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“Not a political composer”: Interview with John Adams

By Rebecca Lentjes, 18 January 2017
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“[Donald Trump] is so omnipresent there's no point in making a serious work of art about him”
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Rebecca Lentjes
Rebecca Lentjes
Rebecca graduated from New York University in 2012, where she studied Music and Romance Languages. She now works as an assistant editor at RILM (Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale) and as manager of contemporary music collective ensemble mise-en.