Carter on Carter

In an interview with Stuart Isacoff in The Wall Street Journal, Elliott Carter, the patriarch of American composers, who turns 100 on Dec. 11, discusses a rigorous compositional style that has earned him great respect but, until recently, not much love:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122877600454589351.html

Another profile of Carter, from Matthew Guerrieri in The Boston Globe:

http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2008/12/05/the_composer_in_cambridge_carter_looks_back/

The New York Times' Daniel J. Wakin reports on Carter's centenary concert at Carnegie Hall:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/12/arts/music/12carter.html?_r=1&ref=arts