Biography
Steve Reich was born on October 3, 1936 in New York City, New York, USA as Stephen Michael Reich.
Stephen Michael Reich (born October 3, 1936) is an American composer who, along with La Monte Young, Terry Riley, and Philip Glass, pioneered minimal music in the mid to late 1960s.
Reich's style of composition influenced many composers and groups. His innovations include using tape loops to create phasing patterns (for example, his early compositions It's Gonna Rain and Come Out), and the use of simple, audible processes to explore musical concepts (for instance, Pendulum Music and Four Organs). These compositions, marked by their use of repetitive figures, slow harmonic rhythm and canons, have significantly influenced contemporary music, especially in the US. Reich's work took on a darker character in the 1980s with the introduction of historical themes as well as themes from his Jewish heritage, notably Different Trains.
Writing in The Guardian, music critic Andrew Clements suggested that Reich is one of "a handful of living composers who can legitimately claim to have altered the direction of musical history". The American composer and critic Kyle Gann has said that Reich "may ... be considered, by general acclamation, America's greatest living composer".
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Filmography
all 35
Movies 34
self 8
TV Shows 1
Writer 1
Puparia (2021)
Stewart Copeland's Adventures In Music (2020)
Riding Light (2015)
Steve Reich in Concert - Salle Pleyel 2014 (2014)
Light Motif (2014)
Rain (2014)
C.O.G. (2013)
BAM150 (2012)
Drums (2011)
Steve Reich: Phase to Face (2011)
Michael Nyman in Progress (2010)
Space Tourists (2010)
In The Ocean – A Film About the Classical Avant Garde (2009)
Reich at the Roxy (2006)
Here's a Piano I Prepared Earlier (2005)
The Dying Gaul (2005)
Reich: Three Tales (2002)
Fase (2002)
John Adams: A Portrait and A Concert of Modern American Music (2000)
New York Composers: Searching for a New Music (1996)
I Will Not Repeat It: Chronoma Short Version (1996)
Steve Reich - City Life (1995)
Shadow on the Snow (1992)
Papers (1991)
Steve Reich: A New Musical Language (1987)
Chronoma (1977)
Regard de ma fenêtre (1974)
Portraits (1972)
My Name Is Oona (1971)
3 Glasses (1967)
Oh Dem Watermelons (1965)
Plastic Haircut (1963)
A Few Things I Know About Miami
New Music: Sounds and Voices from the Avant-Garde New York 1971
Thirty Second Spots: TV Commercials for Artists (1982-83)
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Known ForSound
GenderMale
Birthday1936-10-03 (87 years old)
Birth NameStephen Michael Reich
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsStephen Michael Reich, Steve Reich Ensemble
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship, Praemium Imperiale, honorary doctor of the Royal College of Music, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, Nemmers Prize in Music Composition, BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award, Pulitzer Prize for Music
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