John Adams

Born

February 15, 1947 (age 79)

Known as

conductor, composer, autobiographer, librettist, music arranger, musician

John Coolidge Adams is an American composer and conductor. Among the most regularly performed composers of contemporary classical music, he is particularly noted for his operas, many of which center around historical events. Apart from opera, his oeuvre includes orchestral, concertante, vocal, choral, chamber, electroacoustic, and piano music.

Biography from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.