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Music Matters profiles the composer La Monte Young who turns 80 this month. Often described as the father of minimalism, Young was key to the American minimalist movement's emergence along with Terry Riley, Steve Reich and Philip Glass, and his influence still resonates today. He’s best known for his distinctive use of static music and drones, his development of an alternative tuning system as heard in his 6½ hour work, The Well Tuned Piano, and the creation of the Dream House, a meditative sound and light installation, with his wife and long-time collaborator Marian Zazeela. With contributions from the conductor Richard Bernas, the trumpeter Ben Neill, and the music writer Richard Witts, along with extracts from the interview Witts recorded with La Monte Young at his New York home for the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ in the 1990s. Broadcast in October 2015 Photo: © Betty Freeman/Lebrecht Music & Arts