The 88-year-old composer, who talks as fast as the interlocking phrases of his music, looks back on crucial moments in a career that moved minimalism into the mainstream.

Described as “our greatest living composer” by The New York Times, Steve Reich is one of the most important and influential musicians of the contemporary era. His works have helped to define an entire ...

Why is he a Trailblazer? Smashing musical boundaries, trailblazer Steve Reich mixed together his classical training with his love of African drumming, jazz and pop music, and helped to invent a ...

This one has proved more popular, and commercially viable. US composer Steve Reich is a figurehead of this development, sometimes called minimalism, a term almost none of its protagonists care to ...

Steve Reich and percussionist Russell Hartenberger discuss Reich’s masterpiece 'Drumming' See more episodes. Programme website. British Broadcasting Corporation. Home ...

The award winning Balourdet Quartet and ECMS artistic director Tom Stone will present musical selections and a discussion of ...

Why is he a Trailblazer? Smashing musical boundaries, trailblazer Steve Reich mixed together his classical training with his love of African drumming, jazz and pop music, and helped to invent a ...