PHILLIP GLASS American composer born January 31 1937

PHILLIP GLASS

American composer, born January 31, 1937 in Baltimore , Maryland.

He is one of the highest profile composers writing "classical" music today, often said to be one of the most influential composers of the late 20 th century. His music is also described as minimalist, but he describing himself instead as a composer of "music with repetitive structures

Ravi Shankar added important influence on Glass's musical thinking. His distinctive style arose from his work with Shankar and their perception of rhythm in Indian music as being entirely additive.

His music accomponied the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 1984.

In 1964, Glass received a Fulbright Scholarship and went to Paris, where he studied with the eminent composition teacher Nadia Boulanger from autumn of 1964 to summer of 1966. Glass's years in Paris as a student made a lasting impression and influenced his work ever since, as the composer admitted in 1979: "The composers I studied with Boulanger are the people I still think about most—Bach and Mozart(Nadia Boulanger ja Astor Piazzolla)

Currently, he describes himself as a "Classicist", pointing out that he is trained in harmony and counterpoint and studied such composers as Franz Schubert, Johann Sebastian Bach and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Besides writing for the concert hall, Glass continued his creativity with adaptions from literary texts: „In the Penal Colony“ (2000, after the novella by Franz Kafka)

He has written operas, musical theatre works, ten symphonies, eleven concertos, solo works, chamber music and film scores. Three of his film scores have been nominated for Academy Awards.

Glass's most recent film scores include «No Reservations»

«The Illusionist»

«Cassandra's Dream»

«Candyman»

«The hours» (2002) earned him a second Academy Award nomination

«Taking Lives» , «Secret Window»

For the question: «What kind of music everyone should try to listen? » Philip Glass asked: «Music of their own heart. »

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