# John Luther Adams on earth

An episode of [The Music Show](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/156556864), 8 Jun 2025, 54 min.

Audio: https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/aa/Z/0n.mp3

John Luther Adams describes himself, tentatively, as an “elemental extremist”. New Yorker music critic Alex Ross describes him as “one of the most original musical thinkers of the 20th century”. Deeply attuned to the natural world, particularly his adopted home of Alaska, Adams’ music has confronted the climate change, anger, and grief since the 1970s. He might be best known for his trio of Become works, one of which, Become Ocean, won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2014. Despite his love of extremes, he’s found himself residing in Canberra where Andy spoke to him about his career, his landscapes, and what’s brought him to our nation’s fair capital.

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