Who is your favorite ALIVE concert music composer??

[nickysnd]

Actually Andrea Morricone is Ennio's son, not daughter (those crazy italians!)

I like Andrea Bocelli's beard.

Italians are not crazy, others may be. Andrea comes from "man" (in Greek) and it's a name that should never be given to a girl.

[Jim]

Actually Andrea Morricone is Ennio's son, not daughter (those crazy italians!)

Sorry. My bad. I did not know that. I have a sister named Andrea. I'll tell her to change it. She's not Italian. Nor am I for that matter.

And I'll dutifully chastise my mom for the error. I'll have to let my dad slide. He's left this mortal coil.

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[Jim]

And I should dutifully add that I'm mightily impressed with a lot of Broadway show music, although I have to admit my woeful ignorance of who writes the stuff.

[mhschmieder]

My answer would have been different a few days ago than it is today, as my favourite composer Jorge Liderman, apparently committed suicide over the weekend (the events are still being investigated):

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... 003&sc=569

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... 004&sc=244

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... 01&sc=1000

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... 002&sc=839

With the loss of Lou Harrison due to natural causes, I have to rethink who I would pick, but Philip Glass' maturity by now (as especially evidenced in the world premiere of the opera "Appomatox") certainly puts him in the running, alongside Tan Dun (China's most famous composer) and Osvaldo Golijov (composer of the hybrid jazz/tango/classical/flamenco opera "Ainadamar").

[leigh]

I like Canadian composer Glenn Buhr:

http://tinyurl.com/237u4t

[Macrozonaris]

Magnus Lindberg, Kaija Saariaho and Esa-Pekka Salonen

[Elektroakoustika]

James Macmillan. Followed closely by John Adams, Arvo Part and John Corigliano.

[Movies]

Leo Brouwer is definitely up there for me. I went through his twenty simple studies when I was in school and have recently become somewhat obsessed with his Fuga #1.

[wrathy]

John Harbison