Philip Glass

Around the World in Weighty Ways

George Heymont | Posted 05.10.2012

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Isamu Hirabayashi's animation short 663114 puts a fascinating twist on the aftermath of the Tohoku earthquake, the tsunami and the core meltdown at the nuclear plant.

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Martin Klimas' Cymatic Paint Sculptures

Posted 02.27.2012

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What does sound look like? Martin Klimas provides a stunning hypothesis by making paint dance to the beat as he captures his splatter sculptures on ca...

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What Would Philip Glass, Das Racist, Lou Reed And Antony Together?

Posted 03.30.2012

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The Tibet House offered yet another incredible lineup for its 22nd annual benefit concert concert at Carnegie Hall Monday night. Philip Glass, who cur...

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Philip Glass' Walt Disney Opera Sets The Date

AP | Posted 04.11.2012

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NEW YORK — Philip Glass' "The Perfect American," imagining the final months of the life of Walt Disney, will have its world premiere at Madrid's...

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'Koyaanisqatsi' Condensed Down To 5 Minutes

The Huffington Post | Amber Genuske | Posted 02.07.2012

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When American director and documentary filmmaker Godfrey Reggio created the experimental film "Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of Balance" in 1982, he said it...

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Philip Glass Meets The Beastie Boys, Kanye And The Fugees

Posted 02.03.2012

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It's Philip Glass day every day over at the Village Voice this month, where the Sound of the City blog is running a daily feature on the composer to m...

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75 Years Of Glass

HuffingtonPost.com | Gazelle Emami | Posted 01.31.2012

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When Philip Glass looks out from the stage this evening at Carnegie Hall, he will see the same audience he's always seen. Unlike most performers of hi...

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The Meeting Of The Minds

Posted 01.09.2012

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The New York Times Arts & Leisure Weekend brought New York City four days of rousing discussion with 15 of the most active cultural figures today. We'...

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Classical Music In 2011: Ape Opera, Gehry In Miami, OWS And More

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 12.23.2011

Read More: Year-in-Review, Metropolitan Opera, Frank Gehry, Occupy Lincoln Center, Opera, Opera 2011, City Opera, Dr Dee, Shostakovich, New World Symphony, Classical Music, Video, Karen O Opera, New York City Opera, Orange, Damon Albarn Opera, Franz Liszt, Classical Music 2011, Liszt Bicentennial, Slidepollajax, James Levine, Rufus Wainwright, Brooklyn Philharmonic, Liszt, Turn of the Screw, Stop the Virgens, Philip Glass, Culture News

To evaluate classical music in 2011 shows us a divided land. One troubling trend shows the continued financial struggles of classical music organizati...

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A Black-And-White View Of Philip Glass, Lou Reed At Occupy Protest

Posted 12.09.2011

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Philip Glass and Lou Reed occupied Lincoln Center last week, after a performance of Glass' opera, "Satyagraha," at the Metropolitan Opera in New York ...

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Philip Glass Will Appear At Occupy Lincoln Center

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 12.01.2011

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Philip Glass will occupy Lincoln Center. At 10:30 p.m. on Dec. 1, Glass will appear as a part of a general assembly in the plaza and deliver a sta...

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Opera And #OWS

ARTINFO | Posted 01.15.2012

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NEW YORK -- The seminal Philip Glass opera, "Satyagraha," illustrates Mahatma Gandhi's early life in South Africa juxtaposed against the plights of fe...

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Beck Is Remixing Philip Glass Songs

Posted 12.17.2011

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On the mainstream end of obscure news, Beck is putting together a CD of Philip Glass remixes featuring Glass covers by Memory Tapes, Amon Tobin, Corne...

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From Woody Guthrie to Little Nut Tree: Chatting With Rob Wasserman and Dan Zanes

Mike Ragogna | Posted 11.18.2011

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On Woody Guthrie: "in a short life he saw so much, but he was really present and there with people. I think he's just really vital, not just in his vision, but as a spokesman for America."

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Using the 9/11 Documentary Rebirth to Repair Lives

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 11.11.2011

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The documentary Rebirth begins with a sound familiar to New Yorkers. It's the audio theme for the "all news all the time" radio station 1010 WINS.

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Is London's Cultural Olympiad Worth The Money?

The Huffington Post | Travis Korte | Posted 09.24.2011

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With the preparations for the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics in London underway, arguments have erupted over construction, ticket sales, venue selectio...

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Critics Suffer For Art Too

latimes.com | March 30, 2011 | Posted 05.29.2011

The Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa cannot be ignored. Neither, alas, can the 405. In recent days, for instance, the Vienna Philharmon...

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Life out of Balance

Luanne Rice | Posted 05.25.2011

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Saturday night's perigee moon acquired the name "Super Moon," as well as, by some, the attribution of super powers, enough to have caused Japan's 9.0 earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster

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So Beautiful or So What: A Conversation With Paul Simon

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Paul Simon recorded his new album, So Beautiful or So What with Phil Ramone, which makes it a reunion of sorts. Here's what motivated them to get back together again.

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Classical Music Economics: Is There a Solution?

Ben Rosen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Louisiana Philharmonic, Terence Blanchard, Classical Music, Boston Symphony, Philip Glass, Robert Mcduffie, Detroit Symphony, Carlos Miguel Prieto, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Arts News

Is the Detroit Symphony's dire situation a one-off phenomenon, or is it part of a larger problem affecting classical music organizations throughout the United States?

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Dog Ears Music: Volume Twenty-Six

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 05.25.2011

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My Morning Jacket is Americana-flavored old-school rock 'n' roll. The title Remnants is nostalgically brand new. Do play it loud.

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A Conversation With Philip Glass, Talk About Nothing

Sat Hon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tibetan Buddhism, Music, Philip Glass, Budhhism, Music and Religion, Entertainment News

Throughout the years, I have learned Philip's language. His insight into music as a place arises from a deep visceral experience that is as concrete as the table in front of him.

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The Good News From Zimbabwe: Healing Music of the Mbira

Michal Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Garikayi Tirikoti, Healing Music, Zimbabwe, Spiritual Music, Mbira, Timbila, Philip Glass, Nora Balaban, World News

Amidst all the negative things we hear about the government of Zimbabwe, it is easy to lose sight of the magnificent culture of the country. One of its jewels is the music of the mbira.

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For The Benefit Of Tuli Kupferberg

Michael Simmons | Posted 05.25.2011

For those who trot out the tired cliché of hippies morphing into stockbrokers, check out the Fugs. No sell-out here.

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Bach's Brilliant Friends

Jan Herman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Bayless, Chris Thile, Jake Shimabukuro, Bach, Bela Fleck, Emerson String Quartet, Edgar Meyer, Classical Music, Anatoly Larkin, Joshua Bell, Bobby McFerrin, Philip Glass, Bach and Friends, Entertainment News

Bach on the organ? Of course. On the cello? Naturally. On the violin? Sure. But Bach on the banjo? The ukelele? The mandolin? How about the glass harp? And let's not forget a cappella.

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