David Goldman for The New York TimesPierre Boulez conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall in March.The French composer and conductor Pierre Boulez will be among the winners of the Kyoto Prize, awarded annually by the Inamori Foundation in Japan to recognize “contributions to the scientific, cultural and spiritual betterment of mankind,” the foundation said in a news release. Mr. Boulez, 84, will be the prize’s laureate in its arts and philosophy category. (Awards are also given
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This is such good news—composer Steve Reich won the Pulitzer Prize for his Double Sextet . Reich’s music has played such a significant role in my life. Back in 1976 I was living in Manhattan and I heard my first live performance of his legendary Music for 18 Musicians that year. It was unlike anything I had ever heard before, and through my love of his music I was introduced to an entire gallery of minimalist/experimental composers and musicians. Because of his affiliation with MIT, he has be
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