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Philip Glass
(1937-present)

Instruments
Flute, Keyboard, Violin

Education
Bachelor of Arts 1956 - University of Chicago
The Juilliard School of Music

Accomplishments
Received bachelor's degree at age of 19
Broadcast Music Industry Award (1960)
Golden Globe Award for The Truman Show, 1999

Composition Teachers
William Bergsma
Vincent Persichetti
Steve Reich
Nadia Boulanger

Ethno-musicological Studies
Went to Paris in 1964 to study composition with Nadia Boulanger
Traveled extensively through Tibet, Northern Africa, and India

Selected Compositions
Einstein on the Beach, 1976
The Photographer, 1982
Satyagraha, 1980
Heroes, 1997
La Belle et la Bête, 1994
CIVIL warS: a tree is best measured when it is down, 1984

Events in his lifetime
1937-

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