The selections for this year’s Kennedy Center Honors were announced this morning and, as ever, they’re a who’s who of people it’s hard to imagine otherwise interacting. American Jewish composer Philip ...

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 ...

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 ...

Captain Obvious once said, "The appeal of Philip Glass' music is its simplicity." The minimalist school, which includes Glass, as well as La Monte Young, Terry Riley, and Steve Reich, produces music ...

Philip Glass’ music has its very obvious thumbprints, which is why you can always spot one of his compositions instantly (unless it’s the work of a Glass imitator). But within that set of ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Begun to improve his own technique, piano exercises that Glass wrote over decades are the subject this month of a new book, a concert and dances. By ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Glass’s Fourth String Quartet, written after the death of the artist Brian Buczak, will be performed at the New York City AIDS Memorial. By Joshua ...

American composer Philip Glass will be celebrated with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 25th annual World Soundtrack Awards on Oct. 15 and at a film music concert which will close the Film Fest ...