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The Kronos Quartet: the sky's the limit

5137 days ago
Guardian MusicFrom India to Iraq, Sesame Street to outer space, the Kronos Quartet make music everywhere. They talk to Tom ServiceThey are the only musicians to have both gone into space and appeared on Sesame Street. All right, the Kronos Quartet didn't actually... more info

Philip Glass' legendary 'Einstein on the Beach' heads to Ann Arbor

5138 days ago
Detroit Free PressIt's only January, but the classical music event of the year is already upon us. "Einstein on the Beach," the revolutionary opera created by composer Philip Glass and director Robert Wilson in the mid '70s, is back on stage for the first ti... more info

Philip Glass' landmark opera 'Einstein on the Beach' heads to Ann Arbor

5142 days ago
Detroit Free PressNEW YORK -- Considering that "Einstein on the Beach" is routinely described as both a masterpiece and one of the most significant operas of the second half of the 20th Century, it's startling to realize just how rarely it gets performed -- even ... more info

James Blake released an EP, playing Tibet House Benefit in NYC (with Philip Glass, Rahzel & more)

5151 days ago
Brooklyn Veganby Andrew Sacher James Blake at MHOW in October (more by Amanda Hatfield) The 22nd Annual Benefit Concert for Tibet House US is taking place this year at Carnegie Hall on February 13. Philip Glass, who is the artistic director... more info

Philip Glass birthday parties -- Tune-In Music Festival & more

5154 days ago
Brooklyn VeganIn celebration of Philip Glass's 75th birthday, the American Composers Orchestra is presenting the US premiere of Glass's Ninth Symphony plus the NYC premiere of Arvo Part's Lamentate, with pianist Maki Namekawa at Carnegie Hall on Glass's birthday, ... more info

My favourite film: Koyaanisqatsi

5173 days ago
Guardian MusicIn the latest of our writers' favourite film series, Leo Hickman is bowled over by the elemental force of Godfrey Reggio and Philip Glass's 1982 environmental masterpieceWant to set the world to rights? Have your say in the comments section below –... more info

Opera's battle for the big screen

5179 days ago
Guardian MusicManager Peter Gelb is leading the way in attracting a new, younger audience to New York's Metropolitan Opera, but at what cost?In Peter Gelb's office at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, there's a screen that's flush with the wall so it resembles a ... more info

Minimalism at 50: how less became more

5193 days ago
Guardian MusicMinimalism won the battle for stylistic supremacy in the 20th and 21st centuries – but became something its composers never intendedMinimalism is 50 years old this month. Today, the 20th century's most successful musical "ism" has got its repetitiv... more info

Eugene Onegin; London Philharmonic Orchestra, Janine Jansen/Vänskä – review

5198 days ago
Guardian MusicColiseum; Royal Festival Hall, LondonIn Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin each act ends in catastrophe. First the young heroine, Tatyana, spurned in love, bids farewell to innocence. Then Lensky, the ardent poet, dies meaninglessly in a duel. At last, in p... more info

Glass' meditation on Gandhi returns to Met

5211 days ago
Topix"Satyagraha," Philip Glass' at times magical - and at times maddening - meditation on the early career of Gandhi, is back at the Metropolitan Opera where it enjoyed a triumphant run three years ago. more info

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