I think it's fair to point out that "avant-garde" is hard to pin down when discussing music. Does Phillip Glass qualify? If so, he probably fits the OP's question reasonably well as much of his work follows pretty formal structural rules. Actually, while I don't profess much depth of knowledge of modern "avant-garde" composition, it kinda seems to me that a fair bit of it is formally pretty rigid, Schopenhauer is one that quickly comes to mind.
This isn't my listening hour "meat and potatoes", but I'll dip a toe in these waters from time to time.
This isn't my listening hour "meat and potatoes", but I'll dip a toe in these waters from time to time.