蜜芽传媒

For 60 years, New York composer Steve Reich has been one of classical music鈥檚 most celebrated revolutionaries. Pioneering minimalism in the 1960s, a musical style based on repetition and shifting rhythms, his strange experiments with cassette tape led to orchestral masterpieces鈥搉ow performed around the world. His career has not only helped define the latest era of classical music, but had an enormous influence on pop, rock and electronica鈥搕alked about by giants of contemporary music including Bjork, Brian Eno, Aphex Twin and Radiohead. He has, in short, helped shape 20th century music in a way few can claim to match.
To mark 60 years since his first major piece,1965鈥檚 It鈥檚 Gonna Rain, he takes Alastair Shuttleworth through the process and stories behind some of his greatest works, including Clapping Music, Different Trains and City Life.

He also reflects on his legacy, his plans for the future and what, at the age of 88, still inspires him to compose

Image: Steve Reich (Credit: Michael Wilson)