Year
Title
John Luther Adams, Praying for the Earth in Music
2023The composer has long been inspired by nature without sending an explicit political message. But his latest work takes on a newly urgent tone.
John Luther Adams World Premiere Is a Prayer to Earth as We Know It
2023March 30th 2023
Long known as America’s “eco-composer,” John Luther Adams goes to the depths of the Grand Canyon and into the Colorado River in his new piece, Vespers of the Blessed Earth, with the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Crossing choir in tow.
The Brilliant Bad Decisions of John Luther Adams
2023He never finished high school, took demanding work outside of music, moved to a cabin in Alaska, etc. Can you really win a Pulitzer Prize this way? Well, yes. . .
Becoming John Luther Adams: The evolution of one of America’s hottest composers
2018Los Angeles Times, May 3, 2018
