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Hi Everyone,

This is a thread for the discussion of 21st century music. It's just a place to mention all sorts of news, including recent compositions, composers and works you've discovered, intriguing genres, new instruments, award announcements, album releases, premieres, favorite new music blogs, etc. Youtube clips and article links are great if you've got them.

There are similar threads on the board: some focus on particular genres, and most of them ask for favorites. Feel free to link to interesting posts on other threads. I hope this one will be a casual and easy-going thread that can gather information and ideas that don't fit very well elsewhere.

A word about etiquette: this is emphatically not a debate thread. If anyone posts music you dislike or inflammatory polemics, please do not engage with them (if something is way over the line, report it). It would be nice if there were no negativity at all. I'd like it if people felt comfortable mentioning 21st-century music of any style.

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A few introductory links for newcomers to contemporary music:

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21st-century_classical_music

Alex Ross: http://www.therestisnoise.com/2006/05/new_music_links.html

Ross has fairly comprehensive lists of esteemed contemporary composers and ensembles.

Tom Service: https://www.theguardian.com/music/series/a-guide-to-contemporary-classical-music

In a popular series, Service chose 50 composers to try to "tell the story of the contemporary music scene." It does not have many active composers, though it could serve as useful background.

schigolch: http://www.talkclassical.com/16411-contemporary-opera.html

Finally, I thought I'd mention a great, long-running thread managed by our own schigolch, which provides information about contemporary operas.

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I hope that some people will enjoy the thread--thanks for participating!
 
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Best albums of 2019

Here are some lists of 2019 best contemporary music albums. I have listened to only very few of them and I am checking out interesting recordings I missed.

Sequenza 21/ - Closing out the twenty-tens: Schell's picks for 2019 by Michael Schell
http://www.sequenza21.com/2019/12/schells-picks-for-2019/

bandcamp - The Best Contemporary Classical Albums of 2019
https://daily.bandcamp.com/best-of-2019/the-best-contemporary-classical-albums-of-2019

5:4 - Best Albums of 2019
http://5against4.com/2019/12/30/best-albums-of-2019-part-1/
http://5against4.com/2019/12/31/best-albums-of-2019-part-2/

I CARE IF YOU LISTEN - Editor's Picks: 2019 Contemporary Classical Albums
https://www.icareifyoulisten.com/2019/12/editors-picks-2019-contemporary-classical-albums/

Free Jazz Blog's 2019 Top 10s
https://www.freejazzblog.org/2019/12/free-jazz-blogs-2019-top-tens.html
 
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