Philip Glass, Matt Haimovitz, & Lavinia Meijer

South Korean-born harpist Meijer is a multiple award-winner whose 2012 Channel Classics release devoted to the music of Glass, Metamorphosis / The Hours, was certified platinum and topped the rock charts in her adopted home of the Netherlands. Her 2016 recording for Sony Classical, The Glass Effect: The Music of Philip Glass, features her interpretations of the composer’s etudes for solo piano.
Mentored by Itzhak Perlman and Zubin Mehta, Israeli-American cellist Haimovitz has shaken conservative classical conventions by taking his brilliant playing to rock clubs and other unconventional venues. His 2013 CD with Dennis Russell Davies and the Cincinnati Symphony, Cello Concerto No. 2, is an arrangement of Glass’s score to the Godfrey Reggio film Naqoyqatsi, and the cellist recently released the world premiere recording of Glass’s Partita No.2 for Solo Cello.

ABOUT PHILIP GLASS:

Easily one of the most prolific and influential artists of the modern age, Philip Glass rose to prominence as one of the so-called “minimalist” composers in the late 1960s along with Steve Reich, Terry Riley, and LaMonte Young. His seminal long-form composition Music in 12 Parts, revolutionary electric chamber opera Einstein on the Beach, and score to Godfrey Reggio’s groundbreaking 1983 film Koyaanisqatsi brought his singular approach to the mainstream. Glass’ current work encompasses solo piano, symphonic music, chamber music, opera, and soundtracks.