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John Adams

American munyori uye conductor; mumiriri anotungamira wemaitiro ayo anonzi. minimalism (unhu hunoita - laconism yekugadzirwa, kudzokorora kwezvinhu), inomiririrwa mumhanzi weAmerica naSteve Raik naPhilip Glass, inosanganiswa nemamwe maitiro echinyakare.

Adams akaberekerwa muWorcester, Massachusetts muna Kukadzi 15, 1947. Baba vake vakamudzidzisa kuridza clarinet, uye akakunda zvakanyanya zvokuti, semudzidzi paHarvard University, dzimwe nguva aigona kutsiva mutambi weclarinet muBoston Symphony Orchestra. Muna 1971, apedza zvidzidzo zvake, akatamira kuCalifornia, akatanga kudzidzisa paSan Francisco Conservatory (1972-1982) uye akatungamirira mudzidzi Ensemble yeNew Music. Muna 1982-1985 akagamuchira kudzidza kwemunyori kubva kuSan Francisco Symphony.

Adams akatanga kukwezva kutarisa ne septet yetambo (Shaker Loops, 1978): basa iri rakarumbidzwa nevatsoropodzi nekuda kwechimiro charo chepakutanga, chinosanganisa avant-gardism yeGirazi neReik ine neo-romantic mafomu uye rondedzero yemumhanzi. Izvo zvakatotaurwa kuti panguva ino, Adams akabatsira vaaishanda navo vakuru Glass naRyke kuwana nzira itsva yekusika, uko kuomarara kwechimiro kunonyoroveswa uye mimhanzi inoitwa kuti iwanikwe kune yakafara siyana yevateereri.

Muna 1987, Adams 'Nixon kuChina akatanga kuHouston nekubudirira kukuru, opera inobva munhetembo naAlice Goodman pamusoro pemusangano wenhoroondo waRichard Nixon naMao Zedong muna 1972. Opera yakazoitwa muNew York neWashington, uyewo mune dzimwe nguva. maguta eEurope; kurekodha kwake kwakava mutengesi. Muchero unotevera wekushandira pamwe pakati peAdams naGoodman yaive opera Rufu rweKlinghoffer (1991) yakavakirwa panhau yekutorwa kwechikepe chevafambi nemagandanga ePalestine.

Mamwe mabasa akakosha akaitwa naAdams anosanganisira Phrygian Gates (1977), a tense uye virtuoso kuumbwa kwepiyano; Harmonium (1980) yeorchestra huru nekwaya; Chiedza Chinowanikwa (1982) chinonakidza chemagetsi chiumbwa chine choreography naLucinda Childs; “Mumhanzi weGrand Piano” (Grand Pianola Music, 1982) yemapiyano akawandisa (kureva kurira kwezviridzwa zvemagetsi zvezviridzwa) uye orchestra; "Kudzidzisa pamusoro peHarmony" (Harmonienlehre, 1985, ndiwo waive musoro webhuku raArnold Schoenberg) weorchestra uye "yakazara-kureba" konsati yeviolin (1994).

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