Philip Glass - Solo Piano (Limited Edition 2000 numbered copies on black & white marbled vinyl)American composer and musician born 31 January 1937 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He was married to [a=JoAnne Akalaitis] from 1965 to 1980. He studied music with [a531461], Vincent Pershichetti, [a=Darius Milhaud] and [a=Nadia Boulanger]. In 1966 he worked with [a=Ravi Shankar], which changed his perspective on composition. In the fall of 1968, he founded the Philip Glass Ensemble to perform his music and in 1971 he started Chatham Square Production to