John Adams

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John Adams is a prominent American composer known for his influential contributions to contemporary classical music and minimalist-inspired orchestral and operatic works.

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instanceOf American composer
composer
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awardReceived Grammy Award
Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition NERFINISHED
Harvard Arts Medal NERFINISHED
Pulitzer Prize for Music NERFINISHED
Royal Philharmonic Society Award NERFINISHED
birthName John Coolidge Adams NERFINISHED
commemorates victims of the September 11 attacks
commissionedBy New York Philharmonic NERFINISHED
composer John Adams NERFINISHED
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countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1947-02-15
educatedAt Harvard University
fieldOfWork choral music
contemporary classical composition
opera
orchestral music
genre contemporary classical music
minimalism
post-minimalism
hasWebsite https://www.earbox.com/
influenced contemporary classical composers
influencedBy Philip Glass NERFINISHED
Steve Reich NERFINISHED
Terry Riley NERFINISHED
instrument clarinet
movement minimalism
name John Adams NERFINISHED
notableWork City Noir NERFINISHED
Doctor Atomic NERFINISHED
El Niño NERFINISHED
Fearful Symmetries NERFINISHED
Grand Pianola Music NERFINISHED
Harmonielehre NERFINISHED
Harmonium NERFINISHED
Hoodoo Zephyr NERFINISHED
Naive and Sentimental Music NERFINISHED
Nixon in China NERFINISHED
On the Transmigration of Souls NERFINISHED
Scheherazade.2 NERFINISHED
Shaker Loops NERFINISHED
Short Ride in a Fast Machine NERFINISHED
The Chairman Dances NERFINISHED
The Death of Klinghoffer NERFINISHED
occupation composer
conductor
placeOfBirth Worcester, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED
residence California, United States
spouse Deborah O’Grady NERFINISHED

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I Am Love musicBy John Adams
Joseph Vitarelli notableWork John Adams