Who Are the Great Classical Composers of Today? [video]

Ennio Morricone ~ Ecstasy of Gold from The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Occasionally, I hear classical music lovers making the criticism that there aren’t any great contemporary composers of symphonic music.  These astute music lovers seem to be listening with an exclusionary bias.  If Bach, Beethoven, or Mozart were alive today… I’d wager, they’d be doing the same thing as the composers of today.  They’d be composing  scores for