Deep Space Concert: Philip Glass 85

Tribute to Philip – An evening of piano music composed by Philip Glass for Dennis Russell Davies and Maki Namekawa. Live from Deep Space 8K at the Ars Electronica Center in Linz with real-time digital visualizations by Cori O’Lan. MON 31.1. is the 85th birthday of Philip Glass, one of the most important composers of our time. In Philip Glass’ successful career and extensive oeuvre, one name keeps cropping up that has helped shape the music world here in Europe: Dennis Russell Davies, as conductor of many European orchestras, including here in Austria, the RSO in Vienna and the Bruckner Orchestra in Linz, and currently as principal conductor in Brno and Leipzig. The friendship and collaboration of Dennis Russell Davies and Philip Glass goes way back to their youth in New York, and Dennis became one of the important interpreters of Philip Glass’ music. No other conductor has premiered as many works by Philip Glass as he has, and as a pianist Dennis Russell Davies also has close ties to the work of