This month, Park Avenue Armory presents an immersive production of "Music for 18 Musicians" on October 14-18, while Carnegie Hall hosts an all-Reich program on October 22, featuring the US premiere of "In All Your Ways."

“It’s invigorating to be 89 and say, ‘Well, this is new!’” —Steve Reich In an interview with @nytimes, Reich discusses his latest work "In All Your Ways" as well as "Music for 18 Musicians," which premiered 50 years ago in 1976. nytimes.com/2026/10/13/arts/…

In @bestfitmusic, Iceland composer @OlafurArnalds speaks to Steve Reich on the music that left a profound impact on his life and art, from Igor Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring" to Radiohead's “Everything in Its Right Place." Read the full interview: thelineofbestfit.com/feature…

This story encapsulates what made MTT an extraordinary artist and cherished collaborator: his fearlessness, belief in bold artistic choices, and an unwavering commitment to composers and their work. Video courtesy of @SFSymphony.

MTT embraced the moment, comparing it to the uproar at "The Rite of Spring" premiere—transforming what seemed like disaster into an artistic triumph.

In memory of Michael Tilson Thomas. In this archival video, Tilson Thomas and Steve Reich recall a now-legendary performance of Reich’s "Four Organs" at Carnegie Hall, where audience members all but rioted in the hall.

Performances of "Music for 18 Musicians" take place worldwide throughout 2026, alongside a season of concerts celebrating Reich’s 90th birthday this October. Watch the full interview: youtu.be/PelWlc8j00A?si=IaRD… #SteveReichat90

In this interview, Reich reflects on the work that “made a huge difference in my life,” exploring its unique harmonic structure, the role of human breath in shaping its pulse, and the key influence of the 12th-century composer Pérotin on its structure.

Today marks 50 years since the world premiere of "Music for 18 Musicians" by Steve Reich on April 24, 1976, at New York’s Town Hall, performed by Steve Reich and Musicians.

Michael Tilson Thomas was one of the world’s finest musicians. He and Joshua Robison were both generous, exceptionally perceptive, and altogether extraordinary human beings. I will treasure their memory as long as I live. Steve Reich 4/23/26

He remained a steadfast supporter through his many years leading the San Francisco Symphony performing several of my works, including a particularly amusing performance we did together of my "Clapping Music."

In 1984, he conducted the world premiere performances of "The Desert Music" and recorded it for Nonesuch. In the early ’90s he performed and recorded "Three Movements" & "The Four Sections" with the London Symphony Orchestra.

MTT was a great musician and a lifelong friend. He championed my music starting in 1971, when he and I and members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra performed my "Four Organs" in Boston and two years later in Carnegie Hall.

The all-Reich program will also include the US premiere of "Two Pianos," "Electric Counterpoint," "Double Sextet," and "Jacob's Ladder." Learn more: carnegiehall.org/calendar/20…

Carnegie Hall salutes Steve Reich at 90 with a Birthday Celebration concert on October 22, featuring the US premiere of his new work for large ensemble, "In All Your Ways."

Looking back on his long career—and ahead to the premiere of his new work "In All Your Ways," written for the Colin Currie Group—Reich shares what continues to drive his music forward. The new work will be performed in cities around the world in the 2026–27 season.

“We’re going to have a tonal center and tap our feet—and that’s the way it is.” Steve Reich reflects on bringing tonality and pulse back into music in a wide-ranging conversation with Tom Service for the February 2026 edition of @MusicMagazine.

Read the full article: nytimes.com/2025/12/18/arts/…

The @nytimes list of the Best Classical Albums of 2025 includes the 27-disc box set "Steve Reich Collected Works." David Weininger says, "Behold the grand arc of an American master’s composing career, from the early phase works of the 1960s to some of his newest works."

"The Reich, set to William Carlos Williams’s poetry about the testing and detonation of nuclear weapons, is a thing of contradictions. Melodic and dissonant, percussive and smooth, it consistently pushes minimalism to its max," says @nytimes. nytimes.com/2025/09/11/arts/…