Modern Classical Artists & the Gear They Use

Aphex Twin

Music Producer · The Tuss

Frank Zappa

Singer, Guitarist · The Plastic Ono Band

Hans Zimmer

Composer, Music Producer · Hans Zimmer & Klaus Badelt

Mike Patton

Singer, Keyboardist · Faith No More

John Cale

Singer, Guitarist · The Velvet Underground

Nils Frahm

Composer, Music Producer

Fennesz

Guitarist, Music Producer · MIMEO

Jon Lord

Keyboardist · Deep Purple

Max Richter

Composer

Adam Wiltzie

Guitarist, Music Producer · Stars of the Lid

Hania Rani

Singer, Keyboardist

Arthur Russell

Composer, Music Producer

Olafur Arnalds

Keyboardist, Composer

Fred Frith

Guitarist, Composer · Henry Cow

Danny Elfman

Singer, Guitarist · Oingo Boingo

Ramin Djawadi

Composer

Glenn Branca

Guitarist, Composer · Glenn Branca Ensemble

Kali Malone

Keyboardist, Composer

Harry Gregson-Williams

Composer, Music Producer · Kind Heaven Orchestra

Yuki Kajiura

Composer · Kalafina

Paco de Lucía

Guitarist · Paco de Lucía, Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin

John Williams

Guitarist, Composer

Chris Watson

Composer, Music Producer · Cabaret Voltaire

Rafael Anton Irisarri

Music Producer

Jon Hassell

Music Producer · The Theatre of Eternal Music

Clint Mansell

Music Producer · Pop Will Eat Itself

Elliott Sharp

Guitarist, Composer · Mofungo

Philip Glass

Composer, Music Producer · Polyrock

Prefuse 73

Music Producer · Risil

Hildur Guðnadóttir

Composer

world’s end girlfriend

Guitarist, Composer

Dustin O'Halloran

Composer · A Winged Victory for the Sullen

Julia Holter

Singer, Keyboardist

Terry Bozzio

Drummer · The Mothers of Invention

Terry Riley

Keyboardist, Composer · The Theatre of Eternal Music

Yann Tiersen

J.G. Thirlwell

Singer, Keyboardist · Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

Jóhann Jóhannsson

Composer

Alan Hovhaness

Composer

Andrés Segovia

Guitarist, Composer

Ikue Mori

Composer · Electric Masada

Brad Fiedel

Keyboardist, Composer

Sergey Kuryokhin

Keyboardist, Composer

Ennio Morricone

Composer · Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza

Klaus Badelt

Composer · Hans Zimmer, Lisa Gerrard & Klaus Badelt

Karlheinz Stockhausen

Composer

James MacMillan

Composer

Hans-Joachim Roedelius

Music Producer · Harmonia

Alban Berg

Composer

iannis xenakis

Composer

ben lukas boysen

Music Producer

Wynton Marsalis

Trumpeter · The Herbie Hancock Quartet

Julius Eastman

Composer

Charles Ives

Composer

John Philip Sousa

Composer

Anton Webern

Composer

Brendan Grieve

Bassist · Yndi halda

Erik Satie

Composer

Jon Gibson

Composer, Music Producer · The Theatre of Eternal Music

Maxence Cyrin

Keyboardist

Sophie Hutchings

Keyboardist, Music Producer

Steve Reich

Composer, Music Producer

Anthony Braxton

Drummer, Keyboardist · Challenge

Yamato Kasai

Guitarist, Composer · Mili

György Ligeti

Composer

Giacinto Scelsi

Composer

Iancu Dumitrescu

Composer

Steve Beresford

Composer · The Flying Lizards

Snorri Hallgrímsson

Music Producer

Frank Martin

Composer, Music Producer

Cassie Wei

Singer · Mili

Paul Hindemith

Composer

Alvin Curran

Composer

La Monte Young

Music Producer · The Theatre of Eternal Music

Colin Currie

Drummer, Music Producer

Kaija Saariaho

Composer

Henry Cowell

Composer

Arvo Pärt

Music Producer

Leo Brouwer

Guitarist, Drummer

Scott Joplin

Guitarist · Fairweather

Dmitri Shostakovich

Composer

Toby Burdon

Test Dept.

Steven Brown

Composer · Tuxedomoon

Craig Armstrong

Composer, Music Producer

Alistair Adams

Test Dept.

Olivier Messiaen

Composer

Henryk Górecki

Music Producer

Oliver Newton

Drummer · Yndi halda

Martin Butler

Keyboardist, Composer · The Ellis Marsalis Trio

Jessika Kenney

Singer · Holy Vehm

Joan La Barbara

Composer

Arne Nordheim

Composer

Tony Conrad

Composer · The Theatre of Eternal Music

Hisham Farouq

Guitarist, Bassist

Terry Jennings

Composer · The Theatre of Eternal Music

Bruno Maderna

Composer