Philip Glass

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Philip Glass, minimalist, creator of ground-breaking operas such as Einstein On The Beach and Akhnaten, name behind movie scores for The Truman Show and Kundun, composer of powerfully expressive and beguilingly romantic symphonies, musician of unparalleded influence on comtemporary sounds from classsical to club.

These are the familiar aspects of America's most successful living classical composer, who almost accidentally has built a substantial body of concert music alongside core theatre works. As performances and CD releases build up, they are giving more and more listeners their first taste of what Glass is about. But what direction will he take next?

With the help of wide-ranging interviews and unprecedented access to the Glass archives, including private recordings of Glass's latest pieces, English critic and writer Robert Maycock has put himself in a unique position to appraise Glass's life and work to date and to report on new directions. He comes to some suprising conclusions.