Kronos Quartet's David Harrington on Glass as Leader
For 30 years, the music of Philip Glass has played a large and vital role in the work of Kronos Quartet. His "Mishima" was our very first film soundtrack recording. The only concert we ever played in a...
View ArticleChuck Close on Early Support for Glass from the Visual Arts Community
I met Phil in 1964 in Paris where he was studying with Nadia Boulanger and I was on a Fulbright grant to Vienna. We reunited in 1967 through the sculptor Richard Serra when we were both helping him...
View ArticleBrooklyn Rider's Nicholas Cords on Breaking the 'Fourth Wall'
The music of Philip Glass will always be inextricably linked with our very understanding of how to be a string quartet. Early on in our history as Brooklyn Rider, we decided to learn his String Quartet...
View ArticleViolinist Tim Fain on Philip Glass as Mentor
My first encounter with Philip’s music was as a boy, sneaking into the TV room late one night and sitting down with my parents to watch a documentary on the making of Einstein on the Beach. To my young...
View ArticleLaurie Anderson on Early Glass Loft Rehearsals
I first heard Philip Glass in 1971 at one of his rehearsals in a loft on the Lower East Side in New York City. I went with a few other artists and we lay on the floor while he and his band played...
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