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Philip Glass’s Piano Etudes: A Diary of an Influential Life

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 Joshua Barone

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Review: Ligeti’s Fascinating Polyrhythm at the New York Phil

The conductor Susanna Mälkki led a program centered on Ligeti’s Piano Concerto, propelled by the soloist Pierre-Laurent Aimard.

By Oussama Zahr

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Review: New York Philharmonic Welcomes Back an Old Friend

David Robertson returned to the podium to lead the orchestra’s first in a series of performances to celebrate the centennial of Gyorgy Ligeti’s birth.

By Anastasia Tsioulcas

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Review: New York Philharmonic Plays New Steve Reich Piece

In “Jacob’s Ladder,” which premiered at the New York Philharmonic on Thursday, Reich’s signature chugging rhythms returned.

By Zachary Woolfe