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Steve Reich
Experimental / Electronica / Classical

You Are Wherever Your Thoughts Are



NEW YORK, New York
United States

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Member Since5/9/2006
Band Websitewww.stevereich.com
Band MembersFor more info you can also check out www.boosey.com/reich
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InfluencesFrom the composer's mouth:

Bela Bartok, Igor Stravinsky, Perotin, Johann Sebastian Bach, John Coltrane, Kenny Clark, Miles Davis, Ghanian drumming, Balinese Gamelan, Hebrew chanting of the scriptures, Maurice Ravel.

Some favorite bands include The Beatles, U2, Junior Walker (Shotgun), the Byrds, Martha and the Vandellas, and Ezra Reich.
Sounds LikeClick HERE to find a performance near you.

Steve Reich


Steve Reich Box Set
Record Labelwww.nonesuch.com
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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Oct 31 2009 7:30P
Royal Festival Hall London, London and South East
Feb 5 2010 8:00P
Schuster Center Dayton, Ohio

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   About Steve Reich
This official Steve Reich myspace page is operated by colleagues at Steve Reich's music publisher, Boosey & Hawkes, with input and collaboration from the composer himself. Special thanks to Nonesuch for granting us permission to stream these tracks. Enjoy!

Steve Reich was recently called "Americas greatest living composer." (The Village VOICE), ...the most original musical thinker of our time (The New Yorker) and ...among the great composers of the century (The New York Times)

Steve Reich's music has been influential to composers all over the world. He is a leading pioneer of Minimalism, having in his youth broken away from the "establishment" that was serialism. His music is known for steady pulse, repetition, and a fascination with canons; it combines rigorous structures with propulsive rhythms and seductive instrumental colour. It also embraces harmonies of non-Western and American vernacular music (especially jazz) - his studies have included the Gamelan, African drumming (at the University of Ghana), and traditional forms of chanting the Hebrew scriptures.

"I think all music is ethnic music... Every place has its own musical traditions, and this has a lot to do with how things generally sound," he declares.

Different Trains and Music for 18 Musicians have each earned him Grammy awards, and his "documentary video opera" works - The Cave and Three Tales - done in collaboration with video artist Beryl Korot - have expanded the boundaries of the operatic medium, and may well set a trend for opera of the future!

"There's just a handful of living composers who can legitimately claim to have altered the direction of musical history and Steve Reich is one of them" - The Guardian (London)

The South Bank Show - London 2006

Including Steve Reich & Musicians, Michael Tilson Thomas, Brian Eno, Kronos Quartet, Michael Nyman and several other ensembles. The following six videos contain the full original TV show.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6


Piano/Video Phase
By Steve Reich and David Cossin. Performed by David Cossin.


Eight Lines
The London Steve Reich Ensemble


City Life
Ensemble Modern performs the third movement of City Life (1995). Part of a film by Manfred Waffender

For more Steve Reich videos, check out http://www.stevereich.com

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nick z-gibarian

nick z-gibarian



Nov 6 2009 10:05 PM

hallo!
wish you a creative weekend
best regards!
nick
CLORINDE

CLORINDE



Nov 6 2009 10:05 PM

31st October 2009 Royal Festival Hall, London.

Unforgettable...
Luneval

 Luneval



Nov 6 2009 10:04 PM

Such a wonderful sound-maker !
Kah

Kah



Nov 6 2009 10:04 PM

Saw you in London at the RFH on Sat. Blew me away. Have loved your recordings for ages but live ... that was something else. Thank you so much. Am still smiling at the wonder of it. Keep creating, love Kah x
doug carpenter

doug carpenter



Nov 6 2009 10:04 PM

Thanks for the inspiring music!
enBlanco

enBlanco



Nov 6 2009 10:04 PM

Gracias por el apoyo.
Thank you for the support.
Poik

Poik



Nov 6 2009 10:04 PM

Thanks for the add...Greetings Amazon-Brazil
Cheers, peace and love!

poik.
Creep

Creep



Nov 6 2009 10:04 PM

thanks for the add, god ahahah
good vibez
Minute Papillon

Minute Papillon



Nov 6 2009 10:04 PM

Such a pleasure to be your friends.

Your vibrations spread on our soul
so many beautiful emotions.

Love from Paris ***

Earth Angel

Earth Angel



Nov 6 2009 10:04 PM



Have A B;essed Day

My Heart 2 Yours,

Alexandra
Kalki - atypical sound

Kalki - atypical sound



Nov 6 2009 10:04 PM

Steve you are a true pioneer! A real inspiration for our project.

Thanks for everything.
aluminum

aluminum



Nov 6 2009 10:04 PM

thank you for adding me,
'the desert music' is always sounding in my head.
im a little bit troubled with it.
Hikari Sueda

Hikari Sueda



Oct 28 2009 3:51 PM

Thank you for the add!!!
nick z-gibarian

nick z-gibarian



Oct 28 2009 3:51 PM

hallo, Steve!
thx a lot 4 your friendship
best wishes 2U!
nick :)
www.z-gibarian.com
An isosceles triangle

An isosceles triangle



Oct 28 2009 3:51 PM

thanks for your friendship!
LoveZone Records

LoveZone Records



Oct 28 2009 3:51 PM

Hello... new release by Terry lee brown junior & Greg Parker...
Jacques-Charles

Jacques Capellmann



Oct 28 2009 3:51 PM

THANK YOU !
Murat Verdi

Murat Verdi



Oct 28 2009 3:51 PM

thx for adding
with my respects,
best wishes,
Murat Verdi
Kah

Kah



Oct 28 2009 3:51 PM

Thank you for adding me. Coming to see you in London next week ... I can't wait. xx
Punky's Gutbucket

Punky's Gutbucket



Oct 28 2009 3:51 PM

Nice to meet you...
BILL

BILL



Oct 28 2009 3:51 PM


"ALL OF MY LIFE I'VE BEEN LONELY FOR YOU..."
ZOOT WOMAN

ZOOT WOMAN



Oct 28 2009 3:51 PM

* Coming To A Town Near You *
Martin Lowack

Martin Lowack



Oct 28 2009 3:50 PM

Thank you for all !
Benjamin Aït-Ali

Benjamin Aït-Ali



Oct 28 2009 3:50 PM

Hi mister
I remarked somethin' miraculous in some point , my music and yours are connected in some way . Metaphysically !! i guess !

It's more intriguing because i have no CDs of you in my discotheque , sorry for that but for the first last wednesday i listened your work Cello Counterpoint made an impressive mark on me , and also Nagoya Marimbas ... Drumming

So thank you , sometimes things come naturally and your subconscious act for yourself . Thanks for this music

Benjamin
Los Bailes Chinos (Leonardo García)

Bailes Chinos



Oct 28 2009 3:50 PM

Dear Sir,
Thanks a lot for accepting the request of a big, big fan of your music.
Leonardo
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