Contemporary Classical Composers - new discoveries

Conrad Winslow makes wonderful music.
He makes his own music and collaborates with many top-shelf artists around the country, often in the vein of the more avant-garde (not a lot of stuff that sounds like Mendelssohn or whatever).
A collaborative outfit he co-founded, Wild Shore, has a core of he, Andie Tanning and Katie Cox that brings in new players every year, fields a bunch of composition entries from around the world (often based on a particular idea or theme) and then arranges them for that year’s ensemble and puts on a wonderfully dynamic show of both original and interpreted pieces.

Brilliant.

In the same vein is Haley Kallenberg.
Both Conrad and Haley are masterful piano players but Haley’s music is generally more piano-centric whereas Conrad’s is often of an ensemble.
Also brilliant.

OP

Nice way to open the discussion. +1 Re: Silvestrov. 

And big +1 for Helene Grimaud. 

She will be touring US and Europe (although with a more traditional repertoire) 

Here is the link should anyone out there be near any of the venues. Unfortunately, I am not. 

Events from January 18 – May 24 – Hélène Grimaud (helenegrimaud.com) 

Cheers

@mahgister has many fine examples. 
 

But he’s overlooked the finest composer for piano, and the finest virtuoso performer on the piano, of the latter half of the 20th Century. 
 

But for now, I provide a link to what is my favorite composition of his, which is not piano. 
 

Here is a stunning performance of the Winsboro Cotton Mill Blues, based on a one minute Pete Seeger folk song:

You are right...

I lost alas! my stunning version Of the "people united will never be defeated" by Rzewski himself... No other interpretation sticked with me...

I lost my cd ...

It is why i did not mention it by despair ...

I only had youtube version of him ...

@mahgister has many fine examples.

But he’s overlooked the finest composer for piano, and the finest virtuoso performer on the piano, of the latter half of the 20th Century.

But for now, I provide a link to what is my favorite composition of his, which is not piano.