Metro Times

The Hours (music from the motion picture)

New Music, it seems, faces one of the same problems that other explorative genres do — how to expand the audience without putting a serious crimp in a musician’s ability to take chances. Recent ...
The New York Times

Philip Glass

The choreographers Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber will put their own spin on “Satyagraha” by Philip Glass for its Paris Opera premiere. By David Belcher Works by Philip Glass and Bohuslav Martinu, ...
The New York Times

An ‘Obsession’ With Philip Glass Inspires a Director’s Memory Play

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by In “Tao of Glass,” Phelim McDermott, who has directed three Glass operas, turns to his personal history with the composer’s work. By Zachary Woolfe ...
Chicago Tribune

Philip Glass at 85: He left Chicago more than six decades ago. But Chicago never left him. The CSO is finally playing one of his symphonies.

Like plenty of 15-year-olds, Philip Glass liked to play hooky on Fridays. Unlike most 15-year-olds, he’d skip class to head to student matinees at the Chicago Symphony, where he’d marvel at then-music ...