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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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After all, few composers so accurately communicate the wonder and pain of early life, and young Sammy Fabelman's life is full of both.
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Alex Galbraith, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Feb. 2026
At one point during the afterparty, Hammerstein introduces Hart to a young boy named Stevie (Cillian Sullivan), an aspiring composer whom musical theater fans will recognize as Stephen Sondheim.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 15 Feb. 2026
Mexican actors, directors and producers Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna will be attending the event as Qumra Masters alongside Moroccan director Faouzi Bensaïdi, French director Alice Diop and Oscar-winning composer Gustavo Santaolalla.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 15 Feb. 2026
There was David Gamson, a 24-year-old electronics wizard and composer-in-training who helped to shape Cupid and Psyche 85’s extravagant layers of sampled and synthesized sound, a tapestry of iridescent edges whose startling complexity was inspired in part by his interest in classical counterpoint.
—Andy Cush, Pitchfork, 15 Feb. 2026
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Alex Galbraith, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Feb. 2026
At one point during the afterparty, Hammerstein introduces Hart to a young boy named Stevie (Cillian Sullivan), an aspiring composer whom musical theater fans will recognize as Stephen Sondheim.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 15 Feb. 2026
Mexican actors, directors and producers Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna will be attending the event as Qumra Masters alongside Moroccan director Faouzi Bensaïdi, French director Alice Diop and Oscar-winning composer Gustavo Santaolalla.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 15 Feb. 2026
There was David Gamson, a 24-year-old electronics wizard and composer-in-training who helped to shape Cupid and Psyche 85’s extravagant layers of sampled and synthesized sound, a tapestry of iridescent edges whose startling complexity was inspired in part by his interest in classical counterpoint.
—Andy Cush, Pitchfork, 15 Feb. 2026
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“Composer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/composer. Accessed 20 Feb. 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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