Author: Richard

Since 2022, Quatuor Molinari has embarked on a process to record all of the Philip Glass string quartets. Volume 1 featured Glass’s First Quartet from 1966 through his Fourth in 1989. The newest volume which was released at the end of November 2023 features Glass’s Fifth from 1991 through his Seventh in 2013. Quatuor Molinari spoke with Richard Guérin about…
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INTERVIEW WITH JILLON STOPPELS DUPREE This weekend, Early Music Seattle presents Philip Glass’s Harpsichord Concerto with soloist Jillon Stoppels Dupree, who performed the premiere back in 2002. Richard Guérin: “What do you remember about the premiere of the piece?  I recall there being a flourish of soloists in the mix around the premiere and that you had something like one…
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Interview with conductor Karen Kamensek, conductor of Philip Glass’s Akhnaten at the Metropolitan Opera from May 19th to June 10th, 2022 Richard Guérin: My first awareness of your work on Philip Glass’s music was seeing your name on the credits for the recording of Les Enfants Terribles. The recording was in the early 2000s but I believe that recording was connected to the…
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Mari Samuelsen and the BBC Concert Orchestra perform Philip Glass’s Violin Concerto No.1 on Thursday 5 May 2022 at the Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall, 19:30 I first became aware of Mari Samuelsen around 2014 when I heard that composer James Horner (1953-2015) was going to compose a concerto work. Samuelsen and her cellist brother Hakon Samuelsen commissioned the composer…
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On behalf of Philip Glass and the entire Philip Glass organization it is with respect and thanks that we acknowledge the resignation of Jim Woodard, Philip Glass’ tour manager of 20 years. We wish him the best on his next chapter.

Orange Mountain Music and the Metropolitan Opera are proud to announce the release of Philip Glass’s opera SATYAGRAHA across a variety of media. SATYAGRAHA portrays Gandhi’s years in South Africa during the time he developed his tools for social transformation through nonviolence.  Captured at the 2011 revival of the work, the production was directed by Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch…
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For tickets click here TIBET HOUSE BENEFIT 2021 One of the longest-running and most renowned live cultural events in New York City, The 34th Annual Tibet House US Benefit Concert will return this year for a special virtual edition combining live and pre-recorded segments streaming via Mandolin, the premiere concert livestream platform for artists, venues, and fans. For the first time ever, this year’s concert offers viewers around the…
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            Now available on all major platforms, link here Orange Mountain Music is proud to present violinist Chase Spruill’s recording of Philip Glass’s “Epilogue for Solo Violin.”  Spruill is known for his interpretations of 20th century Minimalist music including his much lauded 2019 recording of Michael Nyman’s “Yamamoto Perpetuo.”  Responding to the turmoil of 2020,…
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Composed and premiered in May 2020, Philip Glass’s six-minute meditation for solo piano is now available on Apple Music and Spotify.  Premiered by pianist/conductor Dennis Russell Davies at the Ars Electronica Centre in Linz, Austria – Davies returned to the studios to record the work the following week. Release 29 May 2020

Tales From The Loop Premieres April 3rd on Amazon Prime Richard Guérin:  So first of all tell me where you are in the world right now? I’m just coming into knowing your music, and before this I didn’t know much about you. Paul Leonard-Morgan: I’m in my studio in LA (which is a converted guest house at the end of…
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