The prizewinning composer joins a growing list of artists pushing back against the Trump administration’s overhaul of the iconic arts institution.

Philip Glass turns 83 today. In honor of the prolific composer’s achievements in music for stage and screen, here is a quiz about the minutiae of Glass’s life and work — assembled (how else?) in ...

UPDATE, with Kennedy Center response: Composer and pianist Philip Glass is the latest artist to sever ties with the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. over the institution’s take-over by President ...

Composer Philip Glass has joined the list of artists, musicians and performers pulling back from previously scheduled engagements at the Kennedy Center, withdrawing his anticipated Symphony No. 15: ...

Philip Glass is hard to pin down. Not that he has airs; on the contrary, he’s one of the most straightforward composers you’re likely to meet. “I’m a very bad celebrity,” he says. “I’m not interested ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1994, Philip Glass wrote six seemingly ordinary piano etudes for conductor and pianist Dennis Russell Davies on the occasion of ...

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The cello is the most human of stringed instruments. Its span encompasses both male and female ranges, from basso profundo to coloratura soprano; grasped between the knees, it is not so much possessed ...

Editor's Note: On Jan. 31, Philip Glass turns 80. We're marking the event by asking a few of his collaborators and colleagues to talk about him and his music. The Pulitzer-winning composer David Lang ...