Biography

After studying composition at Juilliard School of Music with avant-garde composers Luciano Berio and Darius Milhaud, Steve Reich formed the groundbreaking and long-running ensemble Steve Reich And Musicians in 1966. One of the founders of the Minimalist school, Reich's music is rooted in traditional African and Balinese forms as well as Baroque composition. His work has ranged from the extreme minimalism of "Clapping Music" (literally two people clapping) and the astonishing early tape works "Come Out" and "It’s Gonna Rain" to more classically minded pieces such as "The Four Sections" and "The Desert Music" for orchestra and choir. Reich continued to create challenging works into the 2000s, and saw his innovations have a clear impact on the development of new pop music forms--including techno and experimental rock--as well.

Top Tracks

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• Clapping Music, For 2 Performers

• Come Out, For Tape

• Different Trains, For Double String Quartet & Tape~america - Before The War

• Drumming, For 2 Female Voices, Piccolo, 4 Pairs Of Bongos, 3 Marimbas & 3 Glockenspiels~part 1

• Drumming, For 2 Female Voices, Piccolo, 4 Pairs Of Bongos, 3 Marimbas & 3 Glockenspiels~part 3

• Drumming, Pt. I

• Drumming, Pt. Iii

• Electric Counterpoint, For Electric Guitar, Bass Guitar & Tape~fast

• It's Gonna Rain, For Tape~[part 1]

• Music For 18 Musicians, For 4 Female Voices & 16 Instruments~pulses

• Proverb (remix After Steve Reich)

• The Cave, Multimedia Theater Work For Piano, Sampling Keyboards & Voice Of Neville Chamberlain~act 1. West Jersalem/hebron (may - June 1989). Typing Music (genesis Xvi)

Discography

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• Steve Reich: Daniel Variations

  Nonesuch

  2008

• Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians (Live in Budapest)

  Hungaroton

  2004

• Three Tales

  Nonesuch

  2003

• Steve Reich: Variations, Six Pianos Etc.

  DG Deutsche Grammophon / Universal Distribution

  2002

• Music for 18 Musicians: Ensemble Modern

  BMG / RCA

  1999

• Reich Remixed

  Elektra / Nonesuch

  1999

• Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians

  Nonesuch

  1998

• Proverb/Nagoya Marimbas/City Life

  Nonesuch

  1996

• Steve Reich: The Cave

  Elektra / Nonesuch

  1995

• Another Look At Counterpoint

  Amiata

  1993

• Steve Reich: Electric Counterpoint; Different Trains

  Elektra/Nonesuch / Nonesuch

  1989

• Drumming [1987]

  Elektra/Nonesuch

  1987

• Steve Reich: Sextet; Six Marimbas

  Elektra/Nonesuch / Nonesuch

  1986

• Steve Reich: The Desert Music

  Elektra/Nonesuch / Nonesuch

  1985

• Steve Reich: Tehillim; Three Movements

  Nonesuch

  1982

• Steve Reich: Octet; Music for a Large Ensenble; Violin Phase

  ECM

  1981

• Octet/Music for a Large Ensemble/Violin Phase

  ECM

  1980

• Music For 18 Musicians

  ECM

  1978

• Drumming/Six Pianos: Music for Mallet Instruments, Voice and Organ

  DG Deutsche Grammophon

  1974