Philip Glass
Born: 1937 in Baltimore, Maryland
Studied at: University of Chicago and the Juilliard School
Has worked with: Indian musicians Ravi Shankar and Alla Rakha
Operas: Einstein on the Beach, Satyagraha, Akhnaten, The Making of the Representative for Planet 8, The Voyage, The Sound of a Voice, Waiting for the Barbarians
Film scores: Kundun, The Truman Show, The Hours, The Fog of War
Often classified as: a “minimalist” composer, along with such composers as Steve Reich, Terry Riley and John Adams
Photo Steve Cohn