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Contemporary Classical Artists from New York

The 14 most-read contemporary classical artists based in New York, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.

14 artists are tagged contemporary classical in New York. The biggest move was Stanley Silverman, up 2 places.

#	Artist	Readers	30d
01	Elliott Carterclassical, contemporary classical	1,997	+1
02	Tyondai Braxtoncontemporary classical	1,690	-1
03	Paul Lanskycontemporary classical, electroacoustic	1,075	+1
04	Pat Irwincontemporary classical	686	+1
05	Lowell Liebermannclassical, contemporary classical	566	+1
06	Stanley Silvermanclassical, contemporary classical	309	+2
07	Larry Polanskycontemporary classical	298	-4
08	David Lewinclassical, contemporary classical	270	-1
09	Ethelcontemporary classical	142	0
10	Seymour Shifrincontemporary classical	116	0
11	Martin Boykancontemporary classical	74	+1
12	Daniel Goodecontemporary classical, gamelan	57	+1
13	Martin Mailmancontemporary classical	43	-2
14	American Modern Ensemblecontemporary classical	25	0

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How this is ranked. Artists are matched from the MusicBrainz database by genre and by the area they are based in. An artist appears in a genre when at least 15% of their genre votes are for it. Position is set by readership of their English Wikipedia article in October 2026; movement compares that against September 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.