John Cage
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John Cage.
John Cage artist page: interviews, features and/or performances archived at NPR Music
Interviews & Profiles
September 5, 2012 From Yoko Ono to Nona Hendryx to Lou Reed — what they've taken from the late composer's ideas.
April 18, 2010 Hear NPR Music's Tom Huizenga and host Guy Raz spin new releases by young classical musicians.
February 7, 2005 Before synthesizers and samplers, Bebe and Louis Barron created otherworldly electronic sounds.
News
September 5, 2012 Cage's most lasting influence may be in his ideas about the artistic freedom in breaking rules.
August 17, 2012 The Atlanta Symphony struggles, a one-handed pianist graduates and the music of John Cage continues.
October 4, 2010 A Facebook campaign tries to make John Cage's 4'33" the number one song in England this Christmas.
July 13, 2008 A church in Germany is taking its time with the John Cage piece, "As Slow As Possible."
More Stories
August 31, 2012 Fridays are funnier with a classical cartoon at noon, from Deceptive Cadence.
April 2, 2012 The ensemble employs all kinds of toys, from an amplified cactus to a mug filled with spare change.
February 10, 2012 Fridays are funnier with a classical cartoon at noon, from Deceptive Cadence.
November 23, 2011 Brooklyn Rider's intrepid violist finds a perfect musical partner for his favorite Japanese food.
June 27, 2011 An idle query on Twitter ignites a fun debate.
June 14, 2011 A 21st-century look at new forms of musical notation, from sculpture to celestial maps.
May 27, 2011 Fridays are funnier with a classical cartoon at noon, on Deceptive Cadence.
June 24, 2010 Sopranos, symphony orchestras and Schubert: Hear a handful of the year's best classical CDs so far.
May 8, 2000 Cage's "intense" musical composition consists of a pianist sitting at a piano and playing nothing.
