Get all the top news & discounts for Music & beyond. In fact, Music in Twelve Parts marked the last time Glass, now 81, would write an extended piece of purely instrumental music for his own ensemble.

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Begun to improve his own technique, piano exercises that Glass wrote over decades are the subject this month of a new book, a concert and dances. By ...

In his most recent album, the composer marks a new turn in his style. Listening to the composer Philip Glass’s latest album, Philip Glass Solo, is like entering a sculpture by Richard Serra (with whom ...