Eight Days of Steve: So Percussion

The members of So Percussion spend a lot of time and energy performing Steve Reich’s music. His contributions to percussion music loom over the still-emerging genre. They are so fun t... Dec 15, 2009

Eight Days of Steve: Maya Beiser

Steve Reich once told me: “The musicians who can play my music with the right rhythmical feel are being born now…” Practicing the classical music repertoire is not enough to prepare y... Dec 14, 2009

Eight Days of Steve: Brad Lubman

I first met Steve Reich in January 1995. Bang on a Can had started a chamber orchestra for which I was the conductor. Our first concert that January featured Reich's Eight Lines.  Aft... Dec 14, 2009

Eight Days of Steve: Nico Muhly

Writing about Steve Reich’s music feels like writing about a family member or a childhood friend: There are too many stories and too many strange intimacies to really create a coheren... Dec 11, 2009

Maximum Reich: Video

Recently, Steve Reich came by the WQXR studios to talk about the recent phenomenon of classical trained musicians leading dual lives as rock stars and the birth of a new type of organic crossover music.

Dec 11, 2009

Eight Days of Steve: Evan Ziporyn

I'm not a first -- or even second -- generation Reichian: I was still in grade school in the late '60s when the Bob, Russ, etc. were taking the bus down from Wesleyan to rehearse what... Dec 11, 2009

Eight Days of Steve: Lee Ranaldo

The Sonic Youth guitarist reflects on the work of composer Steve Reich. Dec 11, 2009

Eight Days of Steve: David Lang

Eight Days of Steve: David Lang Dec 11, 2009

Maximum Reich: Dance Patterns

You can't get it on iTunes. You can't get it in a record store. But you can get it on Thursday as part of an exclusive download made available by Nonesuch Records . It's the six-minut... Dec 10, 2009

Maximum Reich: Nadia Sirota Hosts

Q2 artist-in-residence, violist and black-belt new music champion, Nadia Sirota takes center stage on Maximum Reich with a 2-hour daily exploration of that day’s particular theme and ... Dec 10, 2009