Guardian Music — The Southbank, Barbican, ENO and BBC4 are catering for the new-found appetite for sonic adventureWhen Swiss conductor Baldur Brönnimann was a student 25 years ago, "if you had more than 30 people at a concert it was a failure because it was populis... more info

Guardian Music — Singer considers 1986 album to be his greatest – and defends decision to record in South Africa during apartheid regimePaul Simon has said he considers his 1986 album Graceland his greatest musical achievement and has defended his decision to recor... more info

Guardian Music — From 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

Detroit Free Press — It'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

Detroit Free Press — NEW 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

Brooklyn Vegan — by 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

Brooklyn Vegan — In 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

Guardian Music — In 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

Guardian Music — Manager 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

Guardian Music — Minimalism 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