Steve Reich

Steve Reich has always been able to hear the pulse

Tom Huizenga

The 88-year-old composer, who talks as fast as the interlocking phrases of his music, looks back on crucial moments in a career that moved minimalism into the mainstream.

Steve Reich in New York City in 2005. During the coronavirus crisis, the composer has been is Los Angeles, working on a new piece.

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Our Daily Breather: Steve Reich Composes During The Coronavirus Crisis

Tom Huizenga

In Our Daily Breather, we ask writers and artists to recommend ways to find calm in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis. Steve Reich tells NPR Music about his new composition.

WRTI Spotlight

The Best of the Fall Season: Classical New Releases

Mark Pinto

WRTI's Mark Pinto fills us in on the latest classical music CDs on Saturdays after the opera on Classical New Releases. Check out five newly released…

Composer Steve Reich, who turned 80 on Oct. 3.

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Steve Reich At 80: The Phases Of A Lifetime In Music

Anastasia Tsioulcas

He's been a hero to musicians from Brian Eno and David Bowie to Radiohead and The National. Now entering his ninth decade, American composer Steve Reich is always looking ahead.

Music Features

Ice Canyons

It's ice and echoes on Now Is the Time, Saturday, January 31st at 9 pm Eastern on the all-classical stream at wrti.org and WRTI-HD2. Figure-skating and…