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• Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Steve Reich has been called "the most original musical thinker of our time" (New Yorker) and "among the great composers of the century" (New York Times)
• Instantly recognizable musical language combines rigorous structures with propulsive rhythms and seductive instrumental color
• A favorite among choreographers, including Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker, Jiri Kylian and Jerome Robbins
• Exclusive recording contract with Nonesuch, with GRAMMY-winning recordings of Different Trains, Music for 18 Musicians
• His documentary video operas The Cave and Three Tales (in collaboration with video artist Beryl Korot) have expanded the boundaries of the operatic medium.

Works by Steve Reich include:
Music for 18 Musicians (1974–76) for voices and ensemble
City Life (1995) for ensemble
Triple Quartet (1998) for string quartet with pre-recorded tape, or string ensemble, or string orchestra
Double Sextet (2007) for ensemble

Looking Ahead: Steve Reich's 90th birthday is celebrated with global celebrations across the 2026-2027 season; new ensemble work In All Your Ways premieres with Colin Currie Group at Edinburgh International Festival (Aug 28) before touring to Amsterdam (Sep 19), Toronto (Oct 6), New York (Oct 22), London (Oct 28), Paris (Nov 15), Hamburg (Dec 4), and Los Angeles (March 7)

"There's just a handful of living composers who can legitimately claim to have altered the direction of musical history and Steve Reich is one of them." — The Guardian

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