Name the contemporary English composer who after writing avant garde works such as The Whale and Celtic Requiem, turned to more mystical, Byzantine works such as The Protecting Veil.
Contemporary classical music works after 1970), as well as Englishman John Tavener, who unlike the New Simplicity composers have turned back to Medieval and Renaissance models, however, rather than to 19th-century romanticism for inspiration. Important representative works include Symphony No. 3 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs" (1976) by Górecki, "Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten" (1977) by Pärt, "The Veil of the Temple" (2002) by Tavener, and "Silent Songs" (1974–1977) by Valentin Silvestrov. New Complexity is a current within today's European contemporary avant-garde music scene, named in reaction to the New Simplicity. Amongst the candidates suggested for having coined the term are the composer Nigel
Ukrainian avant-garde Ukrainian avant-garde The term "Ukrainian Avant-Garde" was first introduced by Parisian art historian Andréi Nakov for the exhibition "Tatlin's dream", arranged in London, 1973, where works of international standard by avant-garde Ukrainian artists Vasyl Yermylov and Alexander Bogomazov were presented to the Western audience. Famous artists were mentioned by Nakov, such as Kazimir Malevich, David Burliuk, Vladimir Tatlin, Aleksandra Ekster, who were connected to Kiev, Kharkiv, Lviv, Odessa by birth, education, national traditions and identity. The Ukrainian avant-garde artists also include the outstanding Alexander Archipenko, whose art was influenced by impressions of his native land, Trypillya culture, archaic Cuman prairie