Philip Glass

Philip Glass, born in Baltimore in 1937, is an American composer whose output encompasses opera, symphonic music, chamber works, film scores and music for his own ensemble. He studied at the University of Chicago and the Juilliard School, then with Nadia Boulanger in Paris, where his work with Ravi Shankar helped shape his approach to rhythm. He founded the Philip Glass Ensemble in New York in 1967. His music is often associated with minimalism, although he prefers the description music with repetitive structures. His operas include Einstein on the Beach, Satyagraha and Akhnaten.