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Philip Glass: Quick Facts

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Facts

Born January 31, 1937 (age 89) • Baltimore • Maryland
Awards And Honors Kennedy Center Honors (2018) • National Medal of Arts (2015) • Praemium Imperiale (2012)
Notable Works “Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Orchestra” • “Einstein on the Beach” • “Satyagraha” • “The Voyage” • “Violin Concerto No. 2” • “Words Without Music”
Movement / Style Minimalism

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Philip Glass wearing glasses and a blue striped shirt, seated outdoors in front of a metal fence at Rockefeller Park in New York.
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