Phillip Glass to headline Hobart Festival

American composer Phillip Glass will be headlining Hobart's Festival of Music and Art (FOMA) in Tasmania in January.

Glass will be the main act in the lineup of 60 artists, including Nick Cave's Grinderman and Amanda Palmer, according to the Herald Sun.

Ex-Violent Femmes bassist and festival curator Brian Ritchie said: "We're ranging from small, local, unknown acts all the way up to big, international headliners."

The festival will run in the lead-up to the opening of the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) on January 21.