Philip Glass
Sound·January 31, 1937 — 89 years old·Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Philip Morris Glass is an American composer. He is one of the most influential music makers of the late 20th century. His music is also often controversially described as minimal music.
Known For
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—The Making of "Once Within a Time"Self—The Lost OnesSound2026Istanbul: ChronopolisMusic2025Nova '78Self (archive footage)2025Concert for Notre-Dame La Tempête | Sabine Devieilhe | Olivier LatryOriginal Music Composer2025CHIMALMAMusic2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL MusicSelf (archive footage)2025Yuja Wang x David Hockney London LightroomOriginal Music Composer2025Carolyn Carlson : Midnight SoulsOriginal Music Composer2025Vanessa Wagner & Friends @ Paris Sur MesureOriginal Music Composer2024AnhedoniaSongs2023The Pigeon TunnelOriginal Music Composer2023Once Within a TimeOriginal Music Composer2023You, Me, and MoviesMusic2023Klaus Mäkelä conducts Ravel With Yuja Wang and the Orchestre de ParisOriginal Music Composer2023Dobrawa Czocher Europavox Sessions 2023Original Music Composer2022A Place Called MusicSelf2022AliceOriginal Music Composer2022Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the MysteriousSelf2021LETTERS FROM A DISTANCEMusic2021War and the WeatherMusic2021100 Foot WaveTVOriginal Music Composer2021In the Penal ColonySound2020Philip Glass: AkhnatenOriginal Music Composer2020Philip Glass and The Philip Glass Ensemble: RetrospectiveMusic2020Tales from the LoopTVOriginal Music Composer2019The Metropolitan Opera: AkhnatenMusic · Writer2019Universal MachineMusic2019Samurai MarathonOriginal Music Composer2018Paris Opera Ballet: Tribute to Jerome Robbins 2Original Music Composer2018TanielMusical2017JaneOriginal Music Composer2017The Juniper TreeMusic2017The Last Dalai Lama?Self · Original Music Composer2017Crônica da DemoliçãoOriginal Music Composer2017TrophyHimself2016Glass - Double Concerto for Two PianosMusic2015Fantastic FourOriginal Music Composer2015The Viking of Sixth AvenueSelf2014LeviathanMusic2014What Difference Does It Make?Self2014Einstein on the BeachOriginal Music Composer · Writer2013November 22, 1963Music2013Glass: The Perfect AmericanOriginal Music Composer2013VisitorsMusic2013Glass: Spuren der VerirrtenMusic2013Re: AwakeningsOriginal Music Composer2012The ApostleOriginal Music Composer2012Besa: The PromiseOriginal Music Composer2012Paul Simon: Under African SkiesSelf2011Lucinda Childs' DanceSelf · Music2011Philip Glass: SatyagrahaMusic · Writer2011RebirthOriginal Music Composer2011ElenaOriginal Music Composer2011They Were ThereOriginal Music Composer2011Glass: KeplerOriginal Music Composer2010MusicSelf2010Mr. NiceOriginal Music Composer2010Astral City: A Spiritual JourneyOriginal Music Composer2010Trans-ActionMusic2009These Vagabond ShoesMusic2008Richard Serra: Man of SteelSelf2008Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur RussellSelf2008Objects and MemoryMusic2008Making Mishima2008The SongSongs2008Patti Smith: Dream of LifeSelf2007365 Day ProjectSelf2007Animals in LoveMusic2007Cassandra's DreamOriginal Music Composer2007Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve PartsSelf · Original Music Composer2007Hard-HeartedMusic2007No ReservationsMusic · Original Music Composer2006Notes on a ScandalOriginal Music Composer2006The Harry Smith Project LiveSelf2006Phil Glass Plays for Ralph Steiner's Mechanical Principles2006The IllusionistOriginal Music Composer2006Roving MarsOriginal Music Composer2006RefugeSelf2006Un leader in ascoltoOriginal Music Composer2005NeverwasMusic · Original Music Composer2005The Giant BuddhasOriginal Music Composer2005The MoustacheOriginal Music Composer2005Kiki and Herb ReloadedSelf2005The Best of Secter & the Rest of SecterSelf2005Philip Glass: Looking GlassHimself2004The Culture ShowTVSelf2004UndertowOriginal Music Composer2004The Origins of AIDSMusic2004Taking LivesOriginal Music Composer2004Secret WindowOriginal Music Composer2003Powaqqatsi: Impact of Progressself2003The Fog of WarOriginal Music Composer2003WildfireMusic2002The HoursOriginal Music Composer2002Impact of ProgressSelf2002Essence of LifeInterviewee · Thanks2002NaqoyqatsiMusic2002The Baroness and the PigOriginal Music Composer2002The Outsider: The Story of Harry PartchSelf - Interviewee2001The Man in the BathMusic2001In the Ocean1999A Brief History of Errol MorrisSelf1999The Eden MythMusic1999Pointy Teeth for Pointy PeopleMusic1999The SourceSelf · Sound1998The Truman ShowKeyboard Artist · Additional Music1997KundunOriginal Music Composer1997BentOriginal Music Composer1997Classic AlbumsTVSelf1997Perfect MomentSelf · Original Music Composer1997Classic Albums: Paul Simon - GracelandSelf1997Mama GeneralOriginal Music Composer1996The Secret AgentOriginal Music Composer1995EvidenceOriginal Music Composer1995The InterviewOriginal Music Composer1995Candyman: Farewell to the FleshOriginal Music Composer1995Untitled: New BlueMusic1994La mort de MolièreMusic1994The HimalayasTVMusic1993Compassion in Exile: The Story of the 14th Dalai LamaMusic1993SaraMusic1992CandymanOriginal Music Composer1992Mirror of the PlanetOriginal Music Composer1992A Walk Through Prospero's LibraryMusic1991MindwalkOriginal Music Composer1991A Brief History of TimeOriginal Music Composer1991Anima MundiOriginal Music Composer1991Closet LandMusic Supervisor1990John Cage: Man and MythSelf1989The ChurchMusic1989Continuum: 1. InitiationMusic Arranger1989Continuum: Parts 1 & 2Music Arranger1988The Thin Blue LineMusic1988PowaqqatsiMusic1987MonolitheMusic1987Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars1987Hamburger HillOriginal Music Composer1987MallorcaMusic1986A Composer’s Notes: Philip Glass and the Making of an OperaHimself1986Bye Bye KiplingSelf1986The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon JulyMusic1986In the Upper RoomMusic1986Tea with ToshTVSelf1986A Perfect CoupleMusic1985Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Operacomposer (himself)1985Mishima: A Life in Four ChaptersOriginal Music Composer1985Empire CityOriginal Music Composer1983Four American Composers: Philip GlassHimself1983ACT IIIMusic1983KoyaanisqatsiOriginal Music Composer · Music1983Philip Glass: SatyagrahaWriter · Music1980Living is a solutionMusic1980Geometry of CirclesMusic1978The Kennedy Center HonorsTVSelf1978North Star: Mark di SuveroMusic1977Carolyn IMusic1976Music with Roots in the Aether: Opera for TelevisionTVSelf1975Saturday Night LiveTVSelf - Musical Guest1975What Maisie Knew1974Music with Roots in the Aether: Opera for Television by Robert AshleySelf1971Anxious AutomationMusic1971End of the Art WorldMusic1971New Music: Sounds and Voices from the Avant-Garde New York 1971Self1970Isy BoukirMusic1968Inquiring NunsOriginal Music Composer1968RailroadedMusic1968Hands Scraping1966ChappaquaMusic Supervisor