Philip Glass
Philip Glass (born 1937)
Growing up in Baltimore, Glass studied at the University of Chicago, Juilliard, and with Nadia Boulanger in Paris, before working closely with Ravi Shankar. Returning to New York in 1967, he formed the Philip Glass Ensemble and developed a style critics labeled "minimalism" — though Glass preferred "music with repetitive structures."
His output has been anything but minimal: over thirty operas, fourteen symphonies, thirteen concertos, nine string quartets, and acclaimed film scores including The Hours and Koyaanisqatsi. Operas such as Einstein on the Beach, Satyagraha, and Akhnaten fill houses worldwide. Glass remains the first composer to build a genuine multi-generational audience across opera, concert hall, film, and popular music simultaneously.
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