Steve Reich has been called "America’s greatest living composer" (Village Voice), "the most original musical thinker of our time"
(The New Yorker), and "among the great composers of the century" (The New York Times). His music has influenced composers and
mainstream musicians all over the world.
"Music for 18 Musicians" and "Different Trains" have earned him two Grammy Awards,
and in 2009, his Double Sextet won the Pulitzer Prize. Reich’s documentary video opera
works—The Cave and Three Tales, done in collaboration with video artist Beryl
Korot—have been performed on four continents.
His recent work Quartet,
for percussionist Colin Currie, sold out two consecutive concerts at Queen Elizabeth Hall in
London shortly after tens of thousands at the Glastonbury Festival heard Jonny Greenwood (of Radiohead)
perform Electric Counterpoint followed by the London Sinfonietta performing his Music for 18 Musicians.