Amid cancellations and turmoil, the National Symphony Orchestra is planning to stay. “I cannot make everybody happy,” its conductor said.
Category: Glass, Philip
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Paris Opera Debuts ‘Satyagraha’ by Philip Glass, Directed by Dancers
The choreographers Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber will put their own spin on “Satyagraha” by Philip Glass for its Paris Opera premiere.
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Robert Wilson Expanded Our Sense of Theatrical Possibility
Wilson, who died this week at 83, created works of otherworldly dreaminess that were also deeply human.
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Robert Wilson, Provocative Playwright and Director, Is Dead at 83
He upended theatrical norms with his own stunningly visualized works and his collaborations with a wide range of artists, from Philip Glass (“Einstein on the Beach”) to Lady Gaga.
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Foday Musa Suso, 75, Dies; Ambitious Ambassador for West African Music
A master of the kora who worked with Herbie Hancock and Philip Glass, his career was powered as much by experimentation as by reverence for tradition.
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Dudamel and the New York Philharmonic Play Philip Glass
Kate Soper’s tender, whimsical “Orpheus Orchestra Opus Onus,” a tribute to the orchestra, had its premiere on Thursday with its composer as soloist.
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Ladies and Gentlemen, 38 Key Musical Moments on ‘S.N.L.’
As the show celebrates its 50th season, look back at some of its most fiery, shocking and groundbreaking performances.
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Philip Glass’s Musical Impression of an Artist Cut Down by AIDS
Glass’s Fourth String Quartet, written after the death of the artist Brian Buczak, will be performed at the New York City AIDS Memorial.
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Dolly Parton Covers Billy Joel, and 8 More New Songs
Hear tracks by Mumford & Sons and Pharrell Williams, Julian Lage, feeo and others.
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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.
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Long Play Rises to the Top of New York Classical Music Festivals
This weekend of concerts, organized by Bang on a Can, has quickly but assertively ascended to the rank of destination event.
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Review: Philip Glass and the Meaning of Life
The New York Times – Music:The director Phelim McDermott, who has acted like a visual translator of Glass’s music, pays tribute to the composer in their show “Tao of Glass.”