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.
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)
sounds are otherworldly, yet grounded in Truth. people that hear some of our pieces say they are reminded of you, especially our "Memory and Poppies" and "Ripped Lullaby." No doubt that your music has been an inspiration. warmth and light your way!
Norma (poetry, voice) of Sounds in Bloom
p.s. We will be playing with the Vox 4 Quartet at the Tenri Cultural Institute of New York on OCT 4th
Salut Steve, you look fantastic! Music is my message and I love your music! Your sounds like fun, that's really cool, I like your style. Send you good feelings and energy. Greetings from Hamburg, Silva
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heyy steve! i wanna tell you that i REALLY love your music i love your job and when im listening ur music i feel that all mi dreams and all my favorite places are just here in my ears and i wanna thank to you for make me feel that. good look and hope youre good.
Dear Steve Reich, thank you very much for adding me to your friends. I would like to use this oportunity to express my deep respect for your work and my gratefulness for you having been a major influence in my personel career and in the development of my "taste" and for the inspiration, which I gained from listening to your music. Great site - by the way. Thanks again. pepe berns, jazzbassist, berlin
Hello Steve, recently we had a piece performed in the same concert, your "New York counterpoint" and my "Coefficient de viscosité angelique" for 12 saxophones ensemble, conducted by Jean-Michel Goury. Best wishes. Claudio
