BSO Celebrates Iconic 100-Year-Old Composer

For more than half a century, Elliot Carter has broken musical conventions with his complex, atonal works.

Carter will be on hand as fans gather Friday at Symphony Hall for the world premiere of "Intervensions," a new Carter piece for piano and orchestra.

This makes Carter the oldest living composer to introduce a significant piece at such a significant age.

CARTER: I forget that I'm 100. I don't really think about it much. I'm thinking about notes.

Carter's notes will be played by the BSO Friday, Saturday and Sunday, topping off a weeklong celebration at venues around Boston.

Next week the party moves to Carnegie Hall in New York.

Elliot Carter turns 100 on December 11.

For WBUR, I'm Andrea Shea.