elliott carter still going strong and composing at almost 100

The amazing Elliott Carter, who will be 100 in November:

Music Review

Quintet of Calming Strings and a Rumbling Clarinet

By STEVE SMITH

Published: May 1, 2008

The playful qualities of Elliott Carter’s music outnumbered potential hazards on Tuesday night in the Peter Jay Sharp Theater at the Juilliard School.

Jennifer Taylor for The New York Times

The composer Elliott Carter, far right, discussed his new “Clarinet Quintet” with Ara Guzelimian, the dean of the Juilliard School, on Tuesday after the Juilliard String Quartet and the clarinetist Charles Neidich performed the piece.