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 ...

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 ...

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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Hicks received Acadamy Award nominations in 1997 for best director and best screenplay (shared with Jan Sardi) for his drama based on the true story of Australian pianist David Helfgott, “Shine.” He ...

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 ...

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 ...