Interviews, Articles, & Essays

Interviews

Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic: The Inaugural Concert
Interview with John Adams, October 18, 2009

KQED’s “Forum”
by Michael Krasny, December 22, 2008

WNET TV Sunday Arts interview with Paula Zahn

“Composing an American Life”
Interview with Deborah Borda at LA Public Library

The New Yorker: Getting In Tune
by Matt Dellinger, August 25, 2008

El Niño
Interview with Christian Leblé

NPR's "Fresh Air"
by Terry Gross, November 16, 1999

John Adams Interviewed by John Walters
by John Walters, 1997

Klinghoffer and the Art of Composing
by David Beverly, October 25, 1995

Articles

An American classic: John Adams brings a
common touch to the highbrow symphonic world

by Pierre Ruhe, Atlanta Journal Constitution, May 25, 2003

Voice of America: Composer John Adams Speaks for the Nation
by Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle, May 18, 2003

Memory Spaces
by David Schiff, The Atlantic Monthly, April 2003

Weatherbird: The Academy's Pulitzer
by Gary Giddins, The Village Voice, April 30 - May 6, 2003

A meeting en route to a rare masterpiece
by David Patrick Stearns, Philadelphia Enquirer, February 13, 2001

The Harmonist
by Alex Ross, The New Yorker, January 8, 2001

I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky
by Sarah Cahill, East Bay Express, May 19, 1995

Light Over Water: The Genesis of a Music
by Ingram Marshall, 1983

Especial para La Opinión
by Damián Kessler, Especial para La Opinión, 2000

Essays by John Adams

Conservatory Days
Address at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, April 22, 2004

Sobre El Niño y sus textos
Address at the Centro Cultural de México in Paris, January 21, 2002

Aaron Copland: A Snapshot
1999

Astor Piazzolla: A Note
1998

Reviews

“Easter Eve” and “Dharma at Big Sur” premiere at Proms
by Annette Morreau, The Independent, August 25, 2004

John Adams at the BBC Proms, August 2004
by David Murray, Financial Times, August 24, 2004

El Niño': With Ears and Eyes in Fierce Competition, the Eyes Have It
By Bernard Holland, New York Times, January 15, 2001

Rebirth of a Savior in 'El Niño'
By Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, January 13, 2001

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