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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 August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.

14 artists are tagged contemporary classical in New York. The biggest move was Paul Lansky, up 3 places.

#	Artist	Readers	30d
01	Paul Lanskycontemporary classical, electroacoustic	2,556	+3
02	Tyondai Braxtoncontemporary classical	2,499	-1
03	Elliott Carterclassical, contemporary classical	2,003	-1
04	Pat Irwincontemporary classical	967	-1
05	Lowell Liebermannclassical, contemporary classical	511	0
06	Stanley Silvermanclassical, contemporary classical	276	+1
07	David Lewinclassical, contemporary classical	229	-1
08	Larry Polanskycontemporary classical	156	+1
09	Ethelcontemporary classical	148	-1
10	Seymour Shifrincontemporary classical	112	0
11	Martin Boykancontemporary classical	68	0
12	Daniel Goodecontemporary classical, gamelan	46	+1
13	Martin Mailmancontemporary classical	40	+1
14	American Modern Ensemblecontemporary classical	26	-3

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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 August 2026; movement compares that against July 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.