Philip Glass was a 39-year-old cabbie in 1976, when the New York premiere of his opera “Einstein on the Beach” turned him into an international sensation. Nearly a half-century later, he remains the ...

There were no speeches, or stagy hugs, or arms lifted in reconciliation. Not even a handshake. Still, on Tuesday night at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, two pioneers of Minimalism, the composers ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. UPDATE (April 29): British composer Michael Nyman will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at the film music concert “Minimalism ...

Eminent composers through the centuries have taken to the concert stage or the opera pit to perform their own music. Who wouldn't jump at the opportunity to hear Mozart play his piano concertos or ...

Philip Glass is a musical boundary breaker. In the mid-20th century, he helped invent musical minimalism, but he doesn’t like to be pigeonholed as a minimalist. He’s composed some of film’s most ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Philip Glass, the face of Minimalism for many listeners, is an interesting ...

The press corps were seated together at the Dakota Jazz Club on Wednesday night, where composer Philip Glass played a program of his works composed or arranged for solo piano. One of my colleagues, an ...

The music of Phillip Glass elicits an array of opinions. Some love it; some don't. Some just don't get it. When he sat down to talk with Morning Edition host Renee Montagne about a new 10-CD ...

Minimalism. For non-musicians right now, the word calls to mind the gospel of decluttering, capsule wardrobes, or bland home designs involving beige color palettes and coffee table books no one ...

Composer Philip Glass remains a leading figure in American classical music after a fruitful career spanning six decades. Creator of symphonies, chamber music, operas and soundtracks, Glass has ...

Around the same time, similar experiments in avant-garde music were being performed in lofts in New York City, and a new genre was emerging. By the end of the 1960s, minimalism had not only solidified ...