Conversations: A Compelling Music Memoir About the Life and Influence of Steve Reich

A surprising, enlightening series of conversations that shed new light on the music and career of “our greatest living composer” (New York Times)Steve Reich is a living legend in the world of contemporary classical music. As a leader of the minimalist movement in the 1960s, his works have become central to the musical landscape worldwide, influencing generations of younger musicians, choreographers and visual artists. He has explored non-Western music and American vernacular music from jazz to rock, as well as groundbreaking music and video pieces. He toured the world with his own ensemble and his compositions are performed internationally by major orchestras and ensembles.Now Reich speaks with collaborators, fellow composers and musicians as well as visual artists influenced by his work to reflect on his prolific career as a composer as well as the music that inspired him and that has been inspired by him, including:David LangBrian EnoRichard SerraMichael GordonMichael Tilson ThomasRussell HartenbergerRobert HurwitzStephen SondheimJonny GreenwoodDavid HarringtonElizabeth Lim-DuttonDavid RobertsonMicaela HaslamAnne Teresa de KeersmaekerJulia WolfeNico MuhlyBeryl KorotColin CurrieBrad LubmanThrough this series of insightful, wide-ranging conversations starting from his student days to the present pandemic, we gain a compelling glimpse into the mind of “the most original musical thinker of our time” (The New Yorker). Read more