LatestBeats Per MinuteOct 20, 2026
Album Review: Max Richter – While The Flood Rages (opens in new tab)
How does a classical music composer become a pop star in these modern times (let us leave Mozart and other ‘old’ classics aside)?
Genre
Post-Classical
Post-Classical on LoudQuietLoud: about 40 artists, including Max Richter, Jóhann Jóhannsson and Nils Frahm. It runs alongside modern classical, minimalism and contemporary classical.
Max Richter
1.5M listenersambient · contemporary classical · neoclassical
Jóhann Jóhannsson
877K listenersambient · contemporary classical · icelandic
Nils Frahm
818K listenerspiano · ambient · contemporary classical
Michael Nyman
785K listenerspiano · soundtrack · minimalism
Joep Beving
751K listenerspiano · contemporary classical · modern classical
Fabrizio Paterlini
742K listenerspiano · contemporary classical · classical
Goldmund
565K listenersambient · piano · contemporary classical
Peter Broderick
500K listenersambient · piano · contemporary classical
Alexis Ffrench
403K listenerspiano · contemporary classical · modern classical
A Winged Victory for the Sullen
338K listenersambient · neoclassical · piano
Library Tapes
322K listenersambient · piano · contemporary classical
Hauschka
302K listenerspiano · ambient · instrumental
Hania Rani
276K listenerspiano · ambient · modern classical
Luke Howard
258K listenerspiano · modern classical · contemporary classical
Sophie Hutchings
228K listenerspiano · contemporary classical · neoclassical
Oskar Schuster
211K listenerspiano · neoclassical · instrumental
Ben Lukas Boysen
208K listenersambient · dark ambient · idm
Federico Albanese
192K listenerscontemporary classical · piano · modern classical
Carlos Cipa
165K listenerspiano · contemporary classical · neoclassical
Rafael Anton Irisarri
160K listenersambient · piano · modern classical
Niklas Paschburg
155K listenersambient · piano · contemporary classical
Poppy Ackroyd
152K listenerscontemporary classical · piano · ambient
Greg Haines
127K listenersambient · contemporary classical · piano
Sebastian Plano
110K listenerspiano · ambient · modern classical
Bruno Sanfilippo
104K listenerspost-classical · contemporary classical · neoclassical
Julien Marchal
88K listenerspiano · contemporary classical · modern classical
Eydís Evensen
75K listenersicelandic · piano · post-classical
Lubomyr Melnyk
57K listenersminimalism · contemporary classical · neoclassical
Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch
45K listenerspiano · modern classical · contemporary classical
Oliveray
20K listenersambient · contemporary classical · piano
Nick Storring
3K listenerscontemporary classical · experimental · ambient
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