Contemporary Classical Composers - new discoveries

I lost my box of Minoo Javan an Iranian singer mastering old Persian songs ...

For me this is contemporary...She died in 1978... And it remind me on a past persian reincarnation for sure ...😁

His box i lost i retrieved it on youtube :

The litterature of Piano will not be complete without the great Samuil Feinberg ...he died in 1962... This interpretation is the best over the colder Hamelin ...

I love Simpson, but I was just noting that the OP had made an arbitrary cut off that he wanted currently living composers.  I would be more than happy to have a separate thread devoted to composers active after 1920

Oups! i must delete all my posts then....

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@mahler123 we may be missing out so let’s not worry about that criteria. The thread has evolved beyond it and I think it’s great.

@mahgister went thru few of your recommendations.

I’m familiar with Philip Glass’ work and wanted to give him another chance thinking it’s been years and may be something changed in me and I will love it. He’s still not one of my favorites although I admire the minimalist style and don’t hate it. Just don’t love it.
I enjoyed Robert Simpson’s string quartets and am going thru some of his other work. Thank you!