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George Grella: The Time-Bending Art Of Minimalist Music

by Lawrence Peryer
June 7, 2026

Today, The Tonearm's needle lands on music critic George Grella Jr. George Grella Jr. is one of the sharpest music critics working today. He's the music editor of The Brooklyn Rail and has written for The Wire, the New York Times, and The Tonearm. He just published Minimalist Music, part of Bloomsbury's 33 1/3 Genre series. His central argument is that minimalism isn't defined by sparse materials or specific harmonies, it's defined by how it uses ...

Multiple Reviews

The Richness of Reich's Repetition

by Scott Gudell
October 25, 2022

Almost as in deference to the minimalist approach of composer Steve Reich, these two discs distill their titles down to simply Reich / Richter on one and Steve Reich on the other. It's a hint on what's about to come. Reich/Richter Ensemble Intercontemporain Nonesuch Records 2022 Steve Reich, along with other contemporary composers such as Terry Riley and Philip Glass, are the upper echelon of minimalist masters who have defined and shaped ...

Catching Up With

Steve Reich: Humans Love to See Other Humans Play Music

by Nenad Georgievski
April 24, 2021

Steve Reich is one of the most significant composers of the late 20th century. During his lengthy career, he has managed both to provoke and console the music world with his trailblazing works. Drawing on aspects of eighteenth-century classical music, Debussy, Stravinsky, jazz music, ethnic and ritual music including musical occurrences and accidents that happen when one uses electronic devices like tape recorders and samplers, Reich has continually fashioned new musical models that have propelled Western music forward. It is ...

Live Review

Ars Ludi al Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli

by Francesca Odilia Bellino
October 19, 2018

Miti di Musica 2018 -Ritmi del Mito. Piccole drammaturgie per percussioni-attori Ars Ludi Museo Archeologico Nazionale--Sala del Toro Farnese Napoli 14.06.2018 Il primo appuntamento della rassegna estiva dell'associazione Alessandro Scarlatti dedicata ai Miti di Musica ospita Ars Ludi, un ensemble di percussioni d'eccezione che lavora da trent'anni sul repertorio contemporaneo. Ospitato nella sala del Toro Farnese, il concerto si è aperto con un evocativo “Marx Lenin Mao Tse Tung," pezzo scritto nel 2016 ...

Album Review

Steve Reich: Pulse/Quartet

Read "Pulse/Quartet" reviewed by Nenad Georgievski

by Nenad Georgievski
January 19, 2018

In 2016, composer Steve Reich celebrated a milestone birthday and to mark the occasion an upward of hundreds of performances of his work were performed at various places around the globe. These performances and celebrations just confirmed the almost unfathomable beauty and timelessness of his oeuvre as they represented 50 years in music. They also confirmed why he is an important part of the contemporary music landscape for many generations and not just in classical music.Apart from revisiting ...

Live Review

Steve Reich @ 80: Music for 18 Musicians

by C. Andrew Hovan
March 29, 2017

Eighth Blackbird & Third Coast Percussion Hill Auditorium Steve Reich @ 80: Music for 18 Musicians Ann Arbor, MI March 18, 2017 When it comes to contemporary classical music and specifically the genre known as minimalism, few composers lay claim to the accolades bestowed on Steve Reich. Celebrating his 80th year on the planet, Reich's works continue to be performed regularly around the world. In addition to concerts revisiting trinkets from his large oeuvre, ...

New York @ Night

Steve Reich Celebration: Repercussion

by Peter Jurew
January 7, 2017

Steve Reich Celebration: Repercussion National Sawdust Brooklyn, NY December 10, 2016 As part of the many celebrations of composer Steve Reich's 80th birthday throughout 2016, the World Music Institute and National Sawdust co-presented a program in December that brought the Ghanaian master, Gideon Alorwoyie, together with the critically-acclaimed Mantra Percussion Ensemble for sixty minutes of riveting music and dance. The back story on this landmark performance begins in the summer ...