Philip Glass

American composer

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2025 Glass composed 'Prelude for Organ', a forward-looking piece for future performance.
2025 Glass composed 'Prelude for Organ', a forward-looking piece for future performance.
2023 Glass composed the music for 'Once Within a Time', directed by Godfrey Reggio.
2023 Philip Glass created 'Triumph of the Octagon' for orchestra.
2023 Glass composed the music for 'Once Within a Time', directed by Godfrey Reggio.
2023 Philip Glass created 'Triumph of the Octagon' for orchestra.
November 7 2023 Released Philip Glass Piano Etudes: The Complete Folios 1–20 & Essays from Fellow Artists, a deluxe boxed set with piano etudes and essays
November 7 2023 Released Philip Glass Piano Etudes: The Complete Folios 1–20 & Essays from Fellow Artists, a deluxe boxed set with piano etudes and essays
2022 Philip Glass composed 'Alice ballet' for orchestra.
2022 Philip Glass completed String Quartet No. 9, titled 'King Lear'.
2022 Philip Glass composed Symphony No. 13.
2022 The Metropolitan Opera's production of Akhnaten won the Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording.
2022 The Metropolitan Opera's production of Akhnaten won the Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording.
2022 Philip Glass composed 'Alice ballet' for orchestra.
2022 Philip Glass composed Symphony No. 13.
2022 Philip Glass completed String Quartet No. 9, titled 'King Lear'.
2021 Philip Glass completed Symphony No. 14, titled Liechtenstein Suite for string orchestra.
2021 Philip Glass completed Symphony No. 14, titled Liechtenstein Suite for string orchestra.
June 13 2021 Circus Days and Nights was livestreamed worldwide.
June 13 2021 Circus Days and Nights was livestreamed worldwide.
May 29 2021 Circus Days and Nights, with librettists David Henry Hwang and circus director Tilde Björfors, premiered on Malmö Opera’s main stage.
May 29 2021 Circus Days and Nights, with librettists David Henry Hwang and circus director Tilde Björfors, premiered on Malmö Opera’s main stage.
2020 He wrote the score for 'Tales from the Loop', an Amazon Original series.
2020 Receives the Grammy Trustees Award.
2020 Receives the Grammy Trustees Award.
2020 He wrote the score for 'Tales from the Loop', an Amazon Original series.
2019 Perpetulum, a percussion quartet, was composed.
2019 Glass composed the music for 'Samurai Marathon', directed by Bernard Rose.
2019 Philip Glass wrote 'King Lear Overture' for orchestra.
2019 Philip Glass composed incidental music for 'King Lear' by Shakespeare.
2019 Philip Glass completed his 'First Piano Sonata.'
2019 Philip Glass composed Symphony No. 12, which is based on 'Lodger' by David Bowie.
2019 Glass composed the music for 'Samurai Marathon', directed by Bernard Rose.
2019 Philip Glass composed incidental music for 'King Lear' by Shakespeare.
2019 Philip Glass wrote 'King Lear Overture' for orchestra.
2019 Philip Glass composed Symphony No. 12, which is based on 'Lodger' by David Bowie.
2019 Perpetulum, a percussion quartet, was composed.
2019 Philip Glass completed his 'First Piano Sonata.'
January 10 2019 Premiered Symphony No. 12, based on David Bowie's album Lodger, at Walt Disney Concert Hall with the Los Angeles Philharmonic conducted by John Adams
January 10 2019 Premiered Symphony No. 12, based on David Bowie's album Lodger, at Walt Disney Concert Hall with the Los Angeles Philharmonic conducted by John Adams
2018 Philip Glass composed String Quartet No. 8.
2018 Annunciation, a piano quintet for two violins, viola, cello, and piano, was completed.
2018 Receives the Kennedy Center Honors.
2018 Receives the Kennedy Center Honors.
2018 Annunciation, a piano quintet for two violins, viola, cello, and piano, was completed.
2018 Philip Glass composed String Quartet No. 8.
2017 He wrote the score for 'Jane', directed by Brett Morgen.
2017 The 'Flute Concerto' for flute and orchestra, a transcription from Glass's Violin Concerto No. 1, was arranged by James Strauss.
2017 The 'Orphée Suite' from Philip Glass's opera 'Orphée' was arranged for flute, strings, and percussion by James Strauss.
2017 Philip Glass completed Symphony No. 11.

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