For some listeners, three hours of music by Philip Glass — at least the sound that springs to mind when they hear the words “Philip Glass” — is like one hour of regular music recycled for six hours.

Philip Glass‘s 1970 composition Music in Eight Parts was considered “lost” for over 40 years until sheet music was found and sold at a Christie’s auction in 2017. It’s now, for the first time ever, ...

In 1994, Philip Glass wrote six seemingly ordinary piano etudes for conductor and pianist Dennis Russell Davies on the occasion of his 50th birthday. Glass also wrote them for himself. Etudes are ...

This weekend, you can watch a performance of a piece by the composer Philip Glass while sitting under the tail of Oregon’s iconic Spruce Goose airplane. The piece is called “1000 Airplanes on the Roof ...

Composer Philip Glass remains a leading figure in American classical music after a fruitful career spanning six decades. Creator of symphonies, chamber music, operas and soundtracks, Glass has ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by “Music in Eight Parts” has finally been reconstructed and recorded. By Joshua Barone In the early 1970s, Philip Glass was already writing masterpieces ...

New Philip Glass record featuring cover image by Sol LeWitt “Open Cube in Black on White” (2004) © 2020 Sol LeWitt Estate. In early 2018 the score was obtained ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by In “Tao of Glass,” Phelim McDermott, who has directed three Glass operas, turns to his personal history with the composer’s work. By Zachary Woolfe ...

Like plenty of 15-year-olds, Philip Glass liked to play hooky on Fridays. Unlike most 15-year-olds, he’d skip class to head to student matinees at the Chicago Symphony, where he’d marvel at then-music ...

In an unprecedented move, multi-Oscar nominated American composer and pianist Philip Glass (“The Hours”) has contributed key music to Mexican documentary “Cartas a Distancia” (“Letters from a Distance ...