Guardian Music — Wu Man, a virtuoso of the traditional Chinese four-stringed lute, or pipa, is increasingly focused on contemporary worksMusicians are rarely satisfied, never content with what they already do well despite endless praise, always wanting more and setti... more info

Guardian Music — 'I saw some music videos by Lady Gaga recently. I admire her theatricality – she is a very intelligent performer'What got you started?Going to Paris with my brother Uday's classical Indian dance troupe in 1930. I started out as a dancer, but gradu... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Clock Opera, Live @ Maida Vale, BBC Radio 1, 01 JUN 2011. Huw Stephens hosts Clock Opera's debut live session recorded live at the Maida Vale studios 01 JUN 2011. Tracks available for streaming and downloading. Clock Opera make extraordinarily... more info

Guardian Music — From scoring Oscar-winning films to helping out Björk, Nico Muhly is in demand all over the globe – and he's still only 29. The US composer tells Tom Service why his first opera is based on a Manchester knife attackTo go for a walk with Nico Muhly... more info

Guardian Music — Programme includes theatre productions starring Juliette Binoche and Cate Blanchett, and major Bauhaus exhibitionThe Barbican arts centre in London will celebrate next year's Olympics with an "unparalleled" lineup of international stars, including th... more info

Impose Magazine — If there were a Holy Trinity of living minimalist composers, it would be made up of Philip Glass, Terry Riley, and Steve Reich. The first two have flirted with the mainstream (Pete Townshend citing Riley's A Rainbow in Curved Air as an influence on s... more info

Guardian Music — Sufjan Stevens, On tourWhen Sufjan Stevens was last here, his live shows were fantastical affairs with troupes of 50s-style cheerleaders and orchestras wearing butterfly wings. Back then his stock-in-trade was turning the civic histories of unfashion... more info

Totally Fuzzy — (Chilly) Gonzales, born Jason Charles Beck, is a Grammy-nominated Canadian musician currently residing in Paris, France. Though best known for his first MC and electro albums, he is also a pianist, producer, and songwriter. If you ever wondered wh... more info

Mercury News, California — The 74-year-old minimalist composer, who performs solo Saturday at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, shows no signs of slowing down as he launches a 'new cycle' of creative work. more info

Nialler9 — Chilly Gonzales’ next step after his brilliant Ivory Tower album and movie last year will be The Unspeakable Chilly Gonzales Suite, an all-orchestral rap album out on June 6th with live shows to follow. Accompanied by Hollywood swells, tympani roll... more info