mentioned many times here.
The only weird thing about Phillip Glass he bases all his compositions off the simple minor chord arpeggio
Contemporary Classical Composers - new discoveries
I’ll start with my most recent discovery…Valentin Silvestrov. I’ve been going thru some of this Ukrainian composer’s work and I have to say I’m impressed.
Highly recommend to check out the following albums a starting point…


What are some of your favorites?
One of the great Aminadav Aloni's religious oratorios which has a lifetime of jazz and classical compositional attributes (mostly in English and some Hebrew) with LAJS (LA Phil/studio/amateur orchestra members) Kohelet (the Book of Ecclesiastes) by Ami Aloni (youtube.com)
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