Steve Reich at 90: A Birthday Celebration
Bang on a Can All-Stars
Ensemble Signal

Brad Lubman, conductor
More than 20 virtuosic Reich specialists join forces in celebration of Steve Reich’s 90th birthday in a program of seminal, award-winning works and a new commission. New York’s Bang on a Can All-Stars is joined by next-generation Ensemble Signal—among the foremost interpreters of Reich’s music and close Reich collaborators—for a one-night mini-festival of Reich classics that includes the Pulitzer-winning Double Sextet, alongside In All Your Ways heard here in its West Coast premiere.

“There’s just a handful of living composers who can legitimately claim to have altered the direction of musical history and Steve Reich is one of them”—The Guardian

This performance is made possible in part by The Sir Jack Lyons Charitable Trust.

https://calperformances.org/events/2026-27/new-music/steve-reich-at-90-a-birthday-celebration-bang-on-a-can-all-stars-ensemble-signal/
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The Complete Philip Glass Piano Etudes

https://calperformances.org/events/2026-27/new-music/the-complete-philip-glass-piano-etudes/

Pianists to include Timo Andres, Aaron Diehl, Daniela Liebman, and Jason Moran
Philip Glass’ Piano Etudes, “portals into Glass’ world of whirling arpeggios, shocking rhythmic and harmonic turns, and meditative discipline” (The New York Times), represent the composer’s most personal body of work, a self-portrait of a life’s practice representing some of his most intimate and inventive music. Cal Performances hosts a marathon tribute to the prolific and hugely influential composer during his 90th birthday year, inviting 10 accomplished pianists from all corners of the music world–both longtime Glass interpreters and special guests–to reflect on this remarkable music.

“It works best, therefore, to think about the Etudes… as sketches of a creative force whose work will outlast any single one of us, including the artist who made it”—The Guardian

Please note: Philip Glass will not be present for this performance.

This performance is made possible in part by Françoise Stone. Additional support is provided by the Estate of Anne Shortall.
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