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She prefers Mozart and Beethoven to modern composers.
a versatile composer whose works include operas, symphonies, concertos, and sonatas
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The film is dedicated to the late composer Sakamoto Ryuichi, whose experimental late-period music Kogonada drew on throughout the project.
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 June 2026
Conlon also launched Recovered Voices, an initiative to revive operas by composers who had been murdered or driven into exile during the Nazi era.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
Each track starts as a poem that composer Kevin Smithers transformed into songs.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026
Porter stars opposite Wayne Brady in director Robert O'Hara's all-Black revival of the Tony-winning musical by composer Jerry Herman and bookwriter Harvey Fierstein.
—Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 June 2026
Conlon also launched Recovered Voices, an initiative to revive operas by composers who had been murdered or driven into exile during the Nazi era.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
Each track starts as a poem that composer Kevin Smithers transformed into songs.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026
Porter stars opposite Wayne Brady in director Robert O'Hara's all-Black revival of the Tony-winning musical by composer Jerry Herman and bookwriter Harvey Fierstein.
—Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026
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“Composer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/composer. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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composer
noun
com·pos·er
kəm-ˈpō-zər 
: one that composes
especially
: a person who writes music
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