avant-garde
Some artists with this genre:
- Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
- Pierre Boulez
- Yusef Lateef
- Kronos Quartet
- Swans
- Arnold Schoenberg
- Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
- Sun Ra
- Einstürzende Neubauten
- Krzysztof Penderecki
- György Kurtág
- John Cage
- Marc Ribot
- Luciano Berio
- Morton Feldman
- Gong
- Terry Riley
- György Ligeti
- Current 93
- John Adams
- Thomas Adès
- Olivier Messiaen
- Oranssi Pazuzu
- Captain Beefheart
- Park Jiha
- Merzbow
- Toru Takemitsu
- Charles Ives
- Alban Berg
- Russell Greenberg
- Anton Webern
- Karlheinz Stockhausen
- Trepalium
- Troldhaugen
- Valerie Manru
- Christian Weber
- Kaija Saariaho
- Pauline Oliveros
- Ensemble Intercontemporain
- Bocato
- Iannis Xenakis
- Arditti Quartet
- Ned Rorem
- Chris Abrahams
- Richard Bone
- Henri Dutilleux
- Matthias Pintscher
- Sofia Gubaidulina
- Roger Woodward
- Hans Abrahamsen