Steve Reich's work will be the highlight of this weekend's events at the acclaimed Edinburgh International Festival, with the UK premiere of Steve Reich Evening, a collection of seven pieces Belgian choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker has set to Reich's music over the past 25 years. De Keersmaeker's company, Rosas, will perform the ballet; the six-piece ensemble Ictus will play Reich's music, including music from Drumming and Eight Lines. Performances run each night of the weekend at 7:30 PM, beginning tonight.

Reich talks to Scotland on Sunday's Chitra Ramaswamy about his music's long association with the choreographer, beginning with her now-famous 1982 piece Fase. "'My jaw dropped,'" he tells the paper. "'It was the best choreography I had seen to my music by anyone.'"

Ramaswamy compares the "long and fruitful history" between the two artists to that of Stravinsky and Balanchine, Cage and Cunningham, calling the new work "a comprehensive and thrilling focus on the relationship between two modern masters."

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Closer to home this weekend, Reich and Beryl Korot, the composer's wife and sometimes artistic collaborator (The Cave, Three Tales), are the honorary chairs of the Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild's 11th annual Gala, Art That Is Life, taking place tomorrow night in Woodstock, New York. This year's Award recipients are Garry Kvistad, a member of Steve Reich and Musicians who appeared on the Grammy-winning Nonesuch recording of Music for 18 Musicians; Tibetan Buddhist scholar Robert Thurman and his wife Nena, the director of a retreat center upstate; and the late Larry Sacharow, a leader in the region's theater community.

For more information, visit woodstockguild.org.

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In other news, The Oregonian's David Stabler includes Reich's latest release, Daniel Variations, among the year's "elusive moments of musical rapture."