Steve Reich

The celebrated minimalist composer looks back on his career through a series of conversations with past collaborators, fellow composers, and musicians influenced by his work, such as Brian Eno, Stephen Sondheim, Johnny Greenwood, and Nico Muhly.

Through composer and musicologist Colin McPhee's passionate and detailed writing about his time in Bali it becomes immediately evident how strongly the country impacted the course of both his career and life. Seduced by recordings of Balinese music he heard in Paris in the 1920s, McPhee traveled to Bali, ultimately remaining there for six years. While there, he not only studied Balinese music and culture, he also documented Bali’s rapidly changing...