The artists' artist: modern composers

Five leading composers choose their favourite peerMark-Anthony Turnage on Louis AndriessenI marvel at the extreme individualism of Louis Andriessen. Every time you hear a piece of his music, you know it's by him. I first heard De Staat in the mid-1980s and was struck by the fact that although it was minimalist music, it was so much more harmonically interesting and hard-edged than most works in that genre. He's influenced a lot by Stravinsky, who is probably my idol, and he has in turn greatly...

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