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Aug 31, 2022 · There is an easy argument to be made that Adams is the greatest living American composer. He is an artist for whom Americanness truly matters, as much as the tradition of Western classical music...
Apr 16, 2021 · April 16, 2021. It was 1970, and the composer John Adams was tripping on LSD. He was at the Marlboro Music Festival in Vermont, and he wandered into a rehearsal for Beethoven’s “Choral...
John Adams, (born Feb. 15, 1947, Worcester, Mass., U.S.), U.S. composer. After studying at Harvard University, he taught at the San Francisco Conservatory and conducted widely. His compositions, initially strongly influenced by minimalism, became tempered by expressive elements.
Feb 12, 2022 · John Adams at 75: ‘Creating music is all about self-discovery’. The Californian composer marks his milestone birthday with a Shakespearean turn in his new opera ‘Antony and Cleopatra’. John...
American composer John Coolidge Adams (b. 1947, Worcester, MA) has created some of the most provocative artistic statements of our age. Adams’s controversial operas about real-life recent events contributed to a reinvigoration of contemporary opera in America.
John Coolidge Adams (born February 15, 1947) is an American composer and conductor whose music is rooted in minimalism. Among the most regularly performed composers of contemporary classical music, he is particularly noted for his operas, which are often centered around recent historical events.
Oct 5, 2008 · October 5, 20084:50 AM ET. Heard on All Things Considered. Jeff Lunden. Listen. He's made Richard Nixon sing. He's won a Pulitzer Prize for an orchestral work about Sept. 11. His music is a staple...
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