Elliott Carter @ 100

Born 100 years ago today, composer Elliott Carter was not only an important musical presence for most of the last century, but is still churning out new and challenging works for the present one. Overnight Music host and contemporary music performer Nadia Sirota joins Terrance McKnight for a special tribute: from the tuneful early works through the Pulitzer Prize-winning String Quartets, we trace the emergence and development of Carter's innovative compositional techniques.

Visit Carter's Centenary Website
Special Feature: see Nadia Sirota's Carter-related tattoos