John Coolidge Adams (born February 15, 1947) is an American composer and conductor.

John Adams, American composer and conductor whose works were among the most-performed of contemporary classical music. His best-known pieces include the fanfare Short Ride in a …

Composer, conductor, and creative thinker—John Adams occupies a unique position in the world of American music. His works stand out among contemporary classical compositions for their …

Often described as the US’s unofficial composer laureate, John Adams has become one of the most sought-after musicians of the 21 st century, carving out a distinctive and often politically …

Jun 24, 2022 · John Adams, an American Master at 75 Adams, arguably our greatest living composer, has done operas inspired by recent history. In “Antony and Cleopatra,” he turns to …

John Adams is a composer, conductor, and creative thinker, who occupies a unique position in the world of classical music. His works—both operatic and symphonic—stand out among …

His works stand out among contemporary classical compositions for their depth of expression, brilliance of sound, and the profoundly humanist nature of their themes.

Adams is one of the preeminent contemporary composers of large orchestral works and operas. His music is usually founded on overlapping grooves called, generically, “ostinatos,” which …

John Adams, who could be considered a successor to Glass and Reich, has put minimalist music on a fresh path--one that has won both admirers and detractors. Adams grew up in New …

Jul 2, 2019 · American composer John Adams and I first met in the late 1970s, when I became one of his composition students at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.