John Adams has written operas that spring from world events - "Nixon In China," "The Death Of Klinghoffer," "Doctor Atomic." But the great composer's newest work, premiering at the Metropolitan Opera, ...

Renowned American composer and conductor John Adams will return to the university in his multiple roles as composer, conductor, and thinker during a weeklong residency Oct. 12–19. Events include a ...

The San Francisco Symphony's outstanding in-house audio and visual label SFS Media has recently released a Super Audio Compact Disc (SACD) of two alluring works by contemporary American composer and ...

Composer John Adams recalls the inauspicious premiere of one of his most popular works, "A Short Ride in a Fast Machine," which the Houston Symphony performs Sunday afternoon. "The first performance ...

While European classical music is an essential part of his make-up - the first record he owned was Sir Malcolm Sargent conducting Sibelius - you can also hear in his music the influence of Sixties ...

John Adams has been called America's greatest living composer. His adaptation of Shakespeare's "Antony and Cleopatra" opens at the Metropolitan Opera, in New York, next week. John Adams has written ...