List of postmodernist composers

Lists of composers by philosophical stance: Postmodernist composers

Canada

 * John Oswald (born 1953)

Estonia

 * Arvo Pärt (born 1935)

Finland

 * Kaija Saariaho (1952–2023)

France

 * Pierre Boulez (1925–2016)
 * René Leibowitz (1913–1972)
 * Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992)

Germany

 * Hans-Jürgen von Bose (born 1953)
 * Hans-Christian von Dadelsen (born 1948)
 * Heiner Goebbels (born 1952)
 * Wilhelm Killmayer (1927–2017)
 * Detlev Müller-Siemens (born 1957)
 * Wolfgang Rihm (born 1952)

Greece

 * Iannis Xenakis (1922–2001)

Hungary

 * György Ligeti (1923–2006)

Italy

 * Luciano Berio (1925–2003)
 * Aldo Clementi (1925–2011)
 * Luigi Nono (1924–1990)

Norway

 * Marcus Paus (born 1979)

Poland

 * Henryk Górecki (1933–2010)
 * Zygmunt Krauze (born 1938)

United Kingdom

 * Thomas Adès (born 1971)
 * Harrison Birtwistle (1934–2022)
 * Cornelius Cardew (1936–1981)
 * Brian Eno (born 1948)
 * Brian Ferneyhough (born 1943)
 * John Tavener (1944–2013)

United States

 * John Adams (born 1947)
 * Robert Ashley (1930–2014)
 * William Bolcom (born 1938)
 * Henry Brant (1913–2008)
 * Earle Brown (1926–2002)
 * John Cage (1912–1992)
 * John Corigliano (born 1938)
 * Morton Feldman (1926–1987)
 * Philip Glass (born 1937)