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Interviews

El Niño
Interview with Christian Leblé

NPR's "Fresh Air"
by Terry Gross, November 16, 1999

John Adams Interviewed by John Walters
by John Walters, 1997

Klinghoffer and the Art of Composing
by David Beverly, October 25, 1995

John Adams on his Violin Concerto
by Rebecca Jemian and Anne Marie de Zeeuw, Perspectives of New Music, October 24, 1995

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Articles

An American classic: John Adams brings a
common touch to the highbrow symphonic world

by Pierre Ruhe, Atlanta Journal Constitution, May 25, 2003

Voice of America: Composer John Adams Speaks for the Nation
by Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle, May 18, 2003

Memory Spaces
by David Schiff, The Atlantic Monthly, April 2003

Weatherbird: The Academy's Pulitzer
by Gary Giddins, The Village Voice, April 30 - May 6, 2003

Unity from Diversity
by Andrew Clements, BBC Music Magazine, January 2002

A meeting en route to a rare masterpiece
by David Patrick Stearns, Philadelphia Enquirer, February 13, 2001

The Harmonist
by Alex Ross, The New Yorker, January 8, 2001

I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky
by Sarah Cahill, East Bay Express, May 19, 1995

Light Over Water: The Genesis of a Music
by Ingram Marshall, 1983

Especial para La Opinión
by Damián Kessler, Especial para La Opinión, 2000

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Essays by John Adams

The Machine in the Garden
The 2007 Harvard Elston Lecture

Conservatory Days

Address at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, April 22, 2004

Sobre El Niño y sus textos
Address at the Centro Cultural de México in Paris, January 21, 2002

Aaron Copland: A Snapshot
1999

Astor Piazzolla: A Note
1998

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Reviews

“Easter Eve” and “Dharma at Big Sur” premiere at Proms
by Annette Morreau, The Independent, August 25, 2004

John Adams at the BBC Proms, August 2004
by David Murray, Financial Times, August 24, 2004

El Niño': With Ears and Eyes in Fierce Competition, the Eyes Have It
By Bernard Holland, New York Times, January 15, 2001

Rebirth of a Savior in 'El Niño'
By Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, January 13, 2001

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The Klinghoffer Controversy

Klinghoffer and the Art of Composing
by David Beverly, October 25, 1995

John Adams Speaks Out About Art in a Time of War
by Elena Park, Andante, November 2001

A Response to Professor Taruskin
by Gregory Freidin, Letter to the Editor of the New York Times, December 2001

The Witch Hunt
by Martin Kettle, The Guardian, December 14, 2001

Klinghoffer Resonates Anew
by Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, April 19, 2003

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